Claim: Imperial College London's REACT-LC study found catching Covid-19 in the colder winter months may be a factor in whether some people find their symptoms persisting.
Fact-check: Mirror wrong to say catching Covid in warm weather cuts risk of long Covid - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not true. the mirror compared research conducted over the 2020/21 autumn and winter period to research conducted in may 2021. these dates did not refer to when participants may have caught covid-19 in the first place.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-04-06T00:00:00