> My deep worry is that this long-term impact of #COVID on debilitating the workforce will continue to hit us year after year, as COVID and other infections (vi

> My deep worry is that this long-term impact of #COVID on debilitating the workforce will continue to hit us year after year, as COVID and other infections (via COVID’s immunocompromised) slams ashore every winter. Fairly unlikely. Susceptibility to long COVID probably does come down to genetics, HLA subtype and/or some kind of OAS effect maybe due to prior infections. The people who have already encountered the virus and their immune system has formed a robust and successful response to the virus are likely to fight it off again fine the next time they're exposed (barring a change in their immune status due to chemotherapy or immunoscenescence or whatever, but that is a risk that those people run with influenza and other respiratory viruses as well). We're not going to see an additional 1% of the population suffering new onset long COVID year after year.