Long Covid is keeping millions out of work – and worsening labor shortage in the US | Fiona Lowenstein and Ryan Prior

Recent analyses estimate that long Covid could be driving up to one-third of the US labor shortage

We've all seen the headlines about labor shortages, worker attrition, or - as many mainstream media outlets refer to it - the Great Resignation".

It's true: since 2020, a record number of people have quit their jobs. The trend is ongoing, and some argue quitting is contagious. But, there's another contagion that's probably causing people to leave the workforce in droves.

Fiona Lowenstein is an independent journalist, the founder of Body Politic, and the editor of the forthcoming book The Long Covid Survival Guide.

Ryan Prior covered the Covid-19 pandemic as a CNN features writer and is the author of the forthcoming book The Long Haul