I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.

For more than three years, I’ve lived with long COVID.

The dizziness never leaves. I can’t drive more than half an hour without starting to get nauseous. Any strenuous activity — mental or physical — leaves me with post-exertional malaise that feels like a hangover the next day. I’ve learned to adapt and find gratitude for many things, but life remains an exhausting calculus of rationing energy across work, chores, and my kids.

I am only one of over an estimated 20 million Americans with long COVID. Symptoms for “long haulers” range from brain fog and fatigue to joint pain, heart palpitations, dizziness, loss of taste or smell, and many others. Many live with chronic disability , forced out of jobs and daily routines.

That’s why when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK) was nominated as Secr