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Novel drug could treat long COVID and prevent re-infection
(medicalxpress.com)
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I'm lucky enough (such as that may be) to not have, or know anyone personally who has, long COVID, so the first person that came to mind for this was YouTuber "Physics Girl" Dianna Cowern.
If other sufferers are as debilitated as she appears to be, and it helps in any way at all, this drug is fantastic news.
If it can "fix" someone completely, even if it's a lifelong medication, even better.
That's who I thought of as well. I check her channel periodically hoping to see the "I'm back" video. No luck yet :(
I hate to say it, but while hopeful, it's unlikely.
I've been around the CFS/ME community since my husband got it 6 years ago. There a small handful of people who have recovered, but generally they've been "misdiagnosed" with CFS and then correctly diagnosed/treated. The majority live with it for the rest of their lives. It's also why the life expectancy is only 50 - many simply cannot live with that level of pain/suffering day in, day out without any real hope of improvement/relief. Its a dreadful illness.