There seems to be a lot of confusion about why there are so many fewer workers now than in '19.

Let me explain.
- A new sickness emerged.
- We ignored it for a while.
- We took it seriously for approximately 2 seconds.
- We let it rip.
- Lots of people died and are still dying.
- Lots more people became or are becoming disabled to mild or severe degrees, with no prognosis of recovery.
- We aren't sure what else will happen to the infected.

That's what happened and is still happening.

@djwfyi And since we live in an *economy* rather than a *society* we’re all just fungible so there’s that

@DSCH @djwfyi

And they are now trying to gut social security so more of us will die off, cutting costs.