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Rising disability rates spark warnings of economic crash
Original: Our # economy could crash because of the shocking rise in # disability Yet conservatives scorn # N95 s, our best tool to
Commenters are warning that a sharp rise in disability rates, tracked in federal labour force data, could undermine the US economy. The argument is that long Covid, driven by repeated infections, is pushing large numbers of working-age people out of the workforce, and that conservatives resist masking measures such as N95 respirators despite them being an effective prevention tool. Posts cite official labour statistics to back the claim, framing disability policy as an urgent economic issue rather than purely a health one.
Why now: Federal labour data showing rising disability numbers has reignited debate over long Covid's economic impact and the politics of masking.
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- Our # economy could crash because of the shocking rise in # disability Yet conservatives scorn # N95 s, our best tool to prevent # LongCovid https:// fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU 01074597 # SamaraSARS Crossposted with @openvibe@mastodon.social · samara@climatejustice.social · 4
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