TY - JOUR T1 - Recognising and bearing the burden of long COVID-related disability JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 70 LP - 70 DO - 10.3399/bjgp22X718361 VL - 72 IS - 715 AU - Nicola Spiers Y1 - 2022/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/72/715/70.abstract N2 - Long COVID is nicely discussed by Burke and del Rio in a short article in Lancet Infectious Diseases .1 The UK is world leading in having two large, high-quality prevalence studies of COVID-19 in the ONS Infection Survey2 and REACT3 (but this advantage is thrown away when politicians ignore the findings).The ONS infection survey has strong design, and estimates 1.3% or 862 000 people with long COVID symptoms persisting for more than 12 weeks, including 0.26% or 177 000 reporting daily activities limited a lot, with 98 000 of these being first infected more than a year ago.2 REACT also found a high prevalence of persistent symptoms.3 This represents a large burden of disability for individuals, their supporters, and the economy, with GPs … ER -