COVID-19 ‘Long Haulers’ Have Been Sick for Months. in N.H., More Care May Be on the Way (Audio) – NHPR

Listen now - Comments by Jose Mercado, assistant professor of medicine, are included in a segment about people who are dealing with the long-term health impacts of COVID-19. Mercado explains that those lasting effects can include heart and lung complications, abnormal blood clotting, the loss of smell and taste, difficulty with concentration, and memory problems. Mercado says that care needs to be decentralized so that doctors and researchers can better understand the range of impacts.