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I suffered a very mild case of Omicron, and now have issues with vertigo for the first time. My case is manageable, but we as a society have no idea how long our long covid symptoms will persist.

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I’m sorry to hear about this, Paola. Hope you feel better very soon. And your case reminds us how critical it is that we build around your experiences and those of so many others.

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And chronic Lyme is devastating as well. There are over a million new cases of Lyme disease each year, 20% of which will be resistant to treatment.

We should take a look at the surge of this disease in the 1970s where 50 people came down with same symptoms at the same time in the same place, Lyme, CT. Is this how pandemics start?

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That’s the thing, is that we miss 100% or what we fail to pay attention to - and it still harms people in profound ways.

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