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Long COVID in NM and the Pandemic’s Lasting Effects

April 17, 2025

4.18.25 – Five years have passed since the COVID pandemic hit our state. In this interview that first aired last year, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with Santa Fe-based public defender Jennifer Burrill and Michael Bird, former president of the American Public Health Association, to talk about the physical and mental toll that Long COVID has taken on the state. 

Correspondent: Jeff Proctor 

Guests: 
Jennifer Burrill, attorney, New Mexico Law Offices of the Public Defender  
Michael Bird, former president, American Public Health Association   

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New Mexico ranks high for long COVID-19 symptoms – KRQE