Long Covid – I have to choose between walking and talking

My girlfriend had COVID in September. We started hanging out in November. I noticed that she would often end her sentences in a whisper instead of fully voicing them. At first I thought it was some kind of weird tic, and I asked her why she was doing it. She explained that since COVID, she often can't finish her sentences without running out of breath. She also has frequent chest pain. She's terrified of Omicron, and I can't blame her.

It is rather scary that Omicron is said to give mild cases, causing some I know to not really worry about it.

It is sad that with so little known about Long Covid, the General Practitioners mentioned in the article are telling their patients that it's just anxiety and 'to go home and sort themselves out.'

When the symptoms don't fit a known diagnosis, the default probably should not be 'it is all in your head'.