Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’

Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’ A tidal wave of chronic illness could leave millions of people incrementally worse off. Benjamin Mazer The Atlantic

In late summer 2021, during the Delta wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation issued a disturbing wake-up call: According to its calculations, more than 11 million Americans were already experiencing long COVID. The academy’s dashboard has been updated daily ever since, and now pegs that number at 25 million...