From Gothamist:
Before the pandemic, Alisha had a marketing job at a cosmetics company and spent her free time exercising, baking and going out with friends. Since getting COVID at the end of 2020, she has been dogged by chronic fatigue and other long-term symptoms that prevent her from working or even walking to the end of her block on most days. Many of her outings involve commuting to doctors’ appointments like this one via Uber.
While estimates on the number of people with long COVID vary, one large survey recently published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found about 6% of adults in New York state were living with long COVID in 2023, similar to the national rate. That amounts to about 500,000 people with long COVID in the five boroughs alone. Of those with long COVID, about 1 in 5 reported that it limited their activities significantly.