Individuals 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 one of the vexing legacies of the pandemic.
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Individuals 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 one of the vexing legacies of the pandemic.
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This week marks 4 years for the reason that outbreak of Covid-19 was formally declared a pandemic. Some of the 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.
Thousands and thousands of Individuals reside with the customarily debilitating signs that may embody mind fog, shortness of breath, and low vitality. Some battle with easy each day residing duties like laundry and cooking.
4 years for the reason that pandemic hit, sufferers with lengthy Covid are nonetheless preventing for solutions.
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The reporting you heard on the prime of this episode was from Brianna Scott who additionally produced as we speak’s episode. It was edited by Scott Hensley and Courtney Dorning. Our govt producer is Sami Yenigun.
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