Futurity December 5, 2024
Leigh Hataway U. Georgia

The COVID-19 pandemic panic that characterized the early 2020s may be gone, but the SARS-CoV-2 virus is continuing to wreak havoc on some Americans’ finances, according to a new study.

The researchers found that long COVID-19 is making it harder for people to pay their bills, buy groceries, and keep their utilities on.

The study suggests much of that financial hardship is the result of lost jobs and reduced working hours. And the researchers found that the negative economic effects of the illness are present regardless of socioeconomic status.

“COVID is still going on,” says Ishtiaque Fazlul, lead author of the study and an assistant professor in both University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs and UGA’s College...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID
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