New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work

This June, the Census Bureau finally added four questions about long Covid to its Household Pulse Survey (HPS), giving researchers a better understanding of the condition’s prevalence. This report uses the new data to assess the labor market impact and economic burden of long Covid, and finds that: 

  • Around 16 million working-age Americans (those aged 18 to 65) have long Covid today. 
  • Of those, 2 to 4 million are out of work due to long Covid. 
  • The annual cost of those lost wages alone is around $170 billion a year (and potentially as high as $230 billion).  

There are at least five critical government interventions that can reduce the economic burden of long Covid: better prevention and treatment options, expanded paid sick leave, improved workplace accommodations, wider access to disability insurance, and enhanced data collection on long Covid’s economic effects. 

Source: New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work

Rushdie + Milck Video + Courage + Pod45: Creative Kolkata + Tagore

Happiness Between Tails by da-AL

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Click H-E-R-E for my new podcast page at AnchorFM. This week’s episode is the audio version of the blog post for “Novel Writing + Creative Kolkata + Tagore.”

At the Happiness Between Tails podcast page, you’ll also find links to subscribe, hear, and share it via most any platform, from Spotify and Apple Podcasts, to Google Podcasts and Pocket Casts, along with RadioPublic and Castbox and Stitcher and more, plus an RSS feed. The full list of 50+ places is at LinkTree.

Novelist Salman Rushdie is out of the woods, though it will take a while for him to heal. Recently, he was attacked and gravely injured right before he was to give a lecture. Thank goodness the controversial writer is a tough bird. For decades, he’s evaded assassination attempts by anti-free speech people.

He’s a light in the darkness. That’s what we do, we creatives…

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Happiness Between Tails by da-AL | Tales + Tails: Novel Writing + Culture + Compassion

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Tales of Writing + Books + Compassion + Culture + Wagging Tails

Searching for intelligent heartfelt posts about writing, arts, and love by a novelist (tales) that’s fun (happiness) and animal-loving (tails)?

If you enjoy the ideas and sensibility here and on the audio version of this blog, Happiness Between Tails Podcast, you’ll love my novels once they’re published — “Flamenco & the Sitting Cat” and its sequel, “Tango & the Sitting Cat.” They’re my love letters to all who worry that they’re too odd or old, too damaged or whatever, to find happiness with or without a partner.

 

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Republicans Love Handouts Until Black People Benefit From Them

Like many of Black Americans, I had to take out loans to pay for college. More than 57% of Black people have received a pell grant (and more than 75% of students attending HBCUs). It’s America’s catch-22, where you need education to find employment to live comfortably. However, if you don’t have the wealth to pay for it, you’ll end up working to pay that off for the rest of your working career. For Black people, that means paying off a mortgage worth of debt while not even having a house.

This is why the Biden administration’s move to forgive up to $20,000 in Pell Grant debt and cap payments at 5% of a person’s income will help Black Americans across the country who have been bogged down financially. Now, families might be able to put more towards savings, buy a house or a car, and pay down other debts. But of course, Republican lawmakers couldn’t wait to demonize this move.

Source: Republicans Love Handouts Until Black People Benefit From Them

BioNTech Founder Uğur Şahin: “The Virus Continues To Mutate at a High Speed” – DER SPIEGEL

We were fortunate that Omicron turned out to be as mild as it has been, says BioNTech co-founder Uğur Şahin. In an interview, he says he expects that his company’s adapted vaccine will be available in September, just in time for the first Oktoberfest to take place in Germany since the pandemic. Source: BioNTech Founder Uğur Şahin: “The Virus Continues To Mutate at a High Speed” – DER SPIEGEL

Jump in the dark … by Magic Mix – Magic Mixture を

“Tracking a new path is like a leap
in the dark, it can be smooth or make you break your legs. In both alternatives, the discoveries will lead you to experience diversity, you will have even more curiosity than you have ahead of you, and more care when making your choices.” Source: Jump in the dark … by Magic Mix – Magic Mixture を

♫ Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind ♫

Filosofa's Word

I used to be a very organized person.  No honest … I did!  Not so today, though.  I find that at this stage in my life, my mind has become somewhat cluttered and, while I may not like it, I cannot seem to get things put back where they belong.  For example, every time one of you suggests a song you’d like to hear, I make note of it in a file of “To Be Played” songs, and usually … sometimes … I put the name of the person who requested it next to the song.  Then again, more often than not I think, “Oh, no need to note that … I’ll remember!”  🤣🤣  Anyway, I was at somewhat of a loss for a song to play tonight, so I drug out the ol’ list … for the first time in probably six months or more!  Makes me wonder…

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Arizona: Senate Candidate Blake Masters Covers Up His 100% Opposition to Abortion

Diane Ravitch's blog

Blake Masters is the Republican candidate opposing incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Kelly in Arizona. Masters is closely allied with misogynistic billionaire Peter Thiel.

On his campaign website, he declared that was completely opposed to abortion at any stage of pregnancy, with no exceptions. He said he was “100% pro-life.” He called Roe v. Wade a “horrible” decision.

He called for “a federal personhood law (ideally a Constitutional amendment) that recognizes that unborn babies are human beings that may not be killed.”

But then came the election in Kansas, where Republican women joined with Democrats to block an effort to remove the right to an abortion from the state constitution.

Now, reports the Arizona Republic, Masters has softened the language on his website to pretend to be a moderate on abortion. In other words, he is trying to pull a Kavanaugh, pretending that he is not what he is.

He removed…

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शहर तुम्हारा/ Your City

Kaushal Kishore

एक अरसा बीत गया
तुम्हारे शहर को छोड़े हुए,
पर मेरा यह दिल है
कि हर सहर°
ले जाता है मुझे वापस
तुम्हारे शहर में…
                                            °सुबह

️🏙️🏙️🏙️🏙️🏙️🏙️

Years have passed
since I left your city,
but it’s my heart
that takes me back
to your city
every morning…

–Kaushal Kishore

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