Full article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/14/the-long-covid-paradox-everywhere-but-nowhere/
The article describes what it calls the “paradox” of Long COVID: despite being widely present in society, it remains largely invisible in public awareness, policy, and healthcare systems. It highlights how many people continue to live with ongoing symptoms, yet struggle to have their illness recognised, diagnosed, or consistently counted in official data. This creates a situation where Long COVID is both “everywhere” in lived experience but “nowhere” in terms of visibility and structured support.
It also explores the consequences of this disconnect, including underestimation of the condition’s prevalence, inconsistent medical recognition, and gaps in care and research. The piece explains that this invisibility has real impacts on people’s lives, particularly those with persistent disability, and calls attention to the need for better recognition, measurement, and long-term health system responses to the ongoing burden of Long COVID.