Long COVID appears to manifest as a post-viral syndrome indistinguishable from seasonal influenza and other respiratory illnesses, with no evidence of increased moderate-to-severe functional limitations a year after infection, according to new research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April).

The study by Queensland Health researchers suggests that in the highly vaccinated population of Queensland exposed to the omicron variant, long COVID's impact on the health system is likely to stem from the sheer number of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 within a short period of time rather than the severity of long COVID symptoms or functional impairment.

(via Instapundit)