COVID Year 3: The Fight Continues

Year 3: Making Progress

#SurvivorCorps Newsletter #20 / Mar. 16, 2022

Survivor Corps’ Facebook Group is 190,000 members strong,
advocating on your behalf for more funding, more Citizen Science and
more research for a better understanding of COVID-19 and Long COVID.

C.A.R.E. for Long COVID Act

March 2, 2022 - Senators TIm Kaine (D-VA), (who has Long COVID), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced the Comprehensive Access to Resources and Education (CARE) for Long COVID Act. Survivor Corps advised on this bill, fully endorse its passage and needs YOUR help to make that happen.

Full Act text / 1 Page Summary HERE

TAKE ACTION to help move this bill forward:
1) CALL your Senators to SUPPORT this bill. Find Senators' phone numbers HERE.

2) SHARE and POST these graphics to Social.
TAG your Senators and ask for their SUPPORT:
#CAREforLongCOVID
#SurvivorCorps
@Survivor_Corps

Podcast: Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie attempts to understand Long COVID: what it is, what it can do to the body, who is affected, and how it is upending lives - by speaking with Survivor Corps members and Diana Berrent.

Mar. 10, 2022 - Long COVID Deep Dive, Part 1: ‘You need to grieve the life you thought you were going to live’

Mar. 11, 2022 - Long COVID Deep Dive, Part 2:
‘I hope someone with the power to change something is listening’

COVID Brain Study

Understanding the long term impact of COVID-19 on the brain through advanced MR imaging and spectroscopy

COVID-BRain Advanced Imaging Network:
Researchers looking for individuals who had COVID-19 and still having symptoms like headaches, ‘brain fog’, feeling tired, dizziness, memory problems, or loss of taste or smell. (Also looking for people who did NOT have COVID-19.)

Participants are compensated ($150) for each completed study visit. Multi-site study in: Boston, Baltimore, Houston, Minneapolis and Rochester (MN).

Do you qualify? Take Eligibility survey HERE.

Study information on Survivor Corps website - under Maryland.

Contact: covidbrainstudy@umn.edu

COVID-19 Turns 3..

We look back to 2020 with a documentary series Survivor Diaries.

In the Season Premiere, Survivors from the first wave of the COVID Pandemic in New York City share their stories before producers Morgana Wingard and Jaco Bester pack up their NYC apartment and hit the road to interview Covid-19 survivors across America: 14 months, 19’ trailer. 414 days, 40,000 miles, 4 flights, 70 campsites - and 190 survivors from all 50 states.

** NEW EPISODE EVERY THURSDAY **

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Survivor Corps is one of the largest Patient Advocacy and
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support all medical, scientific and academic research,
help stem the tide of this pandemic and assist in the national recovery.

Year 3: Making Progress

C.A.R.E. for Long COVID Act

Podcast: Next Question with Katie Couric

COVID Brain Study

COVID-19 Turns 3..

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