Covid-19’s lingering effects count her among an expanding population of so-called long-haulers -- survivors left with debilitating conditions who represent another insidious dimension of the pandemic. What’s still emerging is the extent to which the enduring disability will weigh on health systems and the labor force. “Now we’re seeing a lot of these people become long-haulers.”Even if such cases are identified, there’s still no guarantee the economic consequences will be adequately quantified, said Janet Currie, an economics professor at Princeton University. Also, the long-term economic effects of Covid-19 will ripple well beyond those who caught the coronavirus, Currie said. Due to the timing of his illness, Merryman wasn’t tested for Covid-19, and an antibody test in June came back negative.

Source: Hindustan Times August 25, 2020 06:06 UTC