AUSTIN, Texas - Doctors are studying why some people who suffer from long-haul effects of coronavirus seem to find relief from their symptoms after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
A small number of patients infected with COVID-19 suffer from lingering symptoms for several weeks or even months. Some have even claimed to have ongoing headaches, loss of smell or taste, and shortness of breath one year after their diagnosis. "We don't know exactly why that is.
We have seen patients who have extended similar symptoms after other viral infections," said Dr. Matthew Robinson, medical director for Infectious diseases at St.
David's South Austin Medical Center. Pfizer recently began testing their vaccine on children age 5-11 and the company has plans to.