Amount of COVID-19 long-term scars a mystery
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in April that 69% of people sought outpatient care one to six months after milder COVID illnesses that didn't require hospitalizations — often for related issues such as shortness of breath.
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11:20 am, May 17, 2021
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His immune system turned on to fight the COVID but it didn't turn back off, said Greg Laurent, 16-year-old Caleb s father. Star Tribune / TNS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Larry Farber couldn't walk a mile last month without stopping three times to catch his breath, the aftereffect of a COVID-19 illness so severe that the 64-year-old was hospitalized twice and received powerful steroids and oxygen support to breathe.