Folks with signs of lengthy Covid sit within the viewers as they hear throughout a Senate Committee listening to on Lengthy Covid earlier this yr. Lengthy Covid stays some of the vexing legacies of the pandemic.
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Folks with signs of lengthy Covid sit within the viewers as they hear throughout a Senate Committee listening to on Lengthy Covid earlier this yr. Lengthy Covid stays some of the vexing legacies of the pandemic.
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This week marks 4 years because the outbreak of Covid-19 was formally declared a pandemic. One of the crucial vexing legacies — one which science nonetheless hasn’t solved — is lengthy Covid. That is the debilitating situation that may develop within the aftermath of an an infection.
Tens of millions of People live with the usually debilitating signs that may embody mind fog, shortness of breath, and low power. Some battle with easy day by day dwelling duties like laundry and cooking.
4 years because the pandemic hit, sufferers with lengthy Covid are nonetheless preventing for solutions.
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The reporting you heard on the high of this episode was from Brianna Scott who additionally produced in the present day’s episode. It was edited by Scott Hensley and Courtney Dorning. Our government producer is Sami Yenigun.
