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Could the COVID-19 vaccines make long-haulers feel better?

That’s not how vaccines work, normally. The idea is to prevent disease, not treat it. But some experts say it is nevertheless plausible that the COVID-19 vaccines alleviate symptoms of “long” COVID.

Karen Zechman Fleming still has a periodic cough, months after coming down with COVID last July (she hasn't been contagious for a long time). And the cough has become a little less frequent since she was vaccinated. Could the injection have helped? Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Karen Zechman Fleming still has a periodic cough, months after coming down with COVID last July (she hasn't been contagious for a long time). And the cough has become a little less frequent since she was vaccinated. Could the injection have helped? Wednesday, March 10, 2021Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer
    by Tom Avril
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