The debilitating effects of long Covid have just begun to hit economies | Torsten Bell
by Torsten Bell from on (#5QT2B)
A study of German footballers revealed they still weren't fighting fit six months after recovering from infection
The impact of the pandemic on our economy as we attempt to reopen is top of the agenda, with ships on the wrong side of the globe, gas prices rising and surging demand for many goods going unmet. How big and long lasting these effects will be dominated discussions of global financial leaders at last week's annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
But what is hardly discussed and still poorly understood is the continuing impact of Covid-19, specifically on the millions of people who have had it. Governments are only just starting to worry about long Covid's impact on their disability benefits bill, while we know little about Covid's direct effect on productivity.
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