Claim: At least 50% of people who survive Covid-19 have debilitating health issues in the months afterwards.
Fact-check: Washington Post overstates prevalence of long Covid - Full Fact
Verdict: this is far too high. there are various estimates for the prevalence of long covid. the office for national statistics estimated that 7.5% of people infected with covid-19 self-reported having long covid three  months after infection which limited their  daily activities.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2022-02-18T00:00:00