US media highlight Long #COVID19 as a serious issue. It describes what Long COVID is like for kids: "a slow-moving spiral: first their health, then their grades, then their future."
For kids, LC is "rivaling conditions like ADHD and autism as one of the most common chronic diseases in American youth today." Data shows "chronic absenteeism nearly doubled following the Covid pandemic."
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