evidence: The term "long COVID" should be tossed aside like a stack of expired N95 masks — that’s according to health experts in one country, who found that the moniker can cause "unnecessary fear." [...] "We believe it is time to stop using terms like ‘long COVID,’" said Dr. John Gerrard, Queensland’s chief health officer, who oversaw the newly released study. [...] Editors Note: An earlier version of this article attributed a quote to Dr. John Gerrard, Queensland’s chief health officer, as saying there’s "no such thing as ‘long COVID.'" However, the study’s conclusion was that "long COVID ‘indistinguishable’ from other post-viral syndromes a year after infection" and there’s "no evidence of worse post-viral symptoms or functional impairment a year after infection."