Re:Millions are missing from the workforce due to Covid-19
by xyzzy123 on Saturday January 28, 2023 @06:30AM
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I think public trust has been eroded by overconfident statements made by authorities, plus the occasional noble lies.
Re:Millions are missing from the workforce due to Covid-19
by jacquesm on Saturday January 28, 2023 @10:07AM
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Sure, but a lot of that can only be said in hindsight. That's the hard part: to be right on everything in a fluid situation. It just isn't possible and for every little detail you get wrong there is a small army of well organized detractors that try to use it to destroy everything else as well. What drives those people is still a mystery to me.
Yes, and this is why the current strain of anti-vaxx sentiment is so dangerous: if enough people buy into that crap then eventually we'll get below the immunity levels required for these diseases to remain suppressed, there is a noticeable uptick in unvaccinated kids since COVID, about -1% for now which is manageable. But if it would get higher it could lead to trouble.
And then there are the vaccinations that have simply been postponed on account of COVID-19:
https://www.who.int/news/item/22-05-2020-at-least-80-million...
Over time this will eventually be caught up.