But not even nine months later, some of the first victims have yet to fully recover from what is now known as long or long-haul COVID. Am I going crazy?” COVID long-hauler Laura Long, 32, told HuffPost of the first few months of her illness, which began when long COVID was not known to exist. Fortunately for her and many others, long COVID survivors have been able to find each other on social media and share their symptoms and recovery times, giving one another hope and companionship during an otherwise extremely dark time. “Here in the U.S., we’ve normalized mass death, which is just mind-boggling.” Laura Long, 32, NevadaLaura Long Left: Laura Long with her husband, Justin Long, just a few days before getting sick in March. “There are people who still say that COVID is a hoax and ‘long COVID’ is a hoax and it’s a conspiracy to keep us all afraid,” she said.

Source: Huffington Post October 09, 2020 15:00 UTC