Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ‘No More Likely’ After COVID Than Other Infections, CDC Study Finds

Researchers confirm myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome can follow COVID-19 in up to 4 percent of those infected.

COVID-19 virus is seen in yellow, emerging from cells. NIAID

People have the same chance of developing chronic fatigue syndrome after COVID-19 as they do after any other infection, according to a study published Wednesday.

“COVID-19 can trigger ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), but there are other infectious diseases that also lead to ME/CFS,” the study’s lead author, Dr. Beth Unger at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told The Epoch Times via email.