“They ask if she’s improving, in expectation that the answer is yes. When the answer is instead a list of ever-changing symptoms, they stop asking. Others pivot to disbelief. ‘I’ve had messages saying this is all in your head, or it’s anxiety,'” Between death and recovery numbers, the people who get sick and stay sick are getting lost in the story. (And their story will sound all-too familiar to anyone who has suffered a chronic condition.) Ed Yong in The Atlantic: COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months.