Another sign COVID is doing long-term damage to many would be that the rates of people currently experiencing Long COVID symptoms would stop declining, even in periods with low COVID infection rates. In fact, from December 2022 to today, we've seen no decline in the percentage of Americans experiencing Long COVID symptoms: 5.8% reported Long COVID symptoms in December 2022, and the same percentage did in July and August 2023.  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htm