Another wave of COVID infections seems to be underway in parts of Australia, and NSW is leading the pack. 

The variant soup is getting more complex by the day — but luckily the dominant mutations don't seem to be causing more severe disease. 

Regardless, as more people get infected and re-infected, researchers are fast at work trying to determine what might protect people from long-term consequences. 

References: 

• Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle Prior to Infection and Risk of Post-COVID-19 Condition
• Severe COVID-19 outcomes by cardiovascular risk profile in England in 2020: a population-based cohort study