Long COVID Essentials

a resource sheet series
by The Sick Times x Long COVID Justice

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This series of resource sheets provides foundational information about navigating Long COVID. Whether you’re newly experiencing confusing symptoms, have had this disease for years, or are helping others in your community, these sheets will direct you to information and resources to support you along the way. 

This series is produced by Long COVID Justice and The Sick Times. It is designed by and for people with Long COVID and associated diseases. All resource sheets have been reviewed by people living with Long COVID and/or caregivers, and by medical experts who provide Long COVID care. Sheets can be printed and/or shared as digital PDFs, and we encourage you to share them widely!

We are based in the United States, so some of this information is specific to that context. We are currently able to produce them in English and Spanish. We invite you to contact us if you have resources and capacity for translation into other languages.

Please note: 

• Resources were published in fall 2024; some information may be subject to change.

• Although each sheet has been reviewed by medical professionals, they are informational resources, not medical advice

Always talk to your medical providers before trying treatments or symptom management strategies. 

• Each offers brief information and is not comprehensive. We know there is much more information on each topic we cover, and that there are additional topics not yet addressed in this series. 

Resource pages

All resource pages are available as webpages or as printable PDF documents:

  • WEBPAGES: Pages include clickable links to additional resources and information. (For even more resources, visit our comprehensive Resources page.)
  • PRINTABLE SHEETS (PDFs): Each page listed below includes a link to a printable PDF. Most English versions are 2-3 pages, and Spanish versions are often longer. Note: The PDFs are designed for print and will not work well with assistive technologies like screen readers.
    • Coming soon: Compilation! (Full set of all printable sheets published so far, in one large PDF.)

LONG COVID BASICS

CONDITIONS & COMPLICATIONS: Symptoms, treatments & more

GETTING HELP

LONG COVID IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV

LONG COVID IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Additional Resources

All supplemental resources linked within the sheets are also available (along with much more!) on our comprehensive Resources page.

Spread the word

All resources in this series are available under CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons. You are welcome to republish them free of charge as long as you credit us and link back to this page.

What can you do with these resource sheets?

  • Print promo postcards (color or black and white), or print any & all individual resource sheets from this series!
  • Ask your health care provider, school, library, & community orgs to include Long COVID Essentials in their office and website
  • Ask your local Mask Bloc or other mutual aid group to share the resource sheets or promo postcards as they distribute supplies
  • Put them in your Little Free Library
  • Share a pic of yourself handing one to your health care provider
  • Put up on bulletin boards or other community spots
  • Share on social media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Bluesky (these links go to the ‘launch announcement’ for the series, and more posts focused on individual resource sheets are coming soon!)


In the absence of significant public health support and guidance from most government and healthcare systems, we hope these resources will support you in taking care of yourself and your community. We’ve seen the attention of the media and leaders wane, funding disappear, and misinformation spread – even as the overlooked impacts of the COVID pandemic and Long COVID crisis remain widespread. And these impacts are hitting hardest in already marginalized communities. Our work remains as urgent as ever, and we’ll keep fighting for pandemic justice and care for all. Our stories and experiences must be told, believed, and prioritized!

Stay in the loop to get alerted when future resource sheets are published:

As complex as it can be, Long COVID is just the most recent manifestation of a long under-acknowledged phenomenon of post-infection illness that often drives, worsens, or unmasks a set of understudied complex chronic conditions. 

Now, many millions of people are newly or more severely ill, marginalized and under-served. As we saw with the emergence of HIV/AIDS, pandemics expose the critical need for large-scale change in healthcare, public health, and unjust structures that bring inequitable risks of illness, suffering, and mortality.  – Read more & sign on to Long COVID Justice’s Pandemics Are Chronic statement

Get in touch!

Have a question or a resource to suggest? Contact us at [email protected]