re: #242 Eclectic Cyborg
Latest numbers suggest we’ve lost around 200 000 folks of working age (18-65) to the pandemic.
But beyond this, what about people who survive but are stuck with long covid? Or who do mostly recover but are still unable to do their previous jobs for various reasons?
Death is only one reason people fall out of the labor force.
I’m under the impression that they’re unwilling to return. It feels somewhat like a general strike to me. Who wants to deal with the public when the public is the craziest they’ve been in my lifetime? For those who have avoided infection, risking it for a shitty job probably doesn’t seem like a good idea anymore either.