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Originally Posted by masraum
The shipping to/from China, I can maybe kind of see, but I don't understand why there would be a problem with trucks and truckers in the continental US. That's got to be one of the most Covid friendly jobs there is. Pretty limited interaction with others.
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A couple of reasons I heard were that a lot of truckers quit/found something else to do last year when transportation needs tanked during the early months of the pandemic. And, somewhat in conjunction, a lot of truckers are older white guys and they decided to retire during those times and there's not a huge influx of young guys (or women) joining the ranks... So...shortage in truckers. Especially those with certs (I forget the term) to drive tankers, hazmat stuff, things like that.