MacOS Ventura - Dropbox Backup Issues

Hello - As of yesterday (5/6/23), the three **critical** folders that are being backed-up by Dropbox Backup (Desktop, Downloads and Documents) are no longer visible or accessible on the desktop. The alias I have for the Downloads folder in my dock now shows the folder as empty (which it certainly isn't) and when I try to view my Desktop from the sidebar of a Finder window, I get this error:

"The folder “Desktop” can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to see its contents."

Thankfully, the files are all still saved in Dropbox.com (I can see them), but I NEED to be able to access these folders locally.

I've seen similar posts in the community, but nothing that actually answers the question: What do I do to fix this?