In case you missed the article in freaking Nature that found ⚠️ MOST kids develop fatigue after acute SARS-CoV-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24868-x two weeks ago,
a longitudinal analysis of the Children and Young People with Long COVID
the rate of some lasting fatigue in kids is ALMOST TWO THIRDS
Among 943 SARS-CoV-2-positive participants, 581 (61.6%) met CFQ [Chalder Fatigue Scale] case-ness at least once during follow-up
with consistent, chronic, unresolving fatigue in more than 1 in 6 kids after infection!
15.9% meet case-ness at all follow-ups.
the rate got worse over time!
The proportion of CFQ cases increased from 35.0% at 3-months to 40.2% at 24-months post-infection;
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