I mean we deliberately took a wrecking ball to our supply chain (destroying folks livelihood along the way) for a year and a half. You can’t just pay people to stay home... those people were doing something “essential” to somebody and they were all forced to close or dramatically alter their business. All the people not producing things no longer doing so is gonna have a huge impact on literally everything.

Dunno how anybody could be surprised at the outcome; people warned of exactly this happening back in March of 2020 but they were harassed, mocked, shamed and yelled at.

The second and third order effects from the last year and a half will no doubt have more of a negative public health impact than covid ever did.