Long Fight for Better Long COVID Research
For Spier, one of the hardest parts of his health issues and lack of energy is that they have sharply curtailed his social interactions with friends and colleagues.
He has channeled his energies into researching new treatments that could potentially improve his symptoms. That research is partly what drove him to create the Long Covid Studies website.
His goal is still to help others with long COVID find trials that can improve their symptoms as well. The more people who participate, the closer scientists will come to providing effective treatments for everyone, he said.
“For all my frustrations, we’re still at the forefront of science globally,” he said. “And if we have the level of funding the NIH is equipped to provide, we can show the world what’s possible with long COVID research.”
A version of this article first appeared on Medscape.com.