Illness caused by COVID-19 shrank the U.S. labor force by around 500,000 people, a hit that is likely to continue if the virus continues to sicken workers at current rates, according to a study released today. As The Wall Street Journal reports, millions of people left the labor force during the pandemic for various reasons,
Coronavirus has cost US labor force half a million workers
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