Cases 577,428,970
Deaths 6,400,518
USA
Cases 91,316,941
Deaths 1,029,926
Billions in lost productivity. Upwards of millions of Americans left with very large bills and chronic illnesses that make it hard for them meet their obligations.
The "good news" is that Biden is working to get Long COVID covered as a disability. The bad news is, of course, we'll be fighting a buncha asshole Republicans who never want to help Americans who find themselves in a hole not of their digging.
She's often exhausted. She can't digest certain foods.
Most days, she runs a fever, and when her temperature gets up past a certain point, her brain feels like goo, she says.
These are commonly reported symptoms of long COVID.
Linders really noticed problems with her brain when she returned to work in the spring and summer of 2020. Her job required her to be on phone calls all day, coordinating with health clinics that service the military. It was a lot of multitasking, something she excelled at before COVID.
After COVID, the brain fog and fatigue slowed her down immensely. In the fall of 2020, she was put on probation. After 30 days, she thought her performance had improved. She'd certainly felt busy.
"But my supervisor brought up my productivity, which was like a quarter of what my coworkers were doing," she says.
It was demoralizing. Her symptoms worsened. She was given another 90-day probation, but she decided to take medical leave. On June 2, 2021, Linders was terminated.
She filed a discrimination complaint with the government, but it was dismissed. She could have sued but wasn't making enough money to hire a lawyer.
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