Long COVID is now widely accepted by scientific experts, but patients are still being treated with routine skepticism and dismissal. bit.ly/3cKqC3s
Why weren’t we prepared to help COVID long haulers? The answer is simple: Our medical system is radically unequipped to serve patients whose tests come back normal and whose chronic symptoms cannot be explained or outsourced. bit.ly/3cKqC3s
"Every virus has a post-viral syndrome," said Dr. David Putrino. "In a global pandemic we’re going to have a certain number of patients present with a post-viral syndrome, and shame on us for not being ready." bit.ly/3cKqC3s
Millions of people suffer from similar chronic symptoms, many of them too debilitated to work a job or even leave their bed. They, too, have been told their symptoms are psychogenic. They saw what was coming, even if the doctors and scientists didn’t. bit.ly/3cKqC3s
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