Long-Covid Victims Face New Foe in Recovery: ‘Medical Necessity’

Margot Cullen noticed a rash with raised pinpoint bumps on the stomach and neck of her now 21-month-old son in the beginning of March. Then the fevers started.

Alex tested positive for coronavirus on March 15, becoming one of the 2.2% of all Covid-19 cases that were in children under 5 as of Aug. 5, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He’s had a fever every day since. They range from 100.4 degrees, which is enough to keep him out of day care, to a high of 102.1.

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