“The number one symptom that people present with when they've got Long Covid or pernicious anaemia or iron deficiency is fatigue. So that is across the board in all three conditions. And then the second most common symptom is shortness of breath, palpitations, dizziness, fainting, difficulty sleeping, brain fog, pins and needles joint pain, depression and anxiety…”

“We're tracking heart rate variability, heart rates, and we're also tracking posture as well. It's a really important one. We know that underlying these conditions is some level of dysautonomia, I think 70% or so people with Long Covid would qualify, or would fail the NASA lean test.”

“I think we will end up in a position that we accept that Long Covid is multiple different conditions that are triggered by the same virus, but result in different consequences.”

“So we know that the clots are much more resistant to proteases that normal clots are - that's kind of expected. They're not totally totally resistant, otherwise you'd really be in trouble, but they are significantly more resistant. And the consequence is that therefore they hang around, they can go and do bad things..”

We talked to Professor Robert Thomas who has been studying the impact of gut health on COVID-19, and is leading the Phyto-V study to determine if nutritional interventions could help those with Long Covid.

We speak to Frances Simpson one of the founders of the Long Covid Kids group and also to two young friends about how Long Covid has affected their lives.