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Doc - Ron - I hope you're not a doctor, but to fill you in, If you were going through the pain I have experienced over the last seven months, you wouldn't suggest a Long Covid Clinic to me. I have tried to get into studies but live just too far from NY City or Boston, Or my Covid infection has been longer than 6 weeks .... As far as the Long Covid Clinics, they don't want you unless your Primary Care Physician refers you and I've found a reluctance among that group to write referrals. Ignoring the patients is not the appropriate first step and denying access to the clinics is even worse. Sure I'm 74 years old and wasting medical care on an old fart like me seems financially unwise but as one professional to another - I paid for the highest level of my insurance for over 55 years and I don't expect to be short changed in my last 10 to 15 years and even with my Covid Brain Fog, I'm still smart enough to realize that my current doctors do not have my interest but rather the insurance companies profit at heart.