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Any measure that may cause oxygen deprivation or inflammation is a risk for sudden death and more severe infectious and chronic diseases (liver, heart problems and neurodegenerative diseases).
By Carla Peeters, Ph.D.
A lingering disorder that can last for months or years is affecting an increasing proportion of the workforce. The symptoms that contribute to long COVID could be a result of pandemic measures and masking in particular.
Increased exposure to microplastics, nanoparticles, chemicals in masks and nasopharyngeal tests parallel many of the symptoms that define long COVID.
Surveys among thousands of people suggest that 7% to 30% of people who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus experienced one or more symptoms for a period longer than 12 weeks.
Some people who got COVID-19 early in the pandemic still haven’t recovered.
The syndrome long COVID is complex as symptoms may fluctuate and people go through different stages.
