New research: Double vaccination halves risk of long Covid

In a press release detailing the findings, King’s College London listed the following:

• The nature of the most common symptoms were similar to unvaccinated adults — loss of smell, cough, fever, headaches, and fatigue. All these were milder and less frequently reported by those vaccinated, and they were half as likely to get multiple symptoms in the first week of illness.
• Sneezing was the only symptom which was more commonly reported in vaccinated people with Covid-19.
• People living in most deprived areas were at greater risk of infection after a single vaccination.
• While age on its own was not a risk factor, individuals who had certain health conditions — such as frailty — were up to two times more likely to contract Covid infection after vaccination, and of getting sick.

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Source: King’s College London