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Children over 2 should wear masks in school/daycare

Yes. 2 year olds can wear a mask. It isn’t dangerous and the children get used to them really fast.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aap-mask-recommendations-kids-2-years-covid-vaccine/

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Long Covid & micro-clots?

Some research indicates that micro-clots have a big part in forming Long Covid.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02286-7

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Blood test for Long Covid approved in Europe

Now medical staff can use a blood test to decide wether a patient has Long Covid or not. Accuracy 90%.

https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/long-covid-blood-test-receives-european-approval-2022a10022cg

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Long Covid among elite athletes

Being fit, for once, doesn’t help against covid and foremost not against Long Covid. This a not so well known fact among athletes still. And recovering from Long Covid is generally difficult. Science is still struggling to understand Long Covid, so the best way of not getting Long Covid is the stay uninfected, or not get infected again. Wear an effective mask, N95/KN95/Ffp2 or better, avoid large gatherings, work from home if you can.

There are some political ramblings athletes the end that not might be something you agree with. Those are opinions and not facts. The article as a whole is sound and factual still.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/08/29/mvly-a29.html