Latino farmworkers face high rates of long COVID but barriers delay diagnosis

By: Monica Carrillo-Casas

Outlets: The Spokesman-Review

Published: April 19, 2026

Words: 1,368

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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SEATTLE – The first time Dr. Anita Chopra had a long COVID patient, she cried.

It was two years after the pandemic, she said, when the once-healthy patient described symptoms of weakness, chronic fatigue and frequently forgetting daily activities.

“I still see him. He’s in his late 40s, but the amount of change he dealt with, the challenges he’s still struggling with are just overwhelming,” Chopra said.

Chopra is a lead physician at the University …

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