Long covid: what is it and why is still a mystery | 5 things

In the beginning, people suffering from what is now called long COVID were forced into the shadows. How are those patients being helped now?

Their symptoms - debilitating tiredness, lung issues and non-specific pain - didn’t seem to fit together. Over 3 years into the pandemic, the medical community is still grappling with the question of treatment. Why has it remained such a mystery? Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, Director of the Long COVID Initiative and Chair of the department of epidemiology at Brown University, joins 5 Things to explain.