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This is the first study to examine how prevalence of long-COVID and its impacts on functional capacity differ by industry and occupational groups.

Prevalence of self-reported long-COVID increased with time across all exposure groups and mostly followed SARS-CoV-2 infection trends; with the exception of professional occupations (eg, healthcare, education, scientific occupations) that demonstrated notable differences in the direction of odds of long-covid when compared with odds of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Those working in teaching and education, and social care industries showed the highest likelihood of having long-COVID symptoms. The exact same pattern was observed when analysis was performed using occupational groups. When we used Standard Occupational Classification groups, the likelihood was higher in Caring, leisure and other services.

This weeks 2 important studies on Long COVID, which include ~340k COVID patients vs ~7M controls out to 2 yrs:

1. Organ dysfunction persists in 33%, 2) Levels of disability from Long COVID exceed those of cancer & heart disease

How profound a toll COVID-19 has taken on the nation's heart health is only starting to emerge, years into the pandemic.

"We are seeing effects on the heart and the vascular system that really outnumber, unfortunately, effects on other organ systems," said Dr. Susan Cheng, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

They also worry about the effect of COVID-19 on children’s developing brains:

“These long COVID symptoms, especially memory problems, can significantly affect the self-confidence and development of children in coming years,” the researchers write.

“Children under 10–12 years are supposed to be [in] the most important stages for the brain development, which [implies] that the effects of viral infection on children’s brains can be more destructive.”