Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist
FULL CLAIM: "No such thing as ‘long COVID,’ health agency says in shocking claim: ‘Unnecessary fear’"; "Top government health chief declares 'long COVID' doesn't really exist, study finds flu impairs more people in the long term"; "Australia: Queensland Health Researchers Claim ‘Long COVID’ Isn’t Real, Calls It ‘Unnecessary Fear’" [...] In this review, we show why claims that the study found long COVID doesn’t exist grossly misrepresent the study and the position of Queensland’s Chief Health Officer. [...] Therefore, the study demonstrated the opposite of what headlines by the New York Post and The Blaze claim: long COVID exists and that it significantly affects people’s lives. What the researchers also found was that long COVID resembled post-viral syndrome that also develops in some people after other viral infections, like flu.