As many as 30% of people with COVID develop the long-term illness, with many sufferers struggling to return to work.
Bach's research adds to the debate over America's current labor market shortage, as businesses continue to struggleEmployees are quitting their jobs at record rates, with some finding better-paying jobs and others starting their own businesses. But others are struggling with lingering health issues after catching COVID.
"This is really a massive issue for workers," McCorkell said."What we saw in our patient-led research collaborative study is that about two-thirds of survey respondents had to reduce hours or stop working completely." McCone, who lives in San Francisco, said he's able to get by on his short-term disability payments, which replaced about two-thirds of his income, although he's had to dip into savings, partly to cover medical costs for his long COVID-19 treatments. But his disability runs out in March, and McCone worries that he won't be well enough by then to return to his marketing job.
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