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Ajay agade is one of almost a million people suffering from long covid in the uk. he's a0 and a doctor, and he moved to the uk from india to complete his specialist training. so in the last week of march i was on the weekend duties and i was not feeling well. i went back home immediately. i self—isolated and then i was tested positive. i wasn't thinking that this virus will affect me because i was a fit adult and i thought it would be just 0k, like any other flu virus is for me. there was a moment when i thought i willjust die, and i had a three—year—old, and i would not be able to see h...

What we found was quite important and shocking because it was actually not obesity, per se, but fatty liver disease linked to obesity that was increasing the risk actually up to five times of being severe with covid—i9. ajay agade is one of almost a million people suffering from long covid in the uk. he is a0 and a doctor, and he moved to the uk from india to complete his specialist training. so in the last week of march i was on the weekend duties and i was not feeling well. i went back home immediately. i self—isolated and then i was tested positive. i wasn't thinking that this virus wil...

So in the last week of march i was on the weekend duties and i was not feeling well. i went back home immediately. i self—isolated and then i was tested positive. i wasn't thinking that this virus will affect me because i was a fit adult and i thought it would be just ok, like any other flu virus is for me. there was a moment when i thought iwilljust die, and i had a three—year—old, and i would not be able to see her ever in my life. i never knew that this virus will leave me or others with so many problems and disabilities, even after one year. so, to understand his illness more, ajay s...

>> i'm no health expert but i talked to some people. it looks like the variant is much like the flu so it's not nearly as dangerous. the question we have to ask of the country is are we going to shut down the economy every tim we have a flu virus? there's clearly the potential for further shutdowns. >> here is my problem with more lockdowns. you live through this one year ago and it's clear the lockdown didn't have anything effective

We're indoors. if we're seeing a rise in cases now when it's summer, what does that mean for what's to come in a few months? >> well, we're very concerned because flu will be back along with other winter respiratory viruses. we'll have a lot of respiratory illness. there will be continuing covid spread. we'll be doing a lot of testing trying to sort out who's got the flu and who's got covid. and speaking of the flu, when september, october comes around, please get vaccinated against flu also. >> the flu numbers, if i recall, were down this past winter. do you expect that to happen again or no?...