I didn't have enough time to do a chart, so I'll try and go through this slowly, but I think it's important to put this all in perspective. Prior to Covid recession, we had the record number of Americans employed. At the end of December 2019, just under 159 million Americans were employed. By April, two months in the pandemic, three months into the pandemic, employment had dropped to 133 million. That's a loss of over 25 million jobs. 25 million. (05:19–05:31)
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Asserts that just under 159 million Americans were employed at the end of December 2019.
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