Matt McGorry Shares How Long COVID-19 Has 'Massively Impacted' His Life

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Matt McGorry is warning his followers to continue to protect themselves against COVID-19. On Monday (October 29), the 38-year-old How to Get Away with Murder actor revealed that he’s struggling with long COVID symptoms and detailed how they have “massively impacted” his life. Keep reading to find out more…“Long COVID is a truly f–ked up condition that I’ve been dealing with for over 1.5 years & it has massively impacted my life,” Matt wrote. “LC can have up to 200 symptoms and can affect every organ of the body and the only way to avoid getting Long COVID, is to not get COVID at all or to limit the amount of times that you do get it.

Each new infection increases the risk of getting Long COVID.” “I don’t share this to scare people, but [because] I now recognize that I was living in denial [because] of how badly I wanted COVID to be over,” he continued. “I hope that you can learn from my experience.” Matt added, “Masking at the very least, in public places (especially) where all disabled people have to be (medical settings, grocery stores, transit), makes sense to protect yourself and an act of solidarity that truly matters when society as a whole has said ‘oh well!’ to infections that are still killing and disabling people every day, especially the ‘most vulnerable.’” In the accompanying video, Matt said that he was diagnosed with COVID twice, first in April 2020 then again in April 2023, and revealed that the symptoms he’s still experiencing are brain fog, insomnia, and “debilitating” fatigue that doesn’t go away even after “sleeping for 10-12 hours a night.” He also said that he’s no longer able to really workout anymore and that his battle with long COVID has given him “anxiety and depression.” “There is no approved