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A conversation with Amanda Finley

A conversation about living with Long COVID, building community, and turning lived experience into sustained advocacy.

Amanda Finley on Breathe This

About Amanda Finley

Amanda Finley is a Long COVID survivor and advocate. A former archaeologist and opera singer, she found a new public voice through the COVID-19 Long Haulers Discussion Group, a large peer community created to connect people navigating persistent symptoms and a rapidly changing evidence base.

What we discuss

  • The lived reality of Long COVID and changing capacity
  • Why peer communities became essential early in the pandemic
  • How patient experience can inform research and public policy
  • What meaningful recognition and support can look like

This episode is presented for public education. Views expressed by guests are their own. YouTube provides closed captions for the video.

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