Between two million and four million Americans aren’t working due to the long-term effects of Covid-19, according to a Brookings Institution report released Wednesday
David Cutler, a health economist and professor of economics at Harvard University, has also calculatedHe breaks the costs down to reduced quality of life, reduced earnings and increased medical spending.Have you or someone you know battled long Covid? Share your experience. Join the conversation below.
Dr. Cutler, who has reviewed Ms. Bach’s reports and said they are based on sound calculations, agreed that long Covid is contributing to a labor shortage. The labor force isthan in early 2000 and several million smaller if you adjust for the increase in population, according to Labor Department data.
David Putrino, director of rehabilitation innovation at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, said the Brookings report highlights what doctors see at long Covid clinics all the time.
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