Six years later, COVID symptoms linger for many Latino farmworkers in Washington

By: Monica Carrillo-Casas

Outlets: The Spokesman-Review

Published: March 15, 2026

Words: 1,417

Last Updated: 5 days, 22 hours ago

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The dizziness started while Baldomero Muñoz was working in the blueberry fields of Oregon.

That didn’t stop him. He kept picking.

By the next morning, his head was pounding and his lungs hurt. A few days later, he tested positive for COVID-19 – an illness he says he still hasn’t fully recovered from five years later.

“I still feel like there’s phlegm stuck in my lungs,” Muñoz said in Spanish.

Long COVID among Latino farmworkers …

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