That’s a popular narrative, but it may not be true. Of the 650k deaths in the USA, about 475k were people over 65 and most were probably out of the labor force[

That’s a popular narrative, but it may not be true. Of the 650k deaths in the USA, about 475k were people over 65 and most were probably out of the labor force[0]. That’s not to say that a 175k hit to labor force is nothing, but it’s not the sole factor at play here. [0]: https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Sex-and-Age/9bhg-hcku https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Sex...