Long COVID is still a problem, racking up a global cost of $1 trillion
Briefly

I think they (government agencies) are itching to pretend that COVID is over and that long COVID does not exist... It is much more pleasant to pretend as if emergency department visits and hospitalizations haven't been rising sharply this summer. - Ziyad Al-Aly
Long COVID has already affected an estimated 400 million people worldwide, a number the authors say is likely conservative, at an economic cost of about $1 trillion annually-equivalent to 1% of the global economy. - Researchers in Nature Medicine review
The new significant wave. It's hard to believe we're well into our fifth year of this virus and not taking the requisite steps to gain control. - Eric Topol
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