Karyn Bishof:
Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of people hear long COVID, and they assume that somebody is still positive, long-term consequences of your COVID-19 infection whether or not your case was mild means that you are seeking medical care from providers who are not receiving mandated education on long COVID and its associated conditions, it means you’re facing medical providers who have wait times of six months, 12 months, 18 months.
And when we’re talking about the lack of social safety nets, which is one of the largest, if not the largest barriers that the long COVID community faces. We’re talking about long haulers who cannot even access waivers or forms that they need to get into many of these social support programs like Social Security disability where long COVID is not an accepted or recognized condition per se, but also to get workplace accommodations to get into programs that require work requirements, sometimes like food assistance, or temporary cash assistance.
