• 01100011101001111100 [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I think it's even more morbid than you're suggesting I bet a lot of these essential workers probably died or got long covid complications and just plain cant work anymore.

    • Metalorg [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I thought that too, but deaths were heavily weighted toward the elderly

      • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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        3 years ago

        I looked it up, and over 100,000 people who died of Covid were under the age of 65 (and not everyone retires at 65 either). Even without burnout and long covid, that's still enough for a labor shortage