I wonder how many people clutching their pearls over masks going to non-medical professionals are actually working themselves. How many people opinionating about this policy are doing so from the privileged position of retirement or a job they can do from home?
Sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt dies from COVID 19
I strongly urge everyone to watch John Oliver’s latest, Coronavirus IV (20:37 video).
He talks about the challenges facing people who are currently unemployed and about the challenges facing those who are in “essential services”.
Sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt dies from COVID 19
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Keep the political jabs out of this forum, and especially this thread.
And save comments like this for Politics and Elections.
Colibri
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Get ready for a run on bacon. Smithfield, one of the largest pork processors in the country, has shut its doors after 300 employees contracted the virus.
George Stephanopoulos has tested positive, two weeks after his wife Ali Wentworth came down with it.
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It was not specified that the masks in question are not medical grade. For that matter, are we all assured that no medical workers would want or accept such masks if nothing else were available? Are we further assured that this is not the case?
Given such assurances, my pearls would remain unclutched. Unless the source was unreliable. The other implied snark is deservedly ignored.
I made a threat asking about this the other day, which sank like a stone, so I’ll ask here: can one of the more science-y types evaluate the plausibility of the claims in this article? And also the reliability of the source? (Edit: the South China Morning Post story, two posts about this one.)
That’s a bit misleading: Smithfield has only shut one of several pork processing plants it owns.
Thread, not threat. Stupid fingers.
Why would it need to be specified? When I hear “face mask”, I don’t think “N95.” Do you think they are interchangeable terms?
So until every single medical worker has every kind of mask they desire, regardless of how much risk they are in, the rest of us must go without? No, I’m not down for that, sorry. I don’t want doctors and nurses to put their lives at risk, but I don’t want that for any front-line worker.
Why should we expend energy unclutching your pearls? You aren’t putting your neck on the line to bag anyone’s groceries or deliver their mail, so why should we care what you think? I only care about the opinions of people who are putting their lives in danger every day. And all those people need PPEs.
You are invited to the BBQ Pit because the only thing I can say to you is inappropriate for this forum.
Ah, well, the article wasn’t really clear about there being other plants, but it makes sense that there are. Still, this one plant processes something like 5% of the supply of pork.
This NPR article discussed the closure of that plant (and several others), and quotes the CEO of Smithfield as saying, “The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply.”
Cloth masks, not N95 masks. Some of them are handmade. Those help prevent a asymptomatic person from spreading it.
… and France is extending full lockdown until May 11th.
Four more weeks. I predict lasting liver damage.
Well, we have told you. And yes, grocery store workers, like **Broomstick **and my wife are doing a critical job and *are at risk. * These slightly above minimum wage workers are risking their lives and the lives of their families so people like you can remain fed.
You sir- **are totally and completely wrong **here. Clutch something else.
It was assumed that obvious facts such as “the sun rises in the east”, “the masks worn by non-medical personnel are not medical-grade masks”, “the Pope is Catholic”, etc, did not need to be specified each and every time. I trust that your correspondents will not make this error again.