Jennifer 1 wishes she had financial support for daily needs.
Transcript
So people with long COVID need support on just the daily things. Your cleaning, your food. Most places do have free grocery delivery, but some don’t. If you’re like me you end up going grocery shopping anyway because the quality of vegetables and fruit that you get means that everything’s going, you know, if you don’t eat it fast enough it’s all going in the garbage. Well I don’t have the money to keep doing that. So I go grocery shopping even though I really shouldn’t. Having the ability and support – and like this all comes down to also financial. Being supplemented or at least given a cheaper option for like if you need to use a taxi, or Uber, or what have you to get to an appointment. Because that day you can’t physically drive. I don’t have that luxury. I don’t have the extra money to take a cab, or an Uber on the days I feel I can’t drive. So I still drive and really hope that nothing happens. And I know that I’m not the only one who struggles with that.
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