3/15/2025: Half a decade of Long COVID
On March 11, 2020, the U.S. government declared COVID-19 a national public health emergency. Five years later, millions of people have developed Long COVID — both before the emergency was declared, like co-host Miles Griffis, and many more after. In this episode of Still Here: Griffis reflects on five years of having Long COVID and discusses the impact people with Long COVID have had on painting a fuller picture of the deleterious, harmful impacts of SARS-CoV-2.Also in this episode: A BMC Medicine study examining long-term molecular changes in people who developed Long COVID in the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic, potential retinal biomarkers for Long COVID, and the latest COVID-19 trends. The transcript for this podcast is available on The Sick Times’ website. You can jump to specific sections of the podcast and transcript below:(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:47) COVID-19 trends(00:09:58) Half a decade of Long COVID(00:21:45) Research: Molecular changes in people with Long COVID; a potential retinal biomarker for Long COVID(00:24:49) Outro-Mentioned in this episode (in order of appearance):The Sick Times: Event announcement: Commemorating Long COVID Awareness DayThe Sick Times: National COVID-19 trends, March 11CDC wastewater dashboardBiobot wastewater risk reportsWastewaterSCAN dashboardCNN: Federal government no longer accepting orders for free COVID-19 testsThe Sick Times: Half a decade of Long COVIDThe Sick Times: Research updates, March 11The Sick Times: Finding an accepted Long COVID biomarker will be complicated. This blood test could give us answers.Additional audio in this episode: Rude Mechanical Orchestra: Which Side Are You On? (orig. Florence Reece) Pixabay: Thunder and the beginning of rainfall