Episode description

Another wave of COVID infections seems to be underway in parts of Australia, and NSW is leading the pack. 

The variant soup is getting more complex by the day — but luckily the dominant mutations don't seem to be causing more severe disease. 

Regardless, as more people get infected and re-infected, researchers are fast at work trying to determine what might protect people from long-term consequences. 

References: 

• Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle Prior to Infection and Risk of Post-COVID-19 Condition
• Severe COVID-19 outcomes by cardiovascular risk profile in England in 2020: a population-based cohort study