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ihlr-26085	Puaschunder, Julia; Gelter, Martin	The Law, Economics, and Governance of Generation COVID-19 Long-Haul	2022	79	.pdf	application/pdf	36814	1648	42	In addition, the multiple COVID variants existent by now impact the transmission likelihood and trajectory of the disease in symptoms and outcome differently.36 B. Potential Long-Haul Impact of COVID-19 In about 10-50% of those symptomatically or asymptomatically previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, impairment continues long after the infection – in some cases even after having been tested negative for COVID-19.37 Long COVID, also known as post-COVID-19 syndrome, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (“PASC”), chronic COVID syndrome (CCS) and long-haul COVID is a persisting convalescence period after a coronavirus disease 2019 infection.38 Post-COVID conditions comprise a wide range of new, returning and/or ongoing health problems that individuals can experience four or more weeks after the first infection.39 So-called COVID-19 Long Haulers face impairment lasting more than 4-12 weeks after exposure to the virus. [Vol. 19:47 Longer lasting COVID-19 symptoms appear to come in waves, can be wide- ranging, and include – by now – over 200 different symptoms, such as cognitive dysfunction, numbness or tingling, loss of taste, smell and other senses like hearing and vision, muscle pain, tinnitus, heart rate and blood pressure issues, inflammation, joint pain, gastrointestinal discomfort, insomnia, depression and anxiety but also dermatological anomalies mainly in the gum, hands, fingers, feet and toes.44 From the physical but also the psychological standpoint, COVID long- haul impairment is reported to be particularly challenging.45 The etiology of COVID-19 Long Haulers currently appears to fall in three major – partially overlapping – groups of health problem clusters: (1) those with strong infection cases and long-term organ or tissue damage, (2) those with initially mild cases that develop waves of obscure symptoms that either resemble inflammatory and/or autoimmune diseases, and/or (3) neurological impairments that bleed into a traumatized psychological state.46 Recovery remains unclear but for irreversible damage, such as scars on lungs, and damage to the heart tissue, transplantations appear the most promising long- run remedy.	cache/ihlr-26085.pdf	txt/ihlr-26085.txt