Stinky
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Actually,The answer is obviously no. They're entitled to medical care for their conditions. But get used to care rationing in the future if they want to maintain a socialized health care system. The entire system's function is predicated on "young" (under 60) people costing the system little because we know that the last 2-3 years of an individuals life is what costs the system the lions share of the total health care spend on the individual. When you add chronic illness to significant percentage of "young" people that requires ongoing expense to treat and manage, and can last for decades, you strain the shit out of the system that simply isn't designed to manage millions of people having chronic healthcare conditions for decades.
Just as I had faith in vaccine development, I have faith that they will find something to deal with long covid.
My wife, has been living with stage 4 Her2+ breast cancer for 11 years now.
If she had the same diagnosis 10 years earlier herceptine would not have been available and as such, she would likely be dead.
I have a lot of faith that long covid will be addressed.