Long COVID May be ‘The Next Public Health Disaster’

Millions of Americans have developed long COVID, also known as long-haul COVID, post-COVID or post-acute COVID syndrome. Up to 30% of Americans who get COVID-19 have developed long-haul symptoms, affecting as many as 23 million Americans, according to the U.S. HHS. Long COVID demonstrates that the virus is taking a lingering, pervasive and perhaps even more insidious toll. Medical experts have called it “the next public health disaster in the making.” But the tentacles of long COVID reach far beyond its medical impact: from the labor gap to disability benefits, life insurance, household debt, forfeit retirement savings and financial ruin. Read more from CNBC here.