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A 15-year-old dancer with long-haul COVID-19 now has COPD, ‘a disease of the elderly’ – Business Insider Australia
Delaney DePue used to train 20 hours a week for competitive dance. Now the COVID-19 survivor has a lung disease more common in older adult smokers.
- Delaney DePue, 15, got COVID-19 last summer and still struggles to catch her breath.
- She was diagnosed with COPD, which is “considered a disease of the elderly.”
- She joins an increasingly visible group of young people that appear to have long-hauler symptoms.
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Delaney DePue, a 15-year-old in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, used to train 20 hours a week for competitive dance. Now, even running errands can leave her short of breath, Kaiser Health…
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