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Podcast: This Is Nashville
Episode: Revisiting long COVID in Middle Tennessee
Description: On May 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the global Public Health Emergency for the pandemic. That was a cause for celebration for most, but many Covid long-haulers felt even more marginalized and forgotten than before. It’s currently estimated that 1 in 5 American adults who had an initial infection end up experiencing long COVID. The initial diagnosis requires symptoms to last three months or longer, but some long-haulers are experiencing symptoms a full 3 years later.
Researchers and physicians rush to understand the illness so that patients can receive the help they need. Six months af...