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Kaine introduces bill to research and combat long covid, after suffering it himself

March 2, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. EST
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), departs after a vote on Capitol Hill in December. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Sen. Tim Kaine got covid-19 in the spring of 2020, and nearly two years later he still has mild symptoms.

“I tell people it feels like all my nerves have had like five cups of coffee,” Kaine said Wednesday of his “24/7” tingling sensation, just after introducing legislation intended to expand understanding of long covid.