The medical community was overwhelmed with COVID and its impact on the system in 2020.
The effects of COVID continue to influence the health care community; however, it
has been discovered that the COVID virus
1
has had lasting consequences. Many health care providers have referred to this as
Long COVID for the period after an individual has a COVID positive test. It is also
known as postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) infection,
2
but for the purposes of this column we will reference it as Long COVID. As we enter
2023, more attention will be placed on Long COVID as there is much to learn about
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Published online: February 21, 2023
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