REPORT

New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work

Katie Bach Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic through today, news about labor shortages and missing workers has dominated headlines. The question everyone still seems to be asking is: Why? 

In January 2022, Brookings Metro published a report that assessed the impact of long Covid on the labor market. Data on the condition’s prevalence was limited, so the report used various studies to make a conservative estimate: 1.6 million full-time equivalent workers could be out of work due to long Covid. With 10.6 million unfilled jobs at the time, long Covid potentially accounted for 15% of the labor shortage. 

This June, the Census Bureau finally added four questions about long Covid to its Household Pulse Survey (HPS), giving researchers a better understanding of the condition’s prevalence. This report uses the new data to assess the labor market impact and economic burden of long Covid, and finds that: 

Around 16 million working-age Americans (those aged 18 to 65) have long Covid today. 

Of those, 2 to 4 million are out of work due to long Covid. 

The annual cost of those lost wages alone is around $170 billion a year (and potentially as high as $230 billion).

workers could be out of work due to long Covid. With 10.6 million unfilled jobs at the time, long Covid potentially accounted for 15% of the labor shortage. 

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洗呀洗

怕很多人得long covid影响搬砖，所以封了很多人影响他们搬砖？

洗呀洗

我飞呀飞 发表于 2022-11-28 12:24

这是美国报道

难道美国通共, 帮着洗地?

支持写进宪法，成为第五项基本原则

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wfmlover 发表于 2022-11-28 12:24

清零十年 ??

那人口不得减少 50% ??

因噎废食的意思？