Dutch researchers show that one in 12 people who get Covid are still showing symptoms or do not think they are fully cured, six months after diagnosis. Loss of smell, taste, shortness of breath, coughing, runny nose and just feeling washed out are what they complain about.
So when you bet on a horse, how often do you win at 12 to one?
Around where I live, a whole lot of 20 and 30 year olds, the group who were the most impatient with the rules and restrictions, caught it between February and April.
Most were in bed for at least three days, off work for 10 (with loss of bonuses) and rather chastened by the experience.
They are now the group calling loudest for the fourth dose of vaccine to be available for all, not just the over 60s.
Like you say, it is here to stay, constantly evolving (with South Africa now the main brewing pot) and, I might add, not something to treat lightly.