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1 in 12 Utahns have long COVID, new state report says. Patients share their struggles
It’s a monstrosity — a creature that’s part spider, part hyena, and part rabbit, with one blind eye and a drooling maw. The depiction, by long COVID-19 patient and artist Ella Udell, is one of several disturbing and heart-wrenching art pieces included in a new report released Wednesday by Utah health officials on the prevalence of the mysterious but very real and troubling chronic condition that continues to plague many Utahns after a COVID-19 infection, sometimes years later. Udell’s piece, created as part of the “Meet My Monster project,” is meant to illustrate what ...