Lucy suffers daily with chronic pain, vertigo, fatigue and brain fog. Before Covid she cycled daily. But three years after Covid she is on a hospital exercise bike wearing a mask to test respiratory and lung function, struggling to pedal. The Institute for Health Research said there is no treatment or drug to cure Long Covid. But there are clinics helping people to live with their symptoms. We know how to manage the many long-term debilitating conditions. There is a theory that some long Covid is an auto-immune condition, with the body attacking itself. 14-year-old Hayden caught Covid in December 2020, recovered after two weeks, then worsened until becoming bedridden. Hayden said, ‘Long Covid must be recognised more as a physical illness. When I was in hospital, doctors either couldn't diagnose it as Long Covid, or said it was all in my head and to stop making it up.’