In Part 1 of this miniseries, I summarised three studies that suggest that adolescents are not at risk of neurocognitive or psychological symptoms of ‘long COVID’; and that the major risk factors for developing ‘long COVID’ are being physically unwell (including being overweight) and experiencing psychological distress before contracting SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Let’s continue exploring the medical literature on long COVID. First up, a study comparing outcomes of COVID and non-COVID respiratory illness: