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Paul caught Covid at the end of March 2020 and two years on is still suffering ongoing symptoms, with limited mobility, muscle fasciculation, extreme fatigue, brain fog and post-exertional malaise (PEM) (the worsening of symptoms following even minor physical or…
Paul is a senior manager at a university and lives with his wife and 10-year-old daughter. Ethnic background: White British.
In March 2020 Michelle and her family caught Covid on a cruise ship off Australia where 30 people died after catching Covid. Michelle and her son were both very ill with Covid once they returned to the UK; however, her…
Michelle and her wife (Lindsey) were both teachers who have a young son who was two at the start of the pandemic (now 4). Michelle has three older boys from...
Ben caught Covid for the first time in the summer of 2020. He caught Covid for the second time in December 2020 from school just before the Christmas holidays. He was diagnosed with Long Covid in September 2021. Ben has…
Ben is 14 and lives with his mum and dad and two younger brothers aged 9 and 11 – his mum also has Long Covid.
Richard and his family caught Covid in March 2020. He and his son have suffered from multiple and very debilitating symptoms in remitting and relapsing waves for almost two years, including chest pain, insomnia, brain fog, and fatigue. Even though…
Richard is a Locum GP, married with two children a son (13 years) and a daughter (11 years). Ethnicity: White British.
At the start of the school year (September 2021), Rosie was in close contact with a friend at school who tested positive for Covid. She then realised she had lost her sense of taste and so self-isolated for 10 days…
Rosie was 16 at the time of the interview and in year 12 at school doing her AS levels. She lives at home with her parents and has three younger...
Colin’s 16-year-old daughter caught Covid at beginning of term in September 2021. She initially lost her sense of taste and had only mild symptoms but did not test positive for Covid on two PCR tests. After isolating, Colin’s daughter developed…
Colin is a technical analyst and is married with five children, aged 19, 16, 14, 12 and 8. Ethnicity: Northern Irish.
Claire and her sons caught Covid in March 2020. Her oldest son had alarmingly purple/blackening toes for many months but thankfully felt fine, while Claire was badly affected after five days, and both the twins were unwell. Claire and her…
Claire works part time in consultancy. Claire lives with her three sons – twins aged 12 years and a 17-year-old.
Around March 2020, William started to get Covid symptoms and since then has experienced “on and off” Long Covid symptoms. William’s mum and twin brother also suffer from Long Covid and when they all first got ill “we couldn’t really…
William is 12 and lives with his mum, twin and older brother. Ethnicity: White English.
James caught Covid in 2020. He says his symptoms never improved and that they still come and go in “a kind of on and off pattern.” James’s mum and twin brother also have Long Covid and he feels like “…the…
James is 12 and lives with his mum, twin and older brother. Ethnicity: White English.
Catherine’s youngest son caught Covid at school in December 2020 just before his 16th birthday. Initially he wasn’t particularly ill with Covid but in the following months was admitted three times to hospital and was seen by a number of different…
Catherine is a GP and a single parent, with three children aged 17, 21 and 25. Ethnicity: White British.
