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"#LongCovid is a $3.5 trillion problem," said David Cutler, a professor of economics at Harvard University, "And there are very few 3.5 trillion problems that we know as little as we know about this”

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“The newly engaged 26-year-old, who worked long days in finance at a start-up and taught skiing on the weekends, would spend the next several months in a haze on her couch in her Washington, D.C., apartment. Unable to focus, she lost her job.” #LongCovid

“A Census Bureau survey suggests that among people who have been infected, one in five still experience lingering symptoms.” #LongCovid

"This is not in their heads," Azola said of her patients. "This is not something that is just to get out work or a disability scam. These patients just want to be themselves again." #LongCovid

"I was kind of in this no man's land," Dickerson said of his rejection. "Insurance says that I'm not disabled, but my work says, 'no, you can't come back until your doctor fully releases you.' And my doctors were not fully releasing me because they understood #LongCovid."

“she's close to draining her once-impressive cash savings of $70,000 to pay for medical treatments and living expenses – money she had hoped to use to buy a house someday and maybe travel.” #LongCovid

Thank you for covering this story @AnneKFlaherty