When COVID-19 struck, it became clear how unprepared global health systems were for such an unprecedented event. Across the world, the pandemic exposed and exacerbated existing inequities, revealing cracks in public health infrastructures and medical institutions that disproportionately harm marginalized communities. Long COVID—a disabling condition with widespread, enduring effects—has become a striking example of these inequities, highlighting how the wealthiest access resources while underserved populations, including racialized communities, LGBTQI+ individuals, and those in lower socioeconomic brackets, are left to suffer or die. This is not hyperbole—it is the grim reality faced by millions.

Our forthcoming docuseries sheds light on these inequities, revealing how global health systems have failed Black, Brown, LGBTQI+, undocumented, and working-poor communities. It underscores the urgent need for radical investment in public health, education, health care systems, and equitable access to insurance and resources worldwide. This pandemic is not only a mass disabling event but also a mass marginalizing event, deepening disparities that already existed in vulnerable populations.