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(NEW YORK) As the rate of COVID-19 vaccinations accelerates, millions of Americans are planning for life after the pandemic. But for people with lingering symptoms patients known as long haulers that day may never come.
Now, clinics are springing up across the country with a mandate to study the long-term impacts of COVID-19 and treat people who suffer from symptoms that include memory loss, overwhelming fatigue, and difficulty breathing.
The creation of clinics devoted entirely to helping those who have not fully recovered from COVID-19 is likely to become one of the enduring legacies of a disease that s killed more than half a million people in the U.S.
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There are reasons to be hopeful that life can improve after the second COVID-19 vaccination shot, but experts are telling people to continue masking and social distancing after they are considered fully inoculated.
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Chicago Tribune
Chris Ruys is scheduled to receive her second COVID-19 vaccine shot on March 1 and will be considered fully inoculated about two weeks later.
After that, she wonders: Then what?
Based on advice from doctors, Ruys doesnât expect her daily life to change immediately. She recently turned down an invitation for a St. Patrickâs Day party, as she worries about the vaccineâs performance against the new variants, as well as spreading the virus to others.
âI think Iâll have to take it a day at a time,â the 75-year-old Streeterville neighborhood resident said.