>>> > > > WELCOME BACK TO NBC BAY LOCATION INFORMATION TONIGHT. THERE'' S A LIKELIHOOD YOU ' VE HAD COVID, AND ALSO THERE'' S A LIKELIHOOD YOU RAN OUT COMPENSATION FOR A FEW DAYS BUT EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE, HEADACHE AS WELL AS COOLS WENT AWAY. BUT THAT'' S NOT THE SITUATION FOR EVERYBODY. THERE ARE MANY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OUT THERE THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH STICKING AROUND SYMPTOMS. ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE UNITED STATE DEMOGRAPHICS BUREAU, 16 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE LONG COVID. AS MANY AS 4 MILLION ARE MISSING OUT ON FUNCTION DUE TO IT. LONG COVID CONTAINER TAKE MANY KINDS. SEVERAL OF THE SYMPTOMS CONSIST OF PERSISTENT EXHAUSTION AND ALSO EXHAUSTION ALONG WITH A BRAIN FOG. IT CANISTER ALSO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO TAKE A BREATH, CAUSE BREAST DISCOMFORTS, JOINT PAINS, AS WELL AS TUMMY DISCOMFORTS. THE CHECKLIST IS LONG. THERE'' S An EXPANDING AREA OF DOCTORS AND ALSO INDIVIDUALS THAT SAY WE'' RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB OF WARNING INDIVIDUALS ABOUT LONG COVID.AMONG THEM, CHARLIE McCOHN FROM SAN FRANCISCO. HE INITIALLY OBTAINED COVID IN MARCH OF 2020, MEANS BACK AFTER THAT AT THE STARTING OF THE PANDEMIC. IT ' S NEVER DISAPPEARED, HE SAYS. AS WELL AS, YES, IT'' S ALTERED HIS LIFE. FOR 2 YEARS, HE'' S TAKEN TO TWITTER TO SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE AND ALSO TO SHARE AND ALSO ACTUALLY CRITICIZE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS, THAT HE STATES ARE GOING DOWN THE ROUND. HE HAS MORE THAN 11,000 FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER SINCE HE STARTED THIS. SIGNING UP WITH United States NOW IS CHARLIE McCOHN FROM THE SUNDOWN DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO. CHARLIE, NICE TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. INFORM US SIMPLY IN SIMPLE TERMS, ARE YOU STILL FEELING BAD, AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ON A DAILY BASIS? >> > > YEAH, I AM STILL, YOU RECOGNIZE, ENTIRELY DEBILITATED.YOU KNOW, I OBTAINED THIS PROBLEM WHEN I SIMPLY TURNED 30 YEARS OLD. I ' M ABOUT TO TRANSFORM 33, AND I'' M STILL HOUSEBOUND AND ALSO DISABLED BY THIS PROBLEM. EVERY DAY IS KIND OF A BATTERY OF INCAPACITATING SIGNS, CRUSHING SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST DISCOMFORT, EXTREME FATIGUE, NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS. AND ALSO, YOU RECOGNIZE, THIS SORT OF ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION TO ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL EXERTION, WHICH IS KIND OF A TRADEMARK SYMPTOM. I MADE USE OF TO BIKE TEN MILES A DAY. I CAN'' T REALLY STROLL FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES EACH TIME. I UTILIZED TO FUNCTION 40, 50 HRS A WEEK. I TIN'' T SIT AT A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR MORE THAN THIRTY MINUTES EACH TIME WITHOUT HAVING TO REMAINDER FOR HRS AFTER THAT. IT'' S KIND OF LIKE BEING ON BIOLOGICAL HOUSE APPREHENSION. >> > > YOU ' RE A YOUNG PERSON. YOU USED TO BIKE EVERYDAY. THAT'' S NOT TAKING PLACE ANYMORE. WHEN YOU GO TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, WHAT ARE THEY INFORMING YOU? >> > > WELL, IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO DISCOVER, YOU KNOW, SOME GOOD DOCTORS THAT THINK ME AND ALSO REWARD ME.BUT RIGHT CURRENTLY, THEY'' RE TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, WE DON'' T HAVE THE DEVICES YET. AND ALSO SO EVEN IF YOU'' RE ABLE TO HOP ON AMONG THE YEAR-LONG WAIT IS LISTS AT STANFORD, UCSF, OR DAVIS, THERE'' S STILL NOT A HEAP OF SYMPTOMS– OR A LOTS OF TREATMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, CONTAINER ASSISTANCE FOLKS IN ANY TYPE OF MEANINGFUL WAY. THERE ARE SOME THAT CAN ASSISTANCE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, BUT THERE'' S NOTHING YET THAT CANISTER DIRECTLY ADDRESS THIS CONDITION.AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT
TOOK PLACE TO ME IS NOT RARE. RIGHT NOW WE UNDERSTAND IT ' S ONE OF THE MOST USUAL ADVERSE OUTCOME FROM INFECTION. IT'' S HAPPENING TO MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS DESPITE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS, DESPITE THEIR AGE, INOCULATION CONDITION, OR PRIOR INFECTION. AND ALSO SO MULTIPLE ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE CDC, DEMOGRAPHICS BUREAU, FEDERAL BOOK, THE UK OF NATIONAL OFFICE STATISTICS HAVE VERIFIED THE OCCURRENCE DEPENDS ON 1 IN 5 PEOPLE BETWEEN 10% TO 30%. THIS IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS WARNINGS STILL NEARLY 3 YEARS INTO THIS. >> > > CHARLIE, LET ME JUMP IN HERE. WE SIMPLY SPOKE TO DR. PETER CHIN-HONG FROM UCSF, AMONG OUR COVID SPECIALISTS, ABOUT YOUR CASE.HE CLAIMED,
YES, WE NEED TO BE DOING EVEN MORE IN TERMS OF RESEARCH STUDY. IT'' S SIMPLY NOT AROUND IN THE EMPHASIS GROUPS TODAY. FINAL INQUIRY AS WE WRAP IT UP. ARE YOU GETTING A GREAT DEAL OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE IN YOUR BOAT ON YOUR TWITTER FEED TODAY? >> > > UM, YEAH. I THINK INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO TWITTER, AND THEY'' RE GOING TO SOCIAL NETWORK BECAUSE PUBLIC HEALTH ISN'' T DOING THE ONE OF TWO POINTS THEY NEED TO BE DOING, WHICH IS EITHER CREATING POLICIES OR DISSEMINATING INFORMATION TO PREVENT THE EVENT OF LONG COVID. SO FOLKS ARE GOING TO THESE PLACES TO DISCOVER OUT WHAT THEY REQUIRED TO ACCOMPLISH OR WHAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM BECOMING ILL. AND ALSO TODAY THERE IS NO EDUCATED CONSENT AROUND FOLKS TAKING THIS RISK, AND I DON'' T UNDERSTAND HOW FOLKS ARE DESIGNED TO BE MAKING PERSONAL PUBLIC HEALTH DECISIONS IF THERE STILL IS NO PUBLIC WARNING AROUND ONE OF THE MOST TYPICAL UNFAVORABLE OUTCOME FROM INFECTION.SO I ' LL JUST END IN EXPRESSION THAT NO ONE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM, AND ALL OF US HAVE A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITIES OF IT HAPPENING TO YOU OR SOMEBODY YOU LOVE IN THE COMING YEARS IS SIGNIFICANT. > > ALL RIGHT. CHARLIE, WE FEELING BAD WHEREFORE.
