Long COVID Patients Find Aid and Risk in Online Support Groups
Advocates and doctors say some group members come to them asking about miracle cures and supplements.
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Advocates and doctors say some group members come to them asking about miracle cures and supplements.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected certain groups, such as older people (ie, >65 years), minority ethnic populations, and people with specific chronic conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and some respiratory diseases. There is now evidence of not only direct but also indirect adverse effects of COVID-19 in people with diabetes. Recurrent lockdowns and public health measures throughout the pandemic have restricted access to routine diabetes care, limiting new diagnoses, and affecting self-management, routine follow-ups, and access to medi...
The unemployment of millions of Americans with long COVID, a lack of a social safety net for many of them, and a labor market that is beginning to turn in favor of employers, could collide to create wider economic problems, some economic experts say.
Advocates call for expanding social safety net
The unemployment of so many Americans with long COVID could collide with other factors to create wider economic problems.