
LONG COVID Trends USA: Vaccination Reduces Burden

What are the risks involving long COVID? The true health consequences of this condition afflicting anywhere from 5% to 25% of individuals who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 remain uncertain. But given the range of symptoms and conditions, some of which can be debilitating, overall concern grows about the impact on individuals and collectively on society. That concern at least in part, led to the creation of a dedicated Long COVID Office within Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Biden administration. That initiative is led by Adm. Rachel Levine. A lack of study data has been a primary problem. But one recent study published in PLOS One offers more insight.
The data of almost 500,000 Americans was collected for the period of June 2022-December 2022, based on the US Census Bureau&rsquo;s Household Pulse Survey (HPS). Study authors Alex Bryson and David Graham Blanchflower report that 14 % reported suffering long COVID at some point, half of whom reported it at the time of the survey.