Long COVID and Health Inequities: The Role of Primary Care, 2021, Berger, Greenhalgh et al

Abstract

Policy Points

• An estimated 700,000 people in the United States have “long COVID,” that is, symptoms of COVID‐19 persisting beyond three weeks.
• COVID‐19 and its long‐term sequelae are strongly influenced by social determinants such as poverty and by structural inequalities such as racism and discrimination.
• Primary care providers are in a unique position to provide and coordinate care for vulnerable patients with long COVID.
• Policy measures should include strengthening primary care, optimizing data quality, and addressing the multiple nested domains of inequity.

Open access, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0009.12505

 

And preferably not making them worse, just for a change.

 

Uh, no. Primary care has failed miserably at dealing with chronic illness for decades, absolute total failure. So much that it is completely oblivious to a problem it sees often, unable to connect dots that are basically touching each other.

Nope nope nope. Go away Greenhalgh, stop making this about what you want.