Covid Chronicles — July 2022 Reinfections and #LongCOVID
COVID Hits Home, Again
The uptick in COVID-19 cases is serious and we can’t bury our heads in the sand and act like it’s not happening. I have friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and other parts of the country that have been reinfected and most were vaccinated and are experiencing mild to moderate symptoms. This is very scary for me — considering I’m battling Long COVID since October 2021 and it’s been almost impossible to schedule follow-up appointments with specialists.
According to an article by Jason Laughlin from the Philadelphia Inquirer,
“Despite progress in treating COVID, Penn researcher Nuala Meyer has been frustrated by the reality that patients’ quality of life could still be pretty poor…[Citing a report from The New England Journal of Medicine, Laughlin added] “Nationally, COVID cases are up 4% and hospitalizations are up 10% over 14 days, largely driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron sub-variants. The latter is highly infectious and vaccination or previous bouts with COVID provide less protection against mild illness than seen with other strains of omicron.” (Laughlin, 2022)
