Long-haul Covid symptoms should be a ‘wake-up call’ for young people, Texas Children’s doctor says

About 10 to 30% of all Covid patients will suffer from long-haul symptoms, according to the latest research from Mt. Sinai’s Center for Post-Covid Care. Those numbers should be a “wake-up call” for young people and motivate them to avoid infection, Dr. Peter Hotez of Texas Children’s Hospital said on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith.”

Patients with post acute Covid syndrome typically experience serious fatigue, shortness of breath, digestive issues, “brain fog” and a racing heart. Some can even develop type 1 diabetes after a Covid infection, Dr. Hotez said. Endocrinologists are still trying to understand exactly why this occurs.

Another question researchers can’t answer yet is whether…