Coronavirus: Long Covid Less Common Than Feared?

The Epoch Times (Sep 17) reports on a long-COVID study from the UK:

The prevalence of so-called “long-COVID” in the UK is less common than previously estimated, official data suggests.

According to an update published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday, only 3 percent of people who tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus had symptoms lasting more than 12 weeks, “substantially lower” than the ONS’ previous estimation published in April (13.7 percent).

. . . The 12 symptoms that ONS asked about were fever, headache, muscle ache, weakness/tiredness, nausea/vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste, and loss of smell.

This is perhaps one of the few positive reports I've read regarding long Covid problems. Yet, is it all good news? Those 12 symptoms seem to exclude lung damage, kidney and heart damage, and brain fog.  

Forbes (Sep 17) mentions that even at this lower number, it means that 1.23 million Americans could be dealing with long-COVID.