Recently, several research teams have honed in on potential hallmarks of long COVID, formally known as post-COVID-19 condition. Like three and a half million other Canadians, according to Statistics Canada, Halifax's Wood has long-term COVID symptoms. Wood said she belongs to long COVID groups on Facebook and has heard that people have had to get a lawyer to help them apply for disability. According to Wood, medical professionals need to speak out more about the condition so that people don't have to fight to get access to disability assistance. Barrett said there was still no medical consensus on recognizing long COVID as a disability.
