Sanders said long COVID is an economic issue as well as a health issue. He cited a study from The Brookings Institution estimating that between 2 million and 4 million people are out of work because of the disease.
If 3 million people were out of work, it could result in a $168 billion loss in annual earnings, while if the number was closer to 4 million, it could be a $230 billion loss, according to the study.
Bernie out there speaking the only language the wealthy understand…
Hopefully this gets Biden’s donors to convince him this is something that needs addressed.
Because unfortunately it just helping Americans hasn’t been enough yet
Oh Bernie. What would we do without you.
Meanwhile, in the House, Representatives argue over which tastes better: the blue crayon or the orange.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Vázquez told the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions that her story is similar to many Americans struggling with long COVID.
Senators largely agreed during the hearing Thursday that the government must become more involved in long COVID research and provide support for the growing number of Americans struggling with lasting symptoms.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), committee chair, said long COVID is a crisis that “has not gotten the attention that it deserves from the community, from the media and certainly from members of the congress.”
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said he has been struggling with symptoms of long COVID for four years and said he was upset by the difficulty for people of color and women to be believed and get treatment.
Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis, said during Thursday’s hearing that long COVID affects at least 20 million Americans across multiple demographics.
There are currently no medicines approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat long COVID, which Al-Aly said makes it difficult for patients to find and get insurance to pay for treatment.
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