According to federal data, as many as 1 in 4 Americans, or 23 million, who contract COVID-19 will have lingering symptoms more than six months after infection.
COVID-19 has caused persistent symptoms that can last weeks, months, or even years after their infection.
In its announcement, the federal government acknowledged more research is “urgently needed to study the more than 200 symptoms and 50 conditions attributed to long COVID.” “You know we talk about some of the physical parts, but the mental and emotional strain is really great, and I think the anxiety is probably one of the greatest things for me,” said Heather-Elizabeth Brown, a long COVID patient who was put in a medically induced coma in 2020 after contracting the virus.
“I’m appreciative of the response that the government has had. It could be less, but it also could be more,” she said.
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