How common is Long Covid after infection?
Four studies have now shown that vaccination provides only moderate protection against the prolonged coronavirus in the event of a breakthrough infection. Tell those affected.
One problem remains: Long-Covid is not a rare thing, even after infection.
Illustration: Patrick Fogili
* Names tagged with anonymity have been changed, age and canton are correct.
since september he is Sebastian Wheeler was vaccinated twice with Pfizer. About a month later, a newborn in Zurich tested positive for the coronavirus. During ten days of isolation, he was seriously ill with typical Covid symptoms, and on the eighth day there was pressure on his chest. The 44-year-old doctor has been given sick leave for a few more days. Diagnose: pleurisy. A week later he landed in the emergency room because the family doctor’s EKG showed abnormalities. A date has been set for further examinations of the heart and lungs. Wheeler is back at work now, but the chest is still stinging and trouble breathing.