‘I’ve never been the same’: Here’s what it takes to get care for long COVID in Northern California

As COVID-19 cases surge globally once again with the spread of its latest variants, there is growing alarm about the impacts of what's called "long COVID-19." Since the start of the pandemic, more than 90 million cases have been reported in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than one in 10 of those patients will develop long-term symptoms. "After six weeks from my infection, I completely crashed. The worst I had in this six-month, at that point, journey," said Chelsea Brown of Roseville. "I was completely bedridden. I would get up to go to the bathroom and have to crawl back to the bed. My energy has not returned since then and it's been four months."
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