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Tue Aug 11

I'm a COVID-19 long-hauler and an epidemiologist – here's how it feels when symptoms last for months

Written by Margot Gage Witvliet, Assistant Professor of Social Epidemiology, Lamar University

Margot Gage Witvliet was hospitalized with COVID-19 in March. More than four months later, she has yet to recover.Courtesy of Margot Gage Witvliet, Author provided

Imagine being young and healthy, a nonsmoker with no preexisting health conditions, and then waking up one morning feeling like you were being suffocated by an unseen force. Back in...

I'm a COVID-19 long-hauler and an epidemiologist – here's how it feels when symptoms last for months

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