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    Commentary: Long COVID is debilitating to me and 65 million other people. Where is the urgency to treat it?

    In a world where most pandemic safety protocols have evaporated, where is the sense of urgency to treat, or at the very least support, people with long COVID? Early in the pandemic, we saw significant mobilization of the healthcare infrastructure across the world to determine how to prevent and treat COVID-19, leading to substantial reduction in morbidity and mortality. Conversely, the ...
    by Julia Moore Vogel, Los Angeles Times Aug 04, 2023 3 minutes
    Jenny Sze, ED Registrar checks in with a patient at St Vincent's Hospital Emergency Department on December 04, 2021, in Sydney, Australia.

    In a world where most pandemic safety protocols have evaporated, where is the sense of urgency to treat, or at the very least support, people with long COVID?

    Early in the pandemic, we saw significant mobilization of the healthcare infrastructure across the world to determine how to prevent and treat COVID-19, leading to substantial reduction in morbidity and mortality. Conversely, the response to long COVID has been muted. In the rush to declare the pandemic over, the low quality of life experienced by millions with long COVID has apparently been deemed acceptable. It is

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