Plague Poems on Nostr: I used to find it crass when studies estimated that the cost of Long COVID (in the ...

I used to find it crass
when studies
estimated that the cost
of Long COVID (in the US)
is around $3.7 trillion,
it seemed wrong
to put a dollar amount
on human suffering,
but now when I read such studies
I’m just relieved
to see someone acknowledge
that the pandemic isn’t over.