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Can long Covid research unlock other great medical mysteries of our time?

‘We as doctors pretty much ignored the post-viral illness for the last 100 years.’ Illustration
‘We as doctors pretty much ignored the post-viral illness for the last 100 years.’ Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images

As the coronavirus grew from a fleeting concern to a full-blown panic, Lili Lim started to hear about people for whom the illness lasted weeks or even months. There were news stories of young people who couldn’t shake their fatigue or cognitive malaise, of folks who had to quit their job due to debilitating exhaustion.

For Lim, the symptoms were frighteningly recognizable.

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