The New York Times (1/24, Belluck) reports a new studypublished by the New York State Insurance Fund shows long COVID is still having a significant impact on the United States’ workforce. The results show a substantial number of people have yet to return to the workforce due to prolonged COVID-19 symptoms like cognitive processing difficulties, fatigue, and respiratory struggles. The study “analyzed Covid-related claims from patients exposed to the virus at work” that were “filed between Jan. 1, 2020, and March 31, 2022.” In that analysis, “nearly a third of 3,139 Covid-related claims” that the fund “paid met its definition of long Covid.”
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— “Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds ” Pam Belluck, The New York Times24, January 24, 2023