Unvaccinated workers, particularly low-wage earners, were much more likely to miss a full week of work due to COVID — even before Omicron. Missing work for these folks typically means missing pay.
Missing work for these folks typically means missing pay: Onlylabor economist Aaron Sojourner of the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, and Julia Raifman, a health policy researcher at Boston University who also heads up the COVID-19 U.S. State Policy Database.There’s a wide gap in vaccination status between rich and poor and it's hurting everyone.
41% of working-age Americans who earn more than $100,000 are vaxxed and boosted; compared to less than 18% for those earning $50,000 or less, according to Raifman and Sojourner’s12% of unvaxxed adults, earning less than $25,000, said they want or would consider aData from early January will track whether Omicron forced a growing percentage of vaccinated workers to miss more work.