Dr. Fauci says it will take 'months to a year or more' to know whether lingering COVID-19 symptoms in young people could be chronic illnesses

• Dr. Anthony Fauci highlighted the range of coronavirus symptoms among young people in an interview with Mark Zuckerberg on Friday.
• Some young coronavirus patients "can be knocked on their back and brought to their knees pretty quickly," Fauci said.
• He added that it could take "months to a year or more" to determine whether these patients suffer from chronic illnesses. 
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Most young people infected with the coronavirus won't become seriously ill, but a growing number of young patients report being sick for weeks on end. The nation's top disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said it may take a while to understand whether these people suffer from long-term illnesses.

"It's the people who really get knocked out badly, particularly those who require hospitalization, that it's going to take months to a year or more to determine if there are any long-lasting, deleterious consequences of the infection," Fauci said during a conversation with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday. "We just don't know that now. We haven't had enough time."

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