Vox Daily Dive Podcast
2 February 2022 - Scientists Narrow What Could Be Causing Long Covid: One of the longest running mysteries of the pandemic has been long Covid and what causes it. Studies have found that 10-20 percent of people that have recovered from the coronavirus get long Covid which can appear up to 3 months after recovery and last for 6 months or more in some cases. Researchers are zeroing in on the causes and the two leading theories are that the virus turns the immune system against the body and despite recovering, the virus could be lingering in the body not in the blood, but in the body'sā tissues. Yasmin Tayag, contributor to Vox, joins us for what could be behind long Covid.