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Random Boomer

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5. 600k isn't really the right figure

Reply to Mawspam2 (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 14, 2021, 01:30 PM

Oct 2021

Since deaths during 2020 skewed heavily toward older, and presumably retired people, we need to know the number of people who died who were working or at least of employable age. It's going to be a subset of 600k, but I honestly don't know how large that number might be.

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Jobless claims: Another 293,000 individuals filed new claims last week, reaching fresh pandemic-era [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 OP

From the source: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #1

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And yet jobs remain unfilled. Mawspam2 Oct 2021 #4

600k isn't really the right figure Random Boomer Oct 2021 #5

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