https://www.cbsnews.com/news/long-covid-impact-labor-market-missing-workers/
an equivalent of 1.6 million people are missing from the full-time workforce because of the disease, which can leave people incapacitated for months with persistent symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, headaches, memory loss and heart palpitations.
This is how the workforce was for several years after the 2008 crash. Skeleton crews only, and each employee doing the work of 2-3 people each. I don’t miss those days.