Covid’s Long Haulers

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The United States reached an unfathomable milestone: 500,000 deaths from COVID-19. As we honor those lost to the pandemic, there are still many among us who continue to live with persistent symptoms of the virus. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta discusses post-Covid syndrome and speaks with patients who describe themselves as "long haulers". To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	To heal, we must remember.
0:09.7	I know it's hard.
0:10.7	I promise you, I know it's hard.
0:11.7	I remember.
0:12.7	That's how you heal.
0:14.7	You have to remember.
0:17.6	That was President Joe Biden speaking to the Nation Monday night, marking a really
0:22.4	grim milestone.
0:24.2	500,000 Americans who have now died.
0:27.2	And COVID-19, it's hard to even say the numbers out loud.
0:31.6	To mark this sad moment in our country's history, President Biden ordered all flags flying
0:35.7	over federal buildings to fly at half staff for five days.
0:40.6	As we honor those lost to the pandemic, it is also worth remembering that there are still
0:45.8	many among us who continue to really struggle, who are living with the persistent symptoms
0:51.4	of COVID-19.
0:53.6	They survived COVID-19, but they're worried they may never feel better.
0:58.6	I had all the COVID symptoms, I improved, I went back to work, got sick again within a
1:04.8	few weeks.
1:06.4	That's Stephanie Kondra.
1:08.3	It's been more than a year into this pandemic, and some patients like Stephanie have still
1:12.9	not fully recovered from COVID-19.
1:16.1	These are patients who suffer from a variety of symptoms, sometimes lasting months after
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