The truth about life with long Covid — and the search for a cure

On the worst days, Antony Loveless, 54, and his partner, Claire Hooper, 53, are entirely bedbound. The couple have spent days, weeks, months just motionless. At one point Claire went without a shower for 12 days. On better days they go downstairs to sit in their armchairs, but even that is exhausting. They scroll through Netflix and end up watching something they saw weeks earlier but remember nothing about. They struggle to cook, burning toast and setting the microwave on fire. They put reminders on their phones but forget why. Recall for names, faces, even the start of a sentence as they’re trying to finish it, dissolve into thin air. Read more.