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Re:Why is U.S. labor supply so low? by TeeMassive on Sunday December 26, 2021 @02:48AM (#29690540)
800k to be more precise. And they're not working age adults, the vast majority of covid deaths happened in elderly population (70+). And even the 800k figure is disputed as Covid being the primary cause of deathin all of those.
Re:Why is U.S. labor supply so low? by fragmede on Sunday December 26, 2021 @03:03AM (#29690601)
The 800k is disputed as being far too low. Including for excess deaths that aren't directly attributed to Covid, the count is well over a million US deaths during the pandemic.
Re:Why is U.S. labor supply so low? by TeeMassive on Sunday December 26, 2021 @04:08AM (#29690860)
> The 800k is disputed as being far too low.

Interesting, but since it is said without anything to back it up it can also be as easily dismissed. I based my data on https://usafacts.org/visualizations/coronavirus-covid-19-spr...

> Including for excess deaths that aren't directly attributed to Covid, the count is well over a million US deaths during the pandemic.

Correlation doesn't mean causation. Isolation also creates excess deaths. Economic hardships also creates excess deaths. Stress and anxiety create also excess deaths. Alcohol and drugs also create excess deaths. All of these increased since the pandemic.

Re:Why is U.S. labor supply so low? by crooked-v on Sunday December 26, 2021 @04:22AM (#29690920)
The exact cause doesn't really matter in this context. The point is that more than that have died compared to a normal year.
Re:Why is U.S. labor supply so low? by TeeMassive on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:31AM (#29700332)
> The exact cause doesn't really matter in this context.

It does when you're doing risk and cost analysis

> The point is that more than that have died compared to a normal year.

Deaths do not exist in a vacuum. They are caused by something.

Re:Why is U.S. labor supply so low? by cpursley on Sunday December 26, 2021 @04:51AM (#29691017)
Be quite with those statistics and mask the children because ... emotions.
Re:Why is U.S. labor supply so low? by trialtrial1 on Sunday December 26, 2021 @11:19AM (#29693652)
quiet*
Re:Why is U.S. labor supply so low? by gilbetron on Sunday December 26, 2021 @10:25AM (#29693088)
Re:Why is U.S. labor supply so low? by trialtrial1 on Sunday December 26, 2021 @02:59AM (#29690584)
this is both imprecise and inaccurate - excess deaths are or will very soon be 1M+ in the US