Medscape January 9, 2026
Most people have been too tired to wash their hair, but have you ever been too exhausted for someone else to wash your hair? That has been Julie Pinard’s situation since she developed long COVID 4 years ago. The former vice president of a large manufacturer of electrical accessories now uses most of her extremely limited energy working as a patient partner for the Quebec Minister of Health, Santé Quebec, and independent researchers planning care and research into long COVID and other infection-associated chronic conditions in Quebec.
“I have a very small number of functioning hours per day,” Pinard told Medscape News Canada. “This [interview] is it for today. I will not take a shower. I will not step outdoors....
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