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Long COVID Keeps People Out of Work and Hurts the Economy (www.yalemedicine.org)
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Long COVID isn’t just a health issue—it’s hitting wallets and workplaces hard. Millions of Americans are struggling to return to work months after their initial infection, and the economic toll is staggering as governments and employers scramble to address this growing challenge.

“It’s a myth to assume this data reflects issues limited to unvaccinated individuals, retiring adults, or people with pre-existing medical conditions,” says Arjun Venkatesh, MD, professor of emergency medicine at Yale School of Medicine and the primary author of the study. “Our cohort tends to be younger and highly vaccinated, yet the reality is that they continue to have prolonged symptoms after an acute COVID infection, which significantly affects their ability to work.”

By keeping so many people out of the workforce, Long COVID has a significant impact on the economy, too. Researchpublished in Nature Medicine estimates that over 400 million people worldwide have developed Long COVID at some point, resulting in an annual global economic cost of $1 trillion.

“It’s difficult to conceptualize what $1 trillion really means,” says Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, chief of Research and Development Service at Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System and the study’s senior author. “It’s about 1% of the global GDP and that’s significant. That 1% loss of the total productivity of all humans around the world is a significant drag on progress and economic expansion.”

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[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Same. I know exactly how you feel

this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2024
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