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In reply to the discussion: Dickensian US Working Conditions Almost Guarantee Ebola Catastrophe [View all]Kingofalldems
(38,498 posts)33. No surprise with that response.
Compared to Europe, it is Dickensian.
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Dickensian US Working Conditions Almost Guarantee Ebola Catastrophe [View all]
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
OP
if you read the piece it's not about the health care system, it's about workplace policy
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#9
truly. although I don't entirely agree with the dire perspective of the author
Voice for Peace
Oct 2014
#53
someone, probably you, in this thread made mention of those who clean surfaces..
Voice for Peace
Oct 2014
#58
honestly, i have the same concern for ebola as i do for flu, enterovirus and every other bug
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#76
FFS, it's not about Ebola. Ebola hysteria is the hook because it's current.
Gormy Cuss
Oct 2014
#114
It is more likely that ebola risk would be enhanced because of the terrible condition of many of
JDPriestly
Oct 2014
#18
it would be *grotesque* to respond to ebola with reasonable public health policy
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#29
I agree that too many people are forced to come to work sick, send their kids to school sick. But,
uppityperson
Oct 2014
#15
low-wage industries aren't going to "give" sick days if we don't demand it
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#72
I wish they would realize that is costs them less to keep a few home than have many get
uppityperson
Oct 2014
#74
i've been "talking to them" for years on this subject -- the have ALEC behind them
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#82
even in corporate, 21 days is enough for even vested level employees to have to dip into
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#30
I bought lunch a few days ago at a deli and the server was obviously was sick.
progressoid
Oct 2014
#19
"Europeans are not in a state of hysteria about Ebola the way the US public is"
FLPanhandle
Oct 2014
#24
just b/c FOX news is reporting badly on this, doesn't mean we don't have
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#45
In the U.S., only the wealthy "deserve" handouts. In "The Family" we learn it's their religion. nt
valerief
Oct 2014
#27
it absolutely should be a matter where the public health dept shuts you down
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#57
Yes we do--and to be certain, I am not just talking about Ebola...because there are many other
Horse with no Name
Oct 2014
#80
yep, that's the reality that most people don't see -- it's either work sick or face homelessness.
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#94
one of the people who testified for sick days here was an assisted living worker
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#93
it's insane that we let people to die every year of less dramatic illnesses
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#110