spacegirl95:

explorerrowan:

levinletlive:

marxistprincess:

And many who didn’t die now have to live with permanent disability that prevents them from holding any kind of job (especially because employers are so opposed to making the work accessible).

Those who are able-bodied and still remain have left to fill the higher-paying vacancies left behind by the newly deceased/disabled.

They died when you told them they were “essential” and couldn’t not work. They died when you refused them paid sick leave during a pandemic. They died because they have to work two or three jobs to make ends meet, multiplying their chance of exposure. They died because you refused to do even the most basic things like wear a mask, not go out, and get vaccinated.

They died because you killed them, America.

I found an article related to this:

https://www.usf.edu/news/2022/covid-19-mortality-rate-five-times-higher-among-labor-retail-and-service-workers-study-reveals.aspx

COVID-19 mortality rate five times higher among labor, retail and service workers, study reveals

A USF College of Public Health study shows correlations between COVID-19 mortality rates and the socioeconomic position, gender, ethnicity a

usf.edu

A study showed that 68% of ppl who died the first year of the pandemic were service, retail, or labor workers who were in low socioeconomic positions.