Long COVID — the term for cases in which symptoms persist for months or even years — is forcing some workers to retreat from the labor force altogether.
from the non-profit Brookings Institution that examines the disease's effect on the nation's labor force.
The estimate of long COVID sufferers' lost wages doesn't take into account other costs, such as for medical treatments and lower productivity for those who continue to work but at a reduced capacity. the nation has experienced during the pandemic. The U.S. today has about 600,000 fewer workers compared with February 2020, just before the economic shutdown that led to widespread layoffs and job cuts.
To cope, Fish started adding regular periods of rest into her workdays, an accommodation her employer was willing to make. She also cut back on her hours, but her symptoms persisted. "It's been hard, and it will continue to be hard because we live in a place that's expensive and we weren't planning on being on one income with a child," she said."We definitely have taken a hit financially because of my loss of income.""One's lost income is a major concern, but on top of that there are also the medical costs because so much remains unknown about long COVID," said Columbia Business School healthcare professor Carri Chan.
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