Post Covid-19 Syndrome: dying of Covid is terrible, but some people get sick and just don't get well
In my present job in a low cost health clinic I don't see much acute Covid. Patients in the infectious stage of the coronavirus are dangerous to everyone they breathe on and potentially infectious virus particles can survive on surfaces in clinic, putting staff and other patients at risk. We see most patients who are still infectious in their cars or we arrange video or telephone based visits. If they are very sick, they need to go to the hospital. Sometimes I feel guilty that I am not taking care of these very sick patients, but that's not my role right now. The people I do end up seeing are patients who have had Covid, should have recovered, but are still sick. There are many of these people. These are young people, in their 20's maybe, who got sick, tested positive, took 2 weeks off of work, but then can't function normally when they try to go back. They are older people, often with other chronic diseases, who were doing fine but now can't take care of their hou