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Otto_Harper

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1. I have seen it written by some analysts that the impact of Long Covid

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Feb 6, 2022, 05:44 PM

Feb 2022

may be greater than is commonly acknowledged, and may be one of the invisible forces contributing to labor shortages. They also postulate that this may be with us for the long term. They cite waves of other illnesses that showed up years after the 1918 influenze pandemic (encephalitis and others) as illustrative examples.

If this is the case, then salary structures and health care will most definitely be impacted for years/decades to come.

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I have seen it written by some analysts that the impact of Long Covid Otto_Harper Feb 2022 #1

I agree that long covid is going to have PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #2