14 percent of the US population has experienced prolonged Covid
14 percent of the US population has experienced prolonged Covid A research article titled "Long Covid in the United States" published in the journal PLOS One revealed that about 14 percent of the US population has experienced prolonged Covid at some point. The study used data collected from nearly half a million Americans between June 2022 and December 2022 through the US Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey. Among respondents, 14 percent reported long-term exposure to Covid, with half of them currently experiencing it at the time of the survey. The study also uncovered significant geographic variation in the incidence of prolonged Covid across the United States, ranging from 11 percent in Hawaii to 18 percent in West Virginia. Consistent with previous studies, the results indicate that the incidence rate in the United States is significantly higher in women than in men, as well as in Caucasians compared to black individuals and Asians. Furthermore, the incidence of ...