Naming COVID-19 an occupational disease raises many concerns around workers' compensation. (Photo: Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock)
When workers' compensation was first conceived over 100 years ago, it was designed to cover traumatic injuries in an industrial setting. As workers' compensation evolved, that coverage expanded in many ways. It was recognized that there were certain diseases or conditions, like asbestosis and black lung disease, to which workers in certain occupations were exposed, and the general public was not similarly exposed.
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