It’s not mysterious. A highly contagious airborne virus has spread around the world for the past four years and continues to infect people as I write. SARS-Cov-2 has killed an excess of 23 million people worldwide and plagued over 65 million people with Long Covid and other associated conditions.
The story sounds familiar, but Long Covid is different: this time, the number of sick people is too big to ignore. People with Long Covid are making their voices heard everywhere from their doctors’ offices to the steps of the White House. Those of us who’ve been listening hear the calls to action — to…
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