Young workers in the U.S. are likely to be hit the hardest

COVID-19: Young workers in the U.S. are likely to be hit the hardest

COVID-19 and the coronavirus that causes it are proving to be not only a public health crisis but also an economic one. With calls for social distancing, service sector jobs that depend on customer-provider interactions or involve the congregation of large numbers of people are likely to take a huge hit. Workers in industries such as restaurants, hotels, child care services, retail trade and transportation services are at a higher risk of losing their jobs.


This would result in an almost immediate doubling of the U.S. unemployment rate from 3.5% to 7%. In contrast, it took nearly two years for the unemployment rate to double during the Great Recession as it climbed from 5% in December 2007 to 10% in October 2009.

　対人距離を保つ政策が取られると、レストラン、ホテル、託児所、小売、送迎、運輸など交通サービス人が集まったり、人と接したりする職業が打撃をうけて、その手の職種の人達は失業の危険にさらされる、と。

　若者や低賃金層が一番の痛手を負うんだ、と。

　リーマンショックで失業率が倍加するのにかかった期間は２年、コロナ危機では一週間。