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'The vaccine helped me the most': COVID-19 long-hauler says getting vaccine improved symptoms
Sarah Fili
'The vaccine helped me the most': COVID-19 long-hauler says getting vaccine improved symptoms
AND JULIE. ALL RIGHT, BILL. THANKS DOCTORS. SAY THE VACCINE MAY BE A BENEFIT TO COVID-19 LONG HAULERS. THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL SUFFERING COVID-19 SYMPTOMS MONTHS AFTER THEY RECOVER. WE FIRST INTRODUCED YOU TO THIS 29 YEAR OLD IN JANUARY. HE SAYS DAYS THAT THE SYMPTOMS HE’S BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE NOVEMBER. FINALLY STARTED TO FADE KETV NEWSWATCH. SEVEN, SARAH FEELEY HAS THAT AND A DOCTOR’S RESPONSE TONIGHT FOR US SARAH. IN JANUARY JARED STATE BEEN TOLD ME HE FELT LIKE A ZOMBIE UNABLE TO FOCUS ON ANYTHING AND IN A FOG HE GOT THE MODERNA SHOT THURSDAY AND SAYS, HE’S ALREADY BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE HIS OLD SELF. IT’S BEEN MONTHS OF FRUSTRATION AND CONFUSION FOR 29 YEAR OLD JARED STEVEN. IT WAS HORRIBLE STEVEN HAD COVID IN NOVEMBER IN JANUARY. WE INTERVIEWED HIM ABOUT HIS LONG HAULER SYMPTOMS INSTEAD OF BRAIN FOG. IT’S JUST LIKE AWAKING BARIUM BECAUSE ONE MINUTE I’LL BE FINE AND THEN THE NEXT MINUTE. I START TO ZONE OUT AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE I’M IN A GONNA HAYES MEMBER THE ARTIST AND WRITER LOST HIS ABILITY TO FOCUS STABEN SAYS HE SPENT MONTHS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS WITH NO LUCK UNTIL THURSDAY. IT TOOK A VERY VERY LONG TIME A LOT OF DOCTOR VISITS. AND I THINK THE VACCINE OF ALL THINGS IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT’S HELPED ME THE MOST HE SAYS DAYS. AFTER STARTED TO WEAR OFF A LOT SHARPER A LO MORE ALERT, I GUESS I WOULD SAY NEBRASKA MEDICINE DR. MARK RUPP SAYS THERE IS EVIDENCE THE VACCINE HELPS LONG HAULERS IF THEY GET VACCINATED THERE ARE AT LEAST SOME ANECDOTAL REPORTS THAT THEY’RE SEEING A DIMINUTION IN THOSE SYMPTOMS. SO AGAIN ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO GET VACCINATED STEVEN SAYS HE’S PROOF. I ABLE TO SIT. DOWN RIGHT PART OF HIS SECOND BOOK SUNDAY MATT A TON FOR ME AND LIKE IT I WAS A LITTLE EMOTIONAL HE SAYS EXCITED FOR HIS SECOND SHOT. AND TO GET BACK TO HIS OLD SELF. IT’S BEEN A HUGE LAKE KIND OF WEIGHT JUST TOSSED OFF MY SHOULDERS, REALL STATEMENT SAYS MANY OF HIS FRIENDS WHO’VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH LINGERING SYMPTOMS GOT THEIR SHOTS AND ARE FINALLY BREAKING OUT OF THAT BRAIN FOG.
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'The vaccine helped me the most': COVID-19 long-hauler says getting vaccine improved symptoms
Sarah Fili
It's been months of frustration and confusion for 29-year-old Jared Staben."It was horrible," Staben said.Staben had COVID-19 in November.In January, sister station KETV interviewed him about his long-hauler symptoms."Instead of brain fog it's just like a waking delirium because one minute I’ll be fine and the next minute I start to zone out and it feels like I’m in a haze,” Staben said in January.The artist and writer lost his ability to focus.Staben said he spent months searching for answers with no luck, until Thursday.“It took a very long time, a lot of doctor visits, and I think the vaccine is the one that has helped me the most,” Staben said.He said days after getting the vaccine, the brain fog started to wear off."A lot sharper, a lot more alert I guess I would say,” Staben said. "Friday is when I noticed I started to feel a little better and Saturday I was like, 'Oh, I’m feeling a little more like I used to.'"Nebraska Medicine Dr. Mark Rupp said there is evidence the vaccine helps long haulers."If they get vaccinated, there are at least some anecdotal reports that they're seeing a diminution in those symptoms. So, again, another good reason to get vaccinated," Rupp said.Staben said he's proof. He was finally able to sit down and write part of his second book Sunday.“It meant a ton to me and I was a little emotional,” Staben said.He said he's excited for his second shot and to get back to his old self."It’s been a huge weight just tossed off my shoulders."
OMAHA, Neb. —

It's been months of frustration and confusion for 29-year-old Jared Staben.

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"It was horrible," Staben said.

Staben had COVID-19 in November.

In January, sister station KETV interviewed him about his long-hauler symptoms.

"Instead of brain fog it's just like a waking delirium because one minute I’ll be fine and the next minute I start to zone out and it feels like I’m in a haze,” Staben said in January.

The artist and writer lost his ability to focus.

Staben said he spent months searching for answers with no luck, until Thursday.

“It took a very long time, a lot of doctor visits, and I think the vaccine is the one that has helped me the most,” Staben said.

He said days after getting the vaccine, the brain fog started to wear off.

"A lot sharper, a lot more alert I guess I would say,” Staben said. "Friday is when I noticed I started to feel a little better and Saturday I was like, 'Oh, I’m feeling a little more like I used to.'"

Nebraska Medicine Dr. Mark Rupp said there is evidence the vaccine helps long haulers.

"If they get vaccinated, there are at least some anecdotal reports that they're seeing a diminution in those symptoms. So, again, another good reason to get vaccinated," Rupp said.

Staben said he's proof. He was finally able to sit down and write part of his second book Sunday.

“It meant a ton to me and I was a little emotional,” Staben said.

He said he's excited for his second shot and to get back to his old self.

"It’s been a huge weight just tossed off my shoulders."