[quote bumbleymummy]From the ‘1 in 7 children develop long COVID study’ (preprint)
“ Adolescents may have a higher risk than younger children but it is unclear whether the features associated with Long COVID are related to the viral infection or the effects of the pandemic, lockdown and school closures with consequent social isolation.”
“As in any self-selected online study, we need to acknowledge our response rate of 13.5%. It is possible that there is a response bias for example, towards those continuing to experience symptoms at 3 months being more motivated to participate, resulting in an over-representation of symptom prevalence.”
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-798316/v1[/quote]
As a parent of a child who’s has long covid, this makes NO SENSE. At all.
How on earth could lockdown have caused his heart inflammation? Multiple inflammatory reactions? Visible organ damage in scans? Ds’s consultant is very clear that ds’s covid infection and mis-c* caused the problems that he had for a year after the initial infection.
Possibly some fatigue or anxiety could be caused by lockdown. But the physical effects? Impossible. It’s so frustrating to see this absolute bollocks posted and swallowed up by people who can’t understand how bad long covid can be.
And breathe 
Mis-c = “The syndrome is an inflammatory reaction in the body about four weeks after infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The initial symptoms often include fever, rashes, red eyes, diarrhea and vomiting, and may get worse over a few days. The inflammation can affect the heart, blood vessels and other organs, which can make some children very ill and in need of urgent care.”