I think it’s interesting that none of these discussions about labor shortages include the fact that 724,000 Americans have died of covid and 44.9 million Americans have gotten COVID. Isn’t it fair to assume that some of these Covid suffers have had residual symptoms?

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 17, 2021

I also wonder how many Americans were traumatized by Covid deaths in their peer group?

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 17, 2021

Been saying this for a while now. The labor shortage is multifaceted:

Covid deaths and debilities

Decreased immigration

Dearth of childcare

Low wages

Politicized health/working conditions

Out migration to other countries

These are the drivers of the labor shortages.

— Maureen Moore (@HopesMom12) October 17, 2021

Low wages appears in this group.

Also pandemics historically tend to change economic structures. This was the case as result of 14th Black Plague as well as 1918 Spanish Flu, to a lesser extent.

We should be thinking about the possible ways Covid will change our economy too.

— Maureen Moore (@HopesMom12) October 17, 2021

I got Covid early—in February 2020—and I am still disabled by LongCovid & unable to work a year and a half later. The thought has certainly crossed my mind. There is seemingly no help coming, and no end in sight. I don’t know what people are going to do. https://t.co/wk4Jw0eVNp

— Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) October 17, 2021