The emergence of long COVID has drawn attention to a poorly understood illness sometimes referred to as chronic fatigue syndrome. This week, over a thousand people living with those diseases signed up to meet virtually with members of Congress to push for more funding for chronic illnesses. Disability advocate Rivka Solomon gives us her Brief But Spectacular take on chronic fatigue syndrome.

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