To say that we live in strange times would be the understatement of the year. We have started the last quarter of 2020, trying to survive a disease with the label COVID-19, which reminds us that it’s been a year now that we are living in this altered reality. During the year, more than 40 million people have been infected worldwide, and over a million have died. COVID-19 is truly an enigma — every time we feel like the medical community is getting a handle on it, it has the ability to throw a curveball, and set us behind. What is unique to this infection, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) 2, is the range of its effects- from being asymptomatic to causing death. For the vast majority who survive the illness, a ‘negative swab test’ is an important landmark, suggesting they are over the infection. However, in many patients, that’s not necessarily a signal of well-being, as symptoms and lassitude often remain for much longer . In a recent study, known