Long COVID deep dive, Part 2: ‘I hope someone with the power to change something is listening’
Next Question with Katie Couric
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🗓️ 11 March 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In part 2 of Next Question's deep dive into long COVID, Katie tries to get some answers. Why is the healthcare system so routinely dismissing the experiences of long COVID sufferers? Why is it so difficult to get care? What does the long COVID community need? And what is the government doing about it? On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie unpacks the systemic issues that are impeding patients' care and conveys the urgent needs of the long COVID community to elected officials.
More about the groups and resources mentioned in this episode:
More about some of the guests mentioned in this episode:
- Yale Prof. Dr. Akiko Iwasaki (Twitter)
- Yale Prof. Dr. Harlan Krumholz (Twitter)
- Chimére L. Smith
- Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason, Aphro Chic
- ABOUT - AphroChic | Modern Soulful Style
- Diana Berrent, Survivor Corps
More information on long COVID:
- The CARES for Long COVID Act
- Yale researchers unlock secrets through study of long-term effects of COVID [Yale Daily News]
- Is long COVID worsening the labor shortage [The Brookings Institute]
- Science and tech spotlight: Long COVID [The Government Accountability Office]
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| 0:00.0 | Fentanyl has surpassed meth and cocaine as the recreational drug of choice. |
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| 1:32.8 | Listen to the lower bottoms. Season one and two. Right now on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts |
| 1:38.5 | or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi everyone, I'm Katie Curric and this is next question. |
| 1:48.2 | Today part two of our long COVID deep dive. If you haven't listened to part one yet, you should |
| 1:53.6 | start there. It's right there in your feed. In part one, we left off with the stories of |
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