Seton Hall Law Professor Doron Dorfman and Professor Zackary Berger, M.D., of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, have published "Approving Workplace Accommodations for Patients with Long Covid — Advice for Clinicians" in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The article is geared toward medical professionals faced with issues regarding specific diagnosis for long Covid (also known as post-acute sequelae of Covid-19) often requisite for employer work accommodation forms and disability claims. The implications for employers, HR professionals, attorneys and employees are, however, significant – especially given the estimated prevalence of the condition.
The authors point out that "As of January 2023, the estimated prevalence of long Covid among people in the United States who had had acute infection was 11%."
To put this in perspective, as of as of February 28, 2023, more than a than a hundred million COVID-19 cases (103,268,408) had been reported in the U.S., meaning that the incidence of long Covid among the population of the United States could well be in excess of 11 million.
Of interest to employers and medical professionals, the authors further note that
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