{"id":2374191,"date":"2025-01-14T09:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2374191\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T09:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:45:45","slug":"my-year-of-long-covid-the-pandemic-isnt-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2374191\/","title":{"rendered":"My year of long covid: &#8216;the pandemic isn&#8217;t over&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3mzG8j16FlQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nMy year of long covid: &#8216;the pandemic isn&#8217;t over&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDarren Parkinson is one of about 2 million people living with long Covid in England and Scotland. The illness is having a detrimental impact on his life, stopping him from being the kind of active and involved parent he wants to be to his two children.<br \/>\nSubscribe to The Guardian on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/subscribegdn<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian has spent a year with Darren and his family to document his journey as he tries to recover from long Covid and come to terms with his new reality<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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