If you’ve had COVID symptoms - like cough, body aches, fatigue, or “brain fog” - for more than four weeks, you might have Long COVID. With Long COVID, you may feel tired an experience body aches, you might forget things, and you may feel weak or quickly tire.
Support for mental health, housing, food and community can be found throughout Boston. Below are links to organizations supporting LGBTQIA+ people.
Muslim Aid Society: is a grassroots, 501c3 nonprofit, and a community organization that works to educate, organize and empower the Muslim community to be active, contributing citizens who play a significant role towards positive social and spiritual change.
American Islam: American Islam is a national organization representing and working to empower moderate American Muslims by providing them with religious, educational, social, financial, and advocacy services, and outreaching to the U.S. population, media, and government with the true peaceful message of Islam.
Resources exist to help with healthcare and other facets of being a new arrival to the US. Information on accessing health care coverage, legal and educational support can be found using the links below.
Research shows that vaccines are safe for adults and children. Safety experts continue to track the effects of the vaccines.
Did you know that in 2023, COVID has become the 8th leading cause of death in kids under 18 years old? More than influenza, or RSV. COVID has become one of the major causes of death in kids. It is not time to panic, because thankfully, even though COVID is a leading cause of death in kids, death in kids is rare. So even though COVID is a common cause of death in kids who die, not many kids die, and overall, COVID does not kill too many children. But that does NOT mean that we can ignore COVID in kids. Not many kids die of cancer either, but can you imagine a world where we say that cancer in kids does not matter, because only a couple of thousand kids died from cancer last year??
We know that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for children. There have been careful clinical trials followed by monitoring of vaccine outcomes from the very beginning of COVID vaccines . All children ages 6 months and older should get vaccinated against COVID-19. Children who get vaccines do not get infections and serious illness often. Vaccines make it less likely that children will have long COVID health problems. Millions of children and teens have gotten the COVID vaccine.
You can get COVID more than once, and have symptoms over a long period of time,. If you get COVID again and have COVID symptoms while you are sick, that is COVID symptoms. But if you partly recover from an infection and find that you still have lingering symptoms, or even new symptoms 4 weeks later, that may be Long COVID
Every time you get a COVID infection, you could also get Long COVID. The best way to prevent getting long COVID is to not get COVID in the first place. The same advice that you have heard for three years now still applies - get vaccinated, be aware of how much COVID is in the community now, and consider masking in crowded indoor spaces.
But did you know that if you do catch COVID (let’s face it, most of us have) Vaccination helps to prevent long COVID! So, even when vaccines become less effective at preventing COVID infections, they continue to reduce the risk that you will get long COVID and reduce the risk that you will DIE!
You can get COVID more than once, and have symptoms over a long period of time. If you get COVID again and have COVID symptoms while you are sick, that is COVID symptoms. But if you partly recover from an infection and find that you still have lingering symptoms, or even new symptoms 4 weeks later, that may be Long COVID
Every time you get a COVID infection, you could also get Long COVID. The best way to prevent getting Long COVID is to not get COVID in the first place. The same advice that you have heard for three years now still applies - get vaccinated, be aware of how much COVID is in the community now, and consider masking in crowded indoor spaces.
But did you know that if you do catch COVID (let’s face it, most of us have) vaccination helps to prevent long COVID? So, even when vaccines become less effective at preventing COVID infections, they continue to reduce the risk that you will get long COVID
As the pandemic has been officially declared over and the restrictions lifted, it is important to remain up-to-date with COVID boosters for you and your family. These are especially important for those who are at greatest risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID variants -- children, those over 65 and anyone who is moderately or severely immunocompromised.
Immigrant Family Services and Institute: Services, programs and advocacy for the Haitian immigrant community servicing primarily residents of Mattapan, MA. Providing support with legal aid, healthcare, housing, and health insurance.
True Alliance Center: True Alliance Center is a nonprofit, Haitian-led organization that advocates for the Haitian community in Boston. They are dedicated to helping this population to transition into the United States by providing social services, educational resources, healthcare, and advocacy.
Equity Now and Beyond: A community-based organization that primarily works with immigrant and refugee populations in Boston (African, Brazilian, and Haitian). This partner provides social services and health resources to enhance economic and educational factors relating to civic engagement and equitable living.
Symptoms can be different from person to person, because Long COVID can affect any part of the body and everyone’s body is made differently. For example, individuals who have health conditions like high blood pressure before getting COVID, may have different symptoms than people who have diabetes, or lung disease.
