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I've now been sick, first with COVID then with post-COVID symptoms, since April. I wrote this mostly because, well, the pandemic won't end when there's a vaccine for many, many people like me. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/covid-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-future-of-vaccine
And it's not clear that anyone's prepared for what that's going to mean, public health-wise, social security-wise, as individuals and as a society.
The UK's NHS is planning: they're opening 40 publicly funded clinics to serve people with these post-viral complications, investing £10 million into clinical services.
No such plans here so far from our CDC. Biden's plan doesn't deal with long COVID beyond protecting insurance.
No such plans here so far from our CDC. Biden's plan doesn't deal with long COVID beyond protecting insurance.
I've been able to (reluctantly) take some time off work to rest. For so many others, that's not an option. People are scared of losing their jobs. Some are pushing through debilitating symptoms to work or apply for work because they have no other choice.
Feeling like you have to keep pushing through is, tbh, terrifying. No one so far can tell us what the trajectory of this post-viral illness is. It's possible that pushing too hard = getting sicker = serious consequences (hospital, death). That's what runs through my mind anyway.
