'Long colds' are a thing, like #longCovid say experts https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67016985 Unfortunately the follow-up period in this study was quite short so hard to tell much about ME/CFS from this Link to full paper and some discussion here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/long-term-symptom-profiles-after-covid-19-vs-other-acute-respiratory-infections-an-analysis-of-data-from-the-covidence-uk-study-2023-vivaldi-et-al.35571/