WASHINGTON — Andy Slavitt, a top adviser on the coronavirus pandemic to President Biden, revealed on Tuesday that his teenage son suffers from “long COVID,” a plethora of symptoms that continue to hound people who’ve been sickened with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Some of those symptoms can persist for months, making long COVID a public health challenge even as the pandemic otherwise ebbs.
“He is young and fit and in the prime of his life,” Slavitt said, “but six months later he still suffers from tachycardia, shortness of breath and ongoing and frequent flulike symptoms. His hands are cold to the touch.”
Slavitt said his son contracted the