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https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/TeeHundley_09.jpg35002333The omicron variant has proved adept at finding hosts, often by reinfecting people who recovered from earlier bouts of covid. But whether omicron triggers long covid as often and severe as previous variants is a matter of heated study.