The Vaccines Might Help Long-Haul COVID Sufferers

The COVID vaccine is intended to make it harder for the virus to make you dangerously sick. But it also might help folks who got sick before and still have long-lingering symptoms.

An episode of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "The Vaccines Might Help Long-Haul COVID Sufferers" was published on March 19, 2021 and runs 20 minutes.

March 19, 2021 ·20m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Summary

The COVID vaccine is intended to make it harder for the virus to make you dangerously sick. But it also might help folks who got sick before and still have long-lingering symptoms.

Episode Description

The COVID vaccine is intended to make it harder for the virus to make you dangerously sick. But it also might help folks who got sick before and still have long-lingering symptoms.

On Today's Show:
Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, infectious disease clinician and researcher at Columbia, chief of the division of Infectious Disease for ProHEALTH Care medical group, talks about what we know about vaccines and treatment, in and out of the hospital and the anecdotal evidence that vaccines help some of those suffering from "long COVID." Dr. Griffin offers a weekly clinical update on the podcast This Week in Virology.