A sizable chunk of the work force has dropped out due to long COVID. You don't see them, because they don't show up at work or go out much. They're just not there.
Bloomberg: [1]
Brookings Institution: [2]
Northern Trust: [3]
JAMA: [4]
NIH: [5]
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-12-07/long-c...
[2] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/08/long-covid-work-econo...
[3] https://www.northerntrust.com/japan/insights-research/2023/w...
[4] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2801719
[5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10159592/