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Not really. The labor force participation rate has been in the low 60s since before the pandemic, and the "Great Resignation" phenomenon likewise predates the availability of the mRNA inoculations.

While inoculations injury or adverse event is a possibility for some of the lack of labor force participation, it does not appear to be the primary cause of that phenomenon.

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Maybe, no one wants to work for a multi-billion, multinational corporation doing the work of 2 or 3 people, while making a wage that, with inflation, will not keep their heads above water.

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That is quite possible--but it begs the question: how are they getting by without work?

Most pandemic oriented "stimulus" measures are over and done with, and self-employed workers are on the decline as well.

How do they put food on the table if not with a job?

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`\_(тАв_тАв)_/` Maybe wife works. Women are expected to put up with more BS at work than a "self-respecting" man would.

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