Utah’s COVID long-haulers are predominantly young — and many were previously healthy, doctors say

Most were not hospitalized, but their long-term symptoms can be severe and last for months, say the scientists behind the state’s only “long-hauler” clinic.

(Screenshot) Dr. Jeanette Brown, a pulmonologist and medical director of the University of Utah’s COVID-19 Long Hauler Clinic, speaks in an online news conference about the patients the clinic sees. “The average age group — and this has been described in studies as well — ranges between the 20s to the 50s," she said.

Utah’s COVID long-haulers are predominantly young — and many were previously healthy, doctors say

Most were not hospitalized, but their long-term symptoms can be severe and last for months, say the scientists behind the state’s only “long-hauler” clinic.

RELATED STORIES

Utah reports 5,500 new COVID cases, but newly discovered test inaccuracies suggest undercounting

This Utah 3-year-old spent 22 days in a hospital with COVID. Now his mom and brother have been hospitalized, too.

Patients with COVID risks describe betrayal, abandonment as Utah doctor’s tweet goes viral

Utah undercounted COVID hospitalizations by scores of patients, new data reveals

MOST VIEWED

1

Utah man is the first to climb Seven Summits and swim Oceans Seven

2

Brother of a key LDS apostle will go to prison for sending sexually explicit letters to Utah girl

3

‘Reckless Ben’ can keep posting about Utah’s Bricks & Minifigs in his viral series about missing Lego sets, but he faces new restrictions

4

Latter-day Saints aren’t the only ones unhappy with the Pentagon’s religious changes

5

‘I knew I had to walk the Camino’ — Utah faith leaders share ‘life-changing’ lessons from famed pilgrimage

Sponsored Story

Drunken Kitchen restaurant is now open to all ages.