# Post covid syndrome
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Your Lifetime Risk of Severe Long-Covid Is Likely <5%
What data from the U.K., Sweden, Germany, and Denmark show. If you are young and healthy, your risk of severe or fatal Covid-19 is minuscule. Even so, one concern remains: long-Covid or the post-Covid-19 syndrome, characterized by having at least one persistent symptom for at least 3 months after Covid-19, not explainable by alternative diagnosis.
2022-03-17