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‘Post-viral malaise’: Why avoiding the term ‘long-COVID’ doesn’t change anything for those affected
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‘Post-viral malaise’: Why avoiding the term ‘long-COVID’ doesn’t change anything for those affected

Joanne Macdonald, Derek Sarovich and Erin Price
UniSC News, Vol.28 March 2024
University of the Sunshine Coast
2024
Appears in  COVID-19 Research
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COVID-19 post-viral symptoms
Queenslanders were recently asked to stop using the term ‘long-COVID’. Instead, Queensland's Chief Health Officer suggested the condition affecting three percent of residents should be called ‘post-viral malaise’, due to concerns of creating unnecessary fear and hypervigilance.

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