Former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb appeared on CBS’s program, “Face the Nation,” on Sunday, where he discussed COVID-19 long-haulers as well as the Delta variant of the coronavirus, which was first detected in India. “The balance of the information that we’re accruing does indicate that COVID is a disease that could create persistent symptoms, some people clearly have persistent symptoms after recovery,” he said..