“There is no money to survive”: Long COVID pushes India’s marginalized workers deeper into poverty - The Sick Times
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While research on Long COVID in India is scarce, studies and people’s experiences suggest that the pandemic has deepened socioeconomic inequalities in the country. Among the hardest hit are marginalized workers, including daily wage laborers and cleaners, whose livelihoods depend on intense physical labor. For them, Long COVID is not just a health and disability issue — it is an economic catastrophe that pushes families into cycles of poverty.
  • palmtrees2309@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    A billion of Indians have no spending capacity. And at same time youth is unemployed but every department or organisation says they are under staffed. It is almost like they wait for elections to roll puy new vacancies for government jobs.