Children get long Covid, too, and it can show up in unexpected ways

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It has kept him from staying at school all day. He has to limit how much he plays baseball with the other neighborhood kids. Even playing Fortnite for too long can leave him feeling sick the next day.


He's one of potentially millions of kids with long Covid.

Children get long Covid, too, and it can show up in unexpected ways

November 10 is a day Kim Ford remembers too well. It was the day last year when her 9-year-old son, Jack, was scheduled to get his Covid-19 vaccine at the school clinic. They were excited that he'd finally have some protection, but on November 9, he had the sniffles.

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