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This week the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 response made 39 recommendations, including that 'normal' life be kept going as much as possible during the next (inevitable) pandemic.
Not music to the ears of many people living with Long Covid. Last week, a text in response to British long covid specialist Dr Toby Hillman claimed "Kiwis have been kicked to the curb. NZ is one of the worst countries to have this issue with".
Rohan Botica and Dr Anna Brooks are two of the founders of DysImmune Research Aotearoa focusing on immune dysfunction research to help understand, diagnose, treat post-acute infection syndromes.
Dr Anna Brooks is a Senior Research Fellow at the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland and Principal Investigator for DysImmune Research Aotearoa.
Rohan Botica is a Casual Research Associate at the Liggins Institute and lived-experience researcher for DysImmune.
