The Current "Labor Shortage" Has Obvious Roots

• 730k+ covid deaths
• “Long Covid” is a disability which can make it considerably harder to work
• 3 million women dropped out of the labor force for childcare reasons
• 2.5 million people have retired during the pandemic which is roughly twice as many retirements as 2019 saw
• Developed countries around the world saw a steep decline in immigration during 2020.
• 93k Americans died in 2020 of drug overdoses
• 2021 also saw a 2% increase in the number of people applying to college