Long COVID what we do and don't know after 3 years of the pandemic with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, summarizes what we've learned—and what unknowns still linger as the COVID pandemic crosses the three-year mark. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

00:00 AMA Update for March 15, 2023
00:35 3 years since WHO declares COVID pandemic on March 11 2020
02:05 Coronavirus public health emergency to end on May 11, 2023
02:28 COVID global death toll of 7 million people
02:58 COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths
03:23 COVID data trackers shutting down
04:15 CDC COVID data collection slows
05:31 COVID hospitalizations and deaths decrease in the US
05:40 COVID cases in the US
05:45 COVID hospitalizations in the US
05:52 COVID deaths in the US
06:04 Hospitalizations and test positivity for COVID declining
06:51 Data on long COVID cases
07:14 How many people have long COVID?
07:39 Symptoms of Long COVID
08:06 Diagnosing and treating long COVID
09:22 COVID restrictions for international travel end, negative tests no longer required for China
10:18 Free COVID testing sites, call centers close by early May 2023

[moonstone]

Thank you for the info! The public still needs to know the latest news on the pandemic.

[janeshipley]

thank you, todd, for continuing to talk about long covid.