Nearly 20% of American adults who’ve had COVID—an estimated 50 million Americans—report having long COVID symptoms after their infection resolves, according to data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau this summer.
https://fortune.com/well/2022/10/04/long...oc43-pasc/
My best friend also kena long covid
dry cough for 2 mths after she recovered
Take note of this sentence from the article - COVID is not a flu. Its side effects, which researches are still on going, can be long and debilitating.
"...Many experts contend that long COVID is best defined as a chronic-fatigue-syndrome-like condition that develops after COVID illness, similar to other post-viral syndromes like those that can occur after infection with herpes, Lyme disease, and even Ebola."