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The Daily Buzz: Who are the COVID-19 ‘long haulers’ and what are their symptoms?

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Are you still experiencing COVID-19 symptoms several months after infection? You may be experiencing long COVID.

Tribune reporter Erin Alberty wrote about the prominence of people confronting COVID-19 symptoms lasting more than three months from their initial infection — also known as COVID “long haulers.” It’s why the University of Utah opened a COVID-19 Long-Hauler Clinic last year. Her recent story finds that people reporting long-term symptoms are generally young and healthy.

Statewatch reporter Alastair Lee Bitsoi talks about how Zion National Park received a record-breaking 5 million visitors last year, according to unofficial numbers. But is that a good thing?

And, on Valentine’s Day, I wrote about how immigrants skipped work and school to join the national “A Day Without Immigrants” protest and called on the U.S. Congress and the Biden administration for a pathway to citizenship.

Hear these stories and more on the Monday, Feb. 14, episode of the “The Daily Buzz” podcast.

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