Congress finally just held its first hearing on long COVID, four years into the pandemic – and it was packed with desperate patients and experts calling for at least $1 billion a year in research funding, given the enormous burden of disability on more than 16 million Americans. Patients describe debilitating fatigue, severe cognitive impairment, erratic heartbeat, blood clots and a hopelessness that can even lead to suicide as the years roll by with no solution. That’s what happened to a previously healthy 27-year-old from Bernie Sanders’ home state of Vermont, Charlie Vallee, who killed hims…