A METROFOCUS SPECIAL TWO-NIGHT EVENT: THE LONG COVID HEALTH CRISIS

March is Long Covid Awareness Month.

Up to 1-in-5 adults who’ve survived COVID-19 are living with long COVID, a condition characterized by up to 200 symptoms that persist long after the initial infection is gone and can affect the body for months or even years. It’s estimated that 1 million Americans have been forced to leave the labor force due to medical complications from long COVID, and even more have been impacted by long-term symptoms. Tonight, in part-one of our special two-night discussion, we’ll hear from: Kevin Devine, a Staten Island resident who after two years is still struggling with long COVID; Diana Berrent, a Long Island activist, advocate, and founder of Survivor Corps, the largest long COVID support and advocacy group in the nation; and Dr. Rainu Kaushal, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research at Weill Cornell Medicine, who is spearheading a multimillion-dollar study on long COVID and is one of the medical leaders selected for the NIH Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) initiative.