Dr. Michael Peluso

clinical fellow at UCSF’s School of Medicine involved in a two-year study of long COVID patients

Dr. Michael Peluso on KCRW

“After the first one, I thought that I did see some improvement with some symptoms, like shortness of breath, maybe some of the GI symptoms and some of the joint pain.

This long-haul COVID patient sees no major improvement in symptoms after second vax dose

“After the first one, I thought that I did see some improvement with some symptoms, like shortness of breath, maybe some of the GI symptoms and some of the joint pain.

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“I was out of work for three months, and the last couple of weeks started working again. … I do still have a lot of residual symptoms. I still have issues with vision.

Think COVID-19 lasts 2 weeks? This patient has been suffering for months

“I was out of work for three months, and the last couple of weeks started working again. … I do still have a lot of residual symptoms. I still have issues with vision.

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