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The Isolation of Having Long COVID as Society Moves On BY SIMMONE SHAH MARCH 11, 2024 7:00 AM EDT Then Karyn Bishof started experiencing Long COVID, there wasn’t a name yet for the symptoms that lingered after her infection in March 2020. “I had these continued, prolonged symptoms that I wasn't hearing about initially,” says Bishof, who founded a group called the COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project to help advocate for those suffering with Long COVID. She experienced extreme fatigue, nausea, and insomnia, among other things, but doctors kept testing her for COVID-19, or telling her symptoms were psychosomatic.

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The Isolation of Having Long COVID as Society Moves On BY SIMMONE SHAH MARCH 11, 2024 7:00 AM EDT Then Karyn Bishof started experiencing Long COVID, there wasn’t a name yet for the symptoms that lingered after her infection in March 2020. “I had these continued, prolonged symptoms that I wasn't hearing about initially,” says Bishof, who founded a group called the COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project to help advocate for those suffering with Long COVID. She experienced extreme fatigue, nausea, and insomnia, among other things, but doctors kept testing her for COVID-19, or telling her symptoms were psychosomatic.
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Denis - The COVID info guy - (deniscovidinfoguy@aus.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 10:18:27 JST Denis - The COVID info guy -

The Isolation of Having Long COVID as Society Moves On | Time.com
"As of January 2024, 17% of American adults have reported experiencing symptoms of Long COVID according to data from the NCHS — up from an estimated 14% in fall of 2023."
"Fisher says she struggles to get people around her to understand what Long COVID is, and that task is only growing more challenging as the pandemic fades out of the public conversation. “How do I talk about it when people just want to forget about it?” she says. “I don't get to forget. I live with it every single day. My body lives with it, my mind lives with it. But how do you bring that into conversation?”
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Source: https://time.com/6852852/long-covid-pandemic-anniversary/

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