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Sixteen million people of working age in the U.S. suffer with long COVID, which in many cases is affecting their ability to work.
The unemployment of millions of Americans with long COVID, a lack of a social safety net for many of them, and a labor market that is beginning to turn in favor of employers, could collide to create wider economic problems, some economic experts say.
Advocates call for expanding social safety net
The unemployment of so many Americans with long COVID could collide with other factors to create wider economic problems.
Sixteen million people of working age in the U.S. suffer with long COVID and from 2 to 4 million people were unemployed in June and July.