Dr. Brian Kent:

To talk about comorbities such sleep apnoea or asthma being important things to identify and treat should not be seen as us as clinicians in any way, shape or form casting aspersions on the validity of the person's symptoms. When somebody comes into us, we want them to be better. It is really important to us these people get better. As we have talked about a bit already, we do not have good evidence-based treatment as a single tablet for long Covid, so we are always looking for an opportunity to step in and introduce some form of treatment that can help. If that helps by 20% or 30%, that is something at least. Recognising that people who have long Covid may have other conditions we have a much clearer understanding of does not mean we are in any way, shape or form suggesting their symptoms are not valid or not important.