Comment by jaybrendansmith

Long Covid is real. I had a mild case back in August, but it took around 5 months to feel 'normal' again. Lots of inexplicable things: Minor heart palpitations, feeling of 'heaviness' behind my breastbone. When I exercised, even moderately like running a half mile, I would feel strangely exhausted for many hours later. All of this has gone away now, but I can easily see how someone who is hospitalized could have a relapse, either by overdoing it because they think they should be fully recovered, or through some other mysterious after-effect. Personally I believe it is caused by an immune system that is on 'high alert' after being attacked in every organ for multiple weeks (this is how Covid feels). It is logical to me that it might take multiple months for an immune system to gain back its equilibrium. Just guesses, I am not a doctor.