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"Young healthy people have nothing to fear from #COVID19"

STUDY: In this population of healthy young adult US Marines with mostly either asymptomatic or mild acute COVID-19, one fourth reported physical, cognitive, or psychiatric long-term sequelae of infection. The Marines affected with PASC showed evidence of long-term decrease in functional performance suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 infection may negatively affect health for a significant proportion of young adults.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(24)00236-9/fulltext