Why are work absence rates are skyrocketing?

This video with Edward Dowd is worth watching.

Edward Dowd is currently a Founding Partner of Phinance Technologies, a global macro alternative investment firm.
He is also author of the new book, "Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022." (Release Date: Dec 13, 2022, Skyhorse Publishing).
Edward has worked on Wall Street most of his career, spanning both credit markets and equity markets. Some of the firms he worked for include HSBC, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and Independence Investments.
Most notably, he worked at Blackrock as a portfolio manager where he managed a $14 billion Growth equity portfolio for ten years. After BlackRock, he founded OceanSquare Asset Management with two former BlackRock colleagues.
Taken from LinkedIn Profile

Highlights the work absence trend across the USA population. Likely to be broadly representative of the Western world.

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What are my thoughts on the reasons?

1. Circulation of COVID-19 in highly vaccinated regions will increase sick days. In some people, reinfection can be up to every 4 months.

2. Growing burden on long Covid patients in Western society.

3. Reinfection in the long Covid cohort will impact further on their ability to perform and is likely to make increased sick days.

4. Increased covid vaccine morbidity around specific illnesses. Heart and kidney disease will predominate.

5. Cognitive problems will significantly increase across the population as Omicron tends to have more neurological symptoms.

This is a huge problem for government, coming out of a pandemic with rising inflation.

Combination of the worst outcomes.

Financial and health issues at the same time.