In my country, Australia, there were six long lockdowns. Not being able to socialise regularly over that chunk of a few years could have affected people.
I am Gen Y and in my early-mid 30s now. I was actually homeschooled my entire life. I felt that being homeschooled really affected my ability to socialise. I was learning basic social skills into my mid 20s, which was fairly embarrassing for me.
i saw reivews of my universities people were not happy, and this seems to happen to all the state unis in our region. all said they dint learn shit, and career is practically frozen or dead in its track. so much so, that the universities has ENROLLMENT shortfalls. the lucky ones transferred away to a proper UC system with more career track development(aka volunteering experience), or had enough luck to have a job after graduation.
also this was a problem prior to pandemic, but covid exacerbated the problems.