Long covid: the doctors’ lives destroyed by an illness they caught while doing their jobs

2023/09/20 by Adele Waters · 1 voice
Health Professions · Medicine · #COVID-19 and healthcare impacts #Healthcare Systems and Challenges #Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.p1983

openalex publication_date 2023/09/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/14

Abstract

Unable to work or to play with their children, forced to sell their homes or facing insolvency—doctors with long covid deserve more support from the government and the NHS, writes <b>Adele Waters</b>

Discussions

• I hope the folks who minimized COVID and fought against basic public health precautions step on legos for every step of the rest of their lives. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... [bsky, 23 points, 0 comments]

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