cases, persisted. i think that is one of the toughest things about long covid. risk factors like diabetes, obesity, are not the risk factors for long covid. as you said, people who are very healthy are suffering from this. what do you say to patients who need to advocate when there is so little information and doctors don t know a lot about it. yeah. we see many patients who, because these symptoms are not necessarily manifesting externally in the way, say, a broken leg wood, they are overlooked even by medical professionals, family and employers. and people feel discounted. part of what we are doing is trying to raise awareness. this is a clear injury happening after the virus and after they have been described as a long time but not gained this recognition that it is getting now with long covid. doctor, do vaccinations help protect against long covid? there s some limited data, at