Canada needs a long-COVID strategy
In contrast to the striking images of waves of acute infection that sent thousands to hospital earlier in the pandemic, long COVID seems to be out of sight – and thus out of mind – for most Canadians.have had lasting effects from infection, according to Statistics Canada – and that number has the potential to swell as waves of infection continue to ripple through society, with mitigation increasingly rare and amid a steady decline in vaccination rates.
This means that long COVID may be the perfect foil for our health system. A high-prevalence condition that takes painstaking work and dedicated time to diagnose and manage is colliding with the stark reality of a system which has among the most severe shortages of primary-care access of any comparably wealthy country.
The strategy must focus on three elements: reducing the number of infections that occur, reducing the chance that an infected individual develops long COVID, and providing support and care for those who already have long COVID.
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