Long COVID: What we now know

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week, long COVID: we're 18 months into the pandemic and there are thousands of people with long-term health consequences of having caught the infection. We're asking the experts to find out who is most at risk, what could be causing this to happen, and what research needs to be done in trying to treat it. Plus, in the news, an even gloomier outlook on climate change as the latest IPCC report confirms we need to drastically reduce emissions; also a new carnivorous plant discovery - the first for 20 years - and we're asking why COVID vaccine uptake is lagging among the under 30s in the... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:20.4	in science, technology and medicine, with me Chris Chris Smith and with Eva Higginbotham.
0:25.0	This week, an even gloomier outlook on climate change,
0:28.0	the latest IPCC report confirms we need to drastically reduce emissions.
0:32.0	Also, a new carnivorous plant discovery,
0:35.0	the first for 20 years,
0:37.0	and we're asking why COVID vaccine uptake is lagging
0:40.0	among the under 30s in the UK.
0:42.0	And speaking of COVID,
0:44.0	we're 18 months into the pandemic
0:46.0	and there are thousands of people with long-term health consequences of having caught the
0:49.7	infection.
0:50.7	Stay tuned to find out who's most at risk and what's making this happen and what we can do about it.
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