Research from Penn State and an Australian university indicates that about half of the 236M people who got Covid worldwide suffered 'long Covid' or debilitating mental and physical symptoms for as long as six months or a year.
That is likely a significant contributor to unemployment for the 48M American's who contracted Covid in the US. It's not that they don't want to work, but can't because of physical issues or an inability focus. IOW Covid didn't just kill nearly 800K Americans, it could have debilitated 12 to 24 million people who are likely at the bottom of the economic scale, tired and unable to advocate for themselves. Another drain on our health care system and factor leading to long term unemployment and more debt.
Evidently vaccines help by preventing Covid; other benefits are unclear.
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All the more reason to focus on avoiding Covid completely.
How many people get 'long COVID'? More than half, researchers find
More than half of the 236 million people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide since December 2019 will experience post-COVID symptoms -- more commonly known as 'long COVID' -- up to six months after recovering, according to researchers. The research team said that governments, health...
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That is likely a significant contributor to unemployment for the 48M American's who contracted Covid in the US. It's not that they don't want to work, but can't because of physical issues or an inability focus. IOW Covid didn't just kill nearly 800K Americans, it could have debilitated 12 to 24 million people who are likely at the bottom of the economic scale, tired and unable to advocate for themselves. Another drain on our health care system and factor leading to long term unemployment and more debt.
Evidently vaccines help by preventing Covid; other benefits are unclear.
Do vaccines protect against long COVID? What the data say
Vaccines reduce the risk of developing COVID-19 — but studies disagree on their protective effect against long COVID.
www.nature.com
All the more reason to focus on avoiding Covid completely.
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