Long COVID can be a debilitating and life-altering repercussion of COVID-19. But between its relative newness and wide array of symptoms, it can be hard for patients and healthcare providers alike to identify it.
The CDC estimates that 19% of Americans have symptoms of long COVID, while research group the Brookings Institution found that long COVID may be keeping four million Americans out of work. Yet, when health data analytics company Springbuk analyzed hundreds of thousands of employee health claims, only 1.8% had a long COVID diagnosis.
