'Long haulers' | Some COVID-19 survivors experience lingering effects months out Justina Coronel COVID-19 survivors may be experiencing lingering symptoms months after recovering. These patients are labeled the "long haulers". This can include patients hospitalized with COVID-19 to individuals with mild symptoms. St. Louisan Mary Grobe is one of them. She tested positive in November 2020 and experienced almost all of the symptoms, even getting pneumonia two weeks in. "It was six really, really, really rough weeks," Grobe said. The acute symptoms are now gone. But Grobe's battle against the virus is still present. She has long-term effects. "The thing that's probably the most frustrating is the exhaustion. That's something that long haulers seem to have unfortunately. With the brain fog, my concentration isn't as good as it used to be. I'm used to multitasking all day all the time and that is no longer something I can do right now," Grobe said.