The report, based on data from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey, also estimated that another 12 million adults at high risk from the disease are not employed but share households with workers.
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) finds that nearly one quarter of the U.S. workforce — about 37.7 million workers — who contract COVID-19 virus are at risk of developing severe illness.
That number includes 10 million workers who are 65 or older, and 27.7 million deemed to be at higher risk for severe illness from the virus because of pre-existing medical conditions, including diabetes, asthma, heart or or chronic pulmonary disease, obesity or cancer-related conditions.
The report, published June 15, comes as states lift restrictions and businesses, beaches and public spaces slowly reopen — some cautiously, others eager pushing to get back to their old "normal" as quickly as possible.
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Greg Land
Greg Land covers topics including verdicts and settlements and insurance-related litigation for the Daily Report in Atlanta.
