RELATED: ‘Today is day 353’: Woman takes 189 pills a week nearly 1 year after COVID-19 diagnosis to combat symptoms"The numbers of people with long COVID in need of post COVID care will likely be staggering and will present substantial strain on already overwhelmed health systems," the study’s authors said. " The higher risks of adverse kidney outcomes reported in this study highlights the need for integration of kidney care as a component of the multidisciplinary post-acute COVID care."However, researchers did point out the study’s limitations, saying the patients were mostly older, White males.March 15 will mark one year since Amy Watson, a preschool teacher from Oregon, first began suffering with COVID-19 symptoms, and she still has a.