Jobs Recovery is Typically a Slow Process

CHART:

                                                        By The New York Times | Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The chart shows:

1) The huge job shortage that happened this year in comparison with other recent recessions.

2) This recession has only recovered to the worst of the 2008 Great Recession in terms of jobs lost. That means we’ve only just started jobs recovery.

3) sometimes it takes a really long time to recover all the jobs lost.

Illustration from this article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/opinion/2020-covid-trump-charts.html?referringSource=articleShare

Mandatory Masks in Alabama - The Only State of "Reason" in the Deep South (Ironic, based on our state's abysmal record in so many other categories)

 

I’m shocked to be writing this because the many shortfalls that occur in the State of Alabama seem to preclude intelligent policies. Yet! Behold!  Alabama is an island of sanity in the Deep South where in the states surrounding Alabama mask ordinances are only partially implemented or not implemented at all. 

My congratulations to Governor Kay Ivy and Dr. Scott Harris our State Health Officer and the many others who have been repeatedly protecting Alabamians with the mask ordinance. 

If you have been tracking the course of the Pandemic this year you are aware that the highest numbers of confirmed Covid-19 cases are hitting this week. Stay safe everyone!