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Congress Approves Over a Billion Dollars to Study the COVID-19 Long Haulers : Implications for ME/CFS - Health Rising
EDIT: Dang! That amount of money DID seem too good to be true! - Cort updated the article with this caveat:
So I'm sure some of the money will be used for long-haul research, but probably not the bulk of it!
1/15/2021: EDIT AGAIN! It's been confirmed that the money is for "post-acute COVID syndrome" (aka long-haulers!) - some of that has GOT to trickle down to ME/CFS research! THE FOLLOWING IS A HYPERLINK FOR AN MEACTION PAGE BUT I CAN'T GET IT TO LOOK LIKE A HYPERLINK: NIH official confirms $1.15 billion funding for long COVID research - #MEAction Network
Congress Approves Over a Billion Dollars to Study the COVID-19 Long Haulers : Implications for ME/CFS - Health Rising
EDIT: Dang! That amount of money DID seem too good to be true! - Cort updated the article with this caveat:
Update! There is some controversy over how much funding will go to the long haulers or how much is devoted to long term studies of COVID-19 (or if both are the same thing). Apparently the bill refers to long term studies of COVID19. That suggests to me that it does refer to the long haulers. Otherwise why refer to “long term”? Large NIH studies generally last from 3-5 years (i.e. are long term) without ever using the term “long term”. On the other hand the phrase provides wiggle room and does not nail down the long haulers – so there’s some uncertainty. As Emily reported it will take time to unpack what’s going on. Whatever is going on one would think there is enough money for all.
So I'm sure some of the money will be used for long-haul research, but probably not the bulk of it!
1/15/2021: EDIT AGAIN! It's been confirmed that the money is for "post-acute COVID syndrome" (aka long-haulers!) - some of that has GOT to trickle down to ME/CFS research! THE FOLLOWING IS A HYPERLINK FOR AN MEACTION PAGE BUT I CAN'T GET IT TO LOOK LIKE A HYPERLINK: NIH official confirms $1.15 billion funding for long COVID research - #MEAction Network
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