Scientists pinpoint the reason women are more at risk of long Covid - as Ben Affleck's daughter Violet reveals she is living with a post-viral condition and calls for the return of mask mandates READ MORE: Violet Affleck, 18, demands 'mask mandates' in passionate speech By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 06:06 EDT, 10 July 2024 | Updated: 06:11 EDT, 10 July 2024 e-mail View comments Women with heart problems who catch Covid are most likely to be left with lingering symptoms, new research has suggested. Scientists found people took 20 days on average to recover after being struck down with the virus between 2020 and 2023. But more than one in five adults took over three months to recover — a phenomenon now better known as long Covid.
The researchers, who tracked more than 40,000 Americans who'd been infected with the virus, also discovered women were more at risk of lingering Covid symptoms despite fewer severe infections. It comes as Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner 's daughter Violet today revealed she contracted a post-viral condition in 2019 while calling for 'mask mandates' in medical facilities in a passionate speech to the LA County Board of Supervisors. Violet said she 'saw first-hand' that medicine doesn't always have answers to the 'consequences of even minor viruses' Violet — who's often seen wearing a face mask — shared her experience of contracting 'a post-viral condition' in 2019; Seen with Affleck and stepmom Jennifer Lopez in 2023 T.
