Patrick Watson

This is a big reason employers can’t fill jobs. In many cases, the workers they want simply don’t exist. #economy #jobs #investing

Most people who get COVID-19 survive, but sometimes with persistent health consequences. Scientists are trying to understand Long COVID

The CDC focuses on keeping the whole population safe. But that’s not the same as keeping individuals safe. #vaccines

Two competing narratives. Official data says millions are unemployed and seeking work. Businesses say they can’t find enough workers.

Vaccinated and unvaccinated people are both now circulating in public, and there’s no easy way to tell them apart. #covid19 #travel

The economy is really down almost 12 million jobs from where it would be now, had job creation continued at the previous rate.

Many dedicated professionals are making heroic efforts to vaccinate people, doing all they can with what they have. They aren’t the problem.

We know B117 is spreading in the US. The question is whether vaccination progress can stop it. We’ll see. #pandemic #B117 #vaccine

A $15 national minimum wage might actually pass soon. And if it does, the economic consequences could be important. #economy

Forecasts saying the economy will bounce back in the second half of 2021 are, while not impossible, probably too optimistic.

Many have optimistic outlooks about the economy and markets 2021 because they expect the COVID-19 pandemic to end this year.

Looking at this new world, we realized some things haven’t changed. People still want quality hair care, if they can get it safely

The US was letting people die prematurely, and hurting our economy in the process, long before COVID-19 came along. #healthcare

Spending our time outdoors this summer and fall might reduce the spread enough to make indoor life safer when winter arrives.

After a depression, life is never the same again. Is that happening now? Is daily life changing? Of course it is. Just look outside.

People want to stay informed, but any also doubt the news media, convinced it is biased against their side. #media #news #truth

But masks do more than just protect against the virus. If widely worn, they send a message: “It’s safe to come out now.” #economy

A better plan would change the financial incentives that make business owners want to reopen so soon. #economy #financialadvisors

The economy can’t recover if that is the case, and it will be the case if the virus is actively spreading. #economy

The economy’s course depends on how this virus behaves, and how people behave in response. #economy #financialadvisors

Consumers and businesses began shutting down long before they were forced to, and they won’t re-open just because they legally can.

Debates over the stock market a little strange. It doesn’t matter what markets do when we don’t even have markets.

You know society depends on you, so you stick it out. But you’re going to remember, and you probably won’t settle for mediocre wages anymore.

The US has never been truly capitalist but at least it had a free market façade. The façade is now crumbling. #socialism

Every human decision is a tradeoff between cost and benefit. Is what you get worth more than what you give? #covid19 #humans #oneworld

This virus situation is helping clarify some things. We are seeing what is really important and also who is really important. 

Lockdown risk is the possibility you were near someone with the COVID-19 virus and find yourself quarantined for weeks. #coronavirus

The COVID-19 virus is pushing an economy that was already approaching a cliff. Will it go over the edge? Probably. #economy #recession

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