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Dr. Lucky Tran
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📢 Public Health, Climate Justice, and Science Communication 🎓 Columbia, Cornell, Cambridge, Adelaide ➡️ Find me on other websites: linktr.ee/luckytran
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Researchers estimate that the economic cost of Long COVID in the US is $3.7 trillion, which is comparable to the cost of the Great Recession. It is reckless for governments to ignore preventing and treating COVID and Long COVID. Source: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...

Adding across the three areas, Table 1 shows the total cost of long COVID is $3.7 trillion. 59% of the cost is lost quality of life; the remainder is reduced earnings and greater medical spending. The total amount is roughly $11,000 per person, or about 17% of pre-COVID US GDP. By another metric, the cost of long COVID rivals in aggregate the cost of the Great Recession.
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That's why they're scurrying to make it more difficult, if they get rid of 40% now it won't look so bad when more are added in the future. bsky.app/profile/erin...

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The Census Bureau wants to change its definition of "disabled" to eliminate FORTY PERCENT of disabled people from being counted in the US. Disabled folks alred have extremely minimal support in this country. Imagine the damage this will do. PLEASE COMMENT. PLEASE HELP PROTECT DISABLED PEOPLE.

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TDtdawry.bsky.social

So far! The Great Recession didn't stack up that score so quickly.

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KBkatebranden.bsky.social

I wonder what the economic cost is when you add in all the other chronic illnesses with similar symptoms that have been ignored for decades.

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Dr. Lucky Tran
@luckytran.bsky.social
📢 Public Health, Climate Justice, and Science Communication 🎓 Columbia, Cornell, Cambridge, Adelaide ➡️ Find me on other websites: linktr.ee/luckytran
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