There's a myth that long COVID doesn't affect kids. Because they didn't get severe disease. But the newest research indicates 6 million kids may have long COVID-serious physical & mental problems. This--not lockdowns--can account for historic poor school performance. Read how we can fix this. 🧪🩺
Pediatric long COVID is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be reinfected with new variants
as a kid I have got covid before it was genuinely horrible
As an organization that supports children with Long Covid, we really appreciate this article. Thank you.
I fear there's a lot of dissonance preventing caring people from acting; societal pressures are immense toward conformity.
No doctor will formally diagnose my son with Long Covid even though they all agree he likely has nervous system/mental health damage from a mild 2022 case. It’s infuriating and exhausting trying to convince people it’s real.
It's infuriating how little focus this gets