Category Archives: pandemic

Some Blame Workers, Not Meat Plants, for Virus Spread | Food Manufacturing

Blaming workers for workplace safety and illnesses is a longstanding tactic by companies seeking to avoid responsibility, said Celeste Monforton, a Texas State University lecturer and workplace safety expert. “If these workers are deemed to be critical infrastructure workers, deemed to be essential workers, they deserve the utmost respect, the highest level of protection,” she said.

Source: Some Blame Workers, Not Meat Plants, for Virus Spread | Food Manufacturing

Coronavirus update: Donald Trump ‘not worried’ about COVID-19 in White House after Mike Pence aide tests positive – ABC News

Pence spokeswoman Katie Miller, who tested positive Friday (local time), had been in recent contact with Mr Pence but not with the President. She is married to Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser. The White House had no immediate comment on whether Mr Miller had been tested or if he was still working out of the White House. Ms Miller had tested negative on Thursday, a day before her positive result.

Source: Coronavirus update: Donald Trump ‘not worried’ about COVID-19 in White House after Mike Pence aide tests positive – ABC News

F.D.A. Clears First Home Saliva Test for Coronavirus – The New York Times – Rutgers to cash in on CoVid-19. Will Medicare and Medicaid pay?  $2,000,000 a day not profiteering?

They will cost about $100 each, Rutgers said, and must be ordered by a physician. “A patient can open the kit, spit into the tube, put the cap back on and ship it back to our lab,” said Dr. Andrew Brooks, chief operating officer and director of technology development at RUCDR. Dr. Brooks said the tests should be used only by people who have Covid-19 symptoms. His lab can process 20,000 tests each day, with a 48-hour turnaround, but he expects other labs to adopt it for their own use.

Coronavirus protests show U.S. racial and political tension – Los Angeles Times

The crowds protesting California’s stay-at-home orders aimed at stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus have a litany of grievances: Open the beaches. Free the churches. End the tyranny of a governor who has gone too far. They hop barricades to surf. They cite the Constitution. They wave American flags. They sport Trump 2020 gear. They rail against vaccines. In other states, including Michigan, protesters have shown up at government buildings carrying rifles. Despite their varied causes, the protesters have been almost entirely white — even in California, a state that mostly is not.

Source: Coronavirus protests show U.S. racial and political tension – Los Angeles Times

Ohio urges employers to report workers fearful of returning to work | World news | The Guardian AKA: It does not make any difference if the reopen order is a potential death sentence – work or lose benefits. Government failing the people it is supposed to protect.

“We are concerned about unemployment serving as a disincentive for individuals who have been laid off to get back to work when the economy reopens,” said a spokesperson for US senator Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio.

Source: Ohio urges employers to report workers fearful of returning to work | World news | The Guardian

Open The Country Up! ‹ In Saner Thought ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

The loosening of restrictions is being justified with claims that the COVID-19 pandemic is waning and people can now begin to work, shop, dine out, travel and go to church as they once did, without undue risk. But that is not actually the expectation of the Trump administration. On the contrary, press inquiries have found that the federal government expects an enormous spike in the death toll and is making preparations accordingly. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/02/pers-m02.html You notice the people that will be sacrificed are the poor…….and if that does nit work then I am sure that Congress will find it in their hearts to float another stim package that will aid no one but the rich. Don’t worry…..even if Donald loses in November 2021 will be little difference….the poor will pay the ultimate rice for this pandemic.

Source: Open The Country Up! ‹ In Saner Thought ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

Security Researchers Say The Reopen America Campaign Is Being Astroturfed

Gun advocacy and conservative groups are responsible for astroturfing the reopen America campaign that has swept the US in recent days, according to research from cybersecurity experts.

Source: Security Researchers Say The Reopen America Campaign Is Being Astroturfed

Whistleblower offers window into HHS’s flawed COVID-19 response – Reuters

A new whistleblower complaint has drawn attention for its allegations that the Trump administration retaliated against a scientist who sent early coronavirus warnings. The case also provides an insider account of the dysfunction critics say paralyzed the Department of Health and Human Services at the dawn of the COVID-19 response.

Source: Whistleblower offers window into HHS’s flawed COVID-19 response – Reuters

Malaria drug touted by Trump for coronavirus fails another test – Reuters

The malaria treatment repeatedly championed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a “game changer” in the fight against the novel coronavirus has again failed to show a benefit in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study released on Thursday.

Source: Malaria drug touted by Trump for coronavirus fails another test – Reuters