Long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million Americans out of work

Related: New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work (Brookings Institute)

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Source: CNN Business

Long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million Americans out of work

By Matt Egan, CNN Business
Updated 1328 GMT (2128 HKT) August 25, 2022

New York (CNN Business) — The pandemic continues to cast a shadow over the workforce. Long Covid, a combination of symptoms that emerge months or even years after recovering from the virus, is keeping up to 4 million Americans from working, according to a new study.

The Brookings Institution report, released Wednesday, finds that about 16 million working-age Americans (between the ages of 18 and 65) have long Covid today.

People suffering from long Covid face a range of symptoms that can make it challenging to work, including brain fog, anxiety, depression, fatigue and breathing problems.

Brookings estimates that 2 to 4 million people are out of work due to long Covid. The midpoint of that range -- 3 million full-time equivalent workers -- represents a sizable 1.8% of the entire US civilian labor force, the report said.

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