PapyrusBrigadePapyrusBrigade@cosocial.ca
Oct 15, 2026, 1:05 PMThere are 3 million more disabled workers in the US since the start of the pandemic.
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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦deborahh@cosocial.caOct 15, 2026, 1:19 PM@PapyrusBrigade well, that'll 'help' the unemployment stats, right? People too unwell to look for work fall off the employment radar. 🥺
So much denial.
- PapyrusBrigadePapyrusBrigade@cosocial.caOct 15, 2026, 1:53 PM
@deborahh I think about this a fair bit, from an economic productivity perspective. Rampant covid infection means:
- Increase in people unable to work
- Supported by increasing numbers of folk who aren't feeling their best (eg "flu-like" symptoms, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal issues, depression/anxiety,..)The whole "back to normal" denialism looks like a huge downward economic spiral.