The numbers in the range of 1/5 usually include in the definition things like "a cough that lasts six weeks after the acute phase of infection and then goes away," which is not what most people think of when they hear the term Long COVID (and is not even unique to SARS-CoV-2).
For a variety of reasons, hyping the threat of infection has been a pretty widespread practice among the medical and scientific community since COVID began. There's no way on earth 1 out of 5 kids are still experiencing symptoms 3 months out.
For a variety of reasons, hyping the threat of infection has been a pretty widespread practice among the medical and scientific community since COVID began. There's no way on earth 1 out of 5 kids are still experiencing symptoms 3 months out.