Opinion: This Isn't COVID's Final Act

Opinion | This Isn't COVID's Final Act We must keep the virus, and long COVID, center stage Stuart Katz, MD, Alice Perlowski, MD, MA, and Brittany Taylor, MPH medpagetoday

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Despite the ongoing research efforts, nearly 7 million deaths worldwide, and the continued devastation COVID inflicts on people across the globe, we must also recognize yet another reality: the evolving virus at the core of the current pandemic has placed us at a crossroads. Many public health emergencies enacted by governments have already or will one day come to an endopens in a new tab or window. At the same time, given the unpredictable nature of viruses -- and current uptick in cases globally -- we must acknowledge the ongoing need to continue surveillance, vaccinationopens in a new tab or window, and research programs to protect the health of communities worldwide and alleviate the suffering of long COVID patients.

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