There needs to be a general public education program on the post viral illness. We don't know for sure a lot of solid treatments, so we really need a large scale clinical trial program. If we start clinical trials now, we still are not going to see the outcomes of those trials for several years.
Millions of people have long Covid; countless more could get it. Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez answers questions from Today, Explained listeners about the condition that has even doctors bewildered.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Serena Solin and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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