The looming public health challenge of long covid

Washington Post Live

Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of research for the VA St. Louis Health Care System and Jaime Seltzer, scientific director of #MEAction and Stanford University research scientist, discuss the ranging impacts of long covid and how health care institutions can improve in educating the public on the diagnosis. Then, Chimére L. Sweeney, founder and director of The Black Long Covid Experience and Linda Sprague Martinez, director of the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health discuss the challenges people of color and marginalized communities face in the health care system. Finally, Ashwin Vasan, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene discusses how the city is implementing new strategies to aid long covid patients. Conversation recorded on Thursday, July 25, 2024.