Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert
Dr. John Lambert:
We do not think so. Like I said, the first waves, the Delta wave and these other strains attacked the brain but they also attacked the heart and lungs. The new strains of Omicron are not attacking the lungs and the heart to the same degree. It is probably ten times less but they are ten times more contagious, so more people are getting long Covid. You can still catch Covid even if you are vaccinated but there are not good data to show it significantly prevents your development of long Covid.
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