To the Editor:Re “Could Long Covid Be the Senate’s Bipartisan Cause?,” by Zeynep Tufekci (column, Feb. 20):Like one of the people you interviewed, I, too, was an “Energizer bunny” before I contracted Covid.
However, two active Covid infections within three months — in June and August of 2022 — left me virtually bedridden with long Covid for 18 months.
To add insult to injury, there are too many dismissive doctors who treat long Covid in an ineffective manner and believe that long Covid is largely a psychological issue.
We need strong, consistent funding and relentless, targeted research to identify effective diagnostic testing and successful therapies.
We need to require insurance companies to fund experimental or off-label usage of pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals (food products with health benefits).
Persons:
Long, Zeynep Tufekci, Covid, —