Darren Parkinson is one of about 2 million people living with long Covid in England and Scotland. The illness is having a detrimental impact on his life, stopping him from being the kind of active and involved parent he wants to be to his two children. The Guardian has spent a year with Darren and his family to document his journey as he tries to recover from long Covid and come to terms with his new reality
The longer people deny the ongoing pandemic, the worse and longer they make it.
Longer? It’s never going away. Even vaccination doesn’t protect you fully or stop you from spreading it. Unless some different and much more effective vaccine is developed, it’s here to stay.