Opinion: Caregivers are missing from the long Covid conversation
Media reports describe the inarguable, if inconvenient, circumstances that follow us into the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic: In addition to hundreds of thousands of Americans killed by the disease, thousands of those who have “recovered” develop long Covid, a syndrome marked by symptoms such as cough, head and body aches, fatigue, loss of taste and smell, and “brain fog” that can linger — or disappear and reappear — for months after the main symptoms of Covid-19 fade away. It can occur even in those with initially mild cases of Covid-19.
An early estimate suggests that up to 10% of those who recover from Covid-19 could be so-called long-haulers who require ongoing care for their persistent symptoms.
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