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Living with long-haul COVID-19

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Life is getting back to normal. But some doctors estimate that 30% of people who contracted the coronavirus will experience symptoms associated with "long-COVID." Some have had to drastically change their lives to deal with these symptoms, and doctors are still learning about how to treat these patients.

Justin Foster played football at Clemson, but had to hang up his cleats because he was so fatigued. Eleanor Spicer Rice wrote scientific papers, but for a while could barely focus on a single sentence.

They both suffered symptoms of "long-COVID." Doctors are learning more about the lingering effects of COVID-19, but still can treat only the symptoms, not the underlying causes.

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Anisa Khalifa is an award-winning podcast producer and host at WUNC. She grew up in a public radio household, and fell in love with podcasts shortly before her friends convinced her to start one with them about Korean dramas. Since joining WUNC in 2021, Anisa has produced Me and My Muslim Friends, CREEP, Tested and Dating While Gray, and is the host of WUNC's weekly podcast The Broadside.
Jason deBruyn is WUNC's Supervising Editor for Digital News, a position he took in 2024. He has been in the WUNC newsroom since 2016 as a reporter.