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Long COVID Was a Preventable Tragedy. Some of Us Saw It Coming

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Brian Vastag is a former science reporter for The Washington Post who has been disabled by myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) since 2012. Here, he writes about the similarities between his disease and long COVID, reflecting on how the latter was, and is, a preventable tragedy.



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