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'Long Covid Is Real' Former Athlete Warns: Doctors Find 'Antibody Signature' For Long Covid
- 'Long Covid is real': former athlete warns about debilitating battle after coronavirus. Will Smith, now 24 years old, caught Covid-19 in March 2020 after returning to Melbourne from Boston. The young Victorian had spent 4 years on the Northeastern University's rowing team, training more than 12 times a week. Although being diagnosed with a ‘mild condition’ & not requiring hospitalisation, he has been battling long Covid ever since. ‘I still couldn't walk around the block without getting light-headed & needing to lie down, struggling to breathe,’ he told media at Victoria’s daily Covid press conference. Oct. 5, 2021.
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- 'Long Covid: doctors find ‘antibody signature’ for patients most at risk.' The Guardian, 1.25.22. Low levels of certain antibodies found to be more common in those who go on to develop long Covid.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/25/doctors-find-antibody-signature-long-covid