What repeated #COVID19 infections are doing to us:
On the left is data from the UK showing the number of people economically inactive due to long-term sickness. It fell for two decades and has exploded to record levels since the pandemic.
On the right is the US civilian labor force with a disability. It stayed steady for two decades and has exploded to record levels since the pandemic.
Both are at their record highs, and both still trend up. We're done with COVID, but it's not done with us.