now? >> no. i barely function. >> before covid lori was the nursing director for a home health agency but hasn't worked since january. after using up her paid time off she was laid off. >> losing that job and losing that part of me has been really hard. i have become one of the patients i cared for. >> this doctor has seen this constantly. >> work issues have been one of the most significant problems we've encountered in our patient population. >> his team at the mayo clinic treats and studies post covid syndrome looking at data from their clinic and several other studies they noticed a troubling trend. >> we estimate approximately 1.3 million individuals are out of work right now due to long haul covid symptoms. >> he says that could mean more