05/13/2024
Many employers have a long Covid problem, making it more challenging to hire and retain employees and to support their productivity.
In 2022, economics professors at Harvard University, estimated that long Covid costs the U.S. economy between $160 billion and $200 billion per year in lost wages and increased medical costs.
In 2023, the Brookings Institution reported that 700,000 people were absent from the U.S. labor force due to the illness.
The adults with Long Covid that are still working, may work fewer hours, or struggle with tasks that used to be easy for them, or both.
In 2024, 6.9% of U.S. adults — 17.8 million people — have long Covid
Nearly 18 million U.S. adults have long Covid, a multisystem illness that sometimes appears after a bout of Covid-19. Its wide range of symptoms vary from person to person, veer from mild to severe, and can wax and wane over time. There are no official treatments for long Covid; while some people se...
