1/🧵 #LongCovid is REAL & up to 23,000,000 ARE (not “may be”👇) suffering.
Yesterday, @POTUS announced expanded funding.
Becerra told reporters Tuesday. "Millions of Americans may be ⁉️struggling with lingering health effects…”
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Yesterday, @POTUS announced expanded funding.
Becerra told reporters Tuesday. "Millions of Americans may be ⁉️struggling with lingering health effects…”
nbcnews.to/3ramyS3
2/ As part of its efforts, the White House said in a statement that Biden will push to accelerate a $1.5 billion study started last year by the National Institutes of Health to follow 40,000 individuals with and without long Covid to try to better understand the condition. 
3/ Biden also proposed spending an additional $25 million on a $50 million study started last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to understand the risk factors, mechanisms of action and characteristics of long Covid, the White House said.
4/fin
Months after leaving the hospital, millions of #COVID survivors (& some never hospitalized) are on oxygen, unable to go back to work, so fatigued that they’re spending an immense amount of time in bed. This is the new reality - we must dive deep to help.
#LongCOVID #Vaxx
Months after leaving the hospital, millions of #COVID survivors (& some never hospitalized) are on oxygen, unable to go back to work, so fatigued that they’re spending an immense amount of time in bed. This is the new reality - we must dive deep to help.
#LongCOVID #Vaxx
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