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Katashi_itto

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100. Go Ebola!

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Tue Oct 14, 2014, 07:43 AM

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Dickensian US Working Conditions Almost Guarantee Ebola Catastrophe [View all] nashville_brook Oct 2014 OP

And I wish I could give 100 recs. raging moderate Oct 2014 #1

the public health issue with the US have no paid sick days policy is nashville_brook Oct 2014 #4

I don't buy this. a) Spain has been freaking out and austerity measures in Europe cali Oct 2014 #2

despite austerity, people in Spain have paid sick days nashville_brook Oct 2014 #7

I know. that was not my point. cali Oct 2014 #8

if you read the piece it's not about the health care system, it's about workplace policy nashville_brook Oct 2014 #9

I read the entire short lousy piece cali Oct 2014 #10

Hahaha. It's an editorial, cali. Please extinguish your hair. DirkGently Oct 2014 #13

ha ha it's bullshit dirk dear. cali Oct 2014 #20

Nope. You just didn't read it right. DirkGently Oct 2014 #28

I woke up this morning with vague flu like symptoms Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #32

Not irrelevant at all. We all come in sick. DirkGently Oct 2014 #34

truly. although I don't entirely agree with the dire perspective of the author Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #53

I read the piece as sardonic DirkGently Oct 2014 #56

someone, probably you, in this thread made mention of those who clean surfaces.. Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #58

the movie Contagion actually has great science about vectoring nashville_brook Oct 2014 #60

eeek.. that looks very scary. I'll have to wait for netflix streaming. Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #62

it is on streaming -- not sure which one nashville_brook Oct 2014 #71

it's something i've wondered about nashville_brook Oct 2014 #36

Can you imagine if people in Dallas start getting the flu? Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #54

Factors like this are the reason why I'm so concerned. n/t deafskeptic Oct 2014 #66

honestly, i have the same concern for ebola as i do for flu, enterovirus and every other bug nashville_brook Oct 2014 #76

agreed. deafskeptic Oct 2014 #78

just b/c there's dipshits on FOX news boiling over with ebola panic nashville_brook Oct 2014 #49

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

janitors are also among those least likely to have sick days nashville_brook Oct 2014 #21

Yes! JDPriestly Oct 2014 #23

You might (or might not) be surprised to know Horse with no Name Oct 2014 #37

not at all surprising... nashville_brook Oct 2014 #40

Couldn't agree more SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2014 #59

"Dickensian." What a joke. nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #3

Indeed Travelman Oct 2014 #6

Nice pronouncement The Traveler Oct 2014 #11

everywhere i've worked, it's considered weak if you don't show up sick nashville_brook Oct 2014 #50

Same here The Traveler Oct 2014 #55

and we're privileged to actually have sick days! nashville_brook Oct 2014 #65

Maybe not Dickensian, but pretty shitty for 21st century America BuelahWitch Oct 2014 #14

It really is a recipe for epidemic. DirkGently Oct 2014 #16

No surprise with that response. Kingofalldems Oct 2014 #33

is that poster someone who is unfamiliar with working in the US? nashville_brook Oct 2014 #47

DURec leftstreet Oct 2014 #5

Pffft. We're the USA!!! We don't want to be like stinking Russia... MattSh Oct 2014 #12

it would be *grotesque* to respond to ebola with reasonable public health policy nashville_brook Oct 2014 #29

Free to be as diseased as we pleases! DirkGently Oct 2014 #43

the chamber of commerces that pleases spreads diseases nashville_brook Oct 2014 #73

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

Short-sighted greed bypasses the brain. DirkGently Oct 2014 #87

Excellent post. Again, greed is our nation's worst enemy. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #17

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

I've had the Flu Soup many times! nashville_brook Oct 2014 #22

We are subsidizing industry with our health. DirkGently Oct 2014 #31

+1000000 nashville_brook Oct 2014 #42

"Europeans are not in a state of hysteria about Ebola the way the US public is" FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #24

Exactly! Egnever Oct 2014 #44

..and if it thinks, it stinks. kairos12 Oct 2014 #67

just b/c FOX news is reporting badly on this, doesn't mean we don't have nashville_brook Oct 2014 #45

"when you make people work sick, disease is spread" suffragette Oct 2014 #98

It isn't zero BlindTiresias Oct 2014 #63

Compared to other risks and illnesses in this country FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #68

while Africa remains at most risk from widespread ebola virus, the US nashville_brook Oct 2014 #69

Weird thing about epidemics BlindTiresias Oct 2014 #75

also, viruses mutate as they spread nashville_brook Oct 2014 #77

Then you must live in perpetual state of fear. FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #79

Well BlindTiresias Oct 2014 #81

Yup Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #96

This should piss off the Turd Way and Kochheads. Rex Oct 2014 #25

yes, some have emerged to stamp around nashville_brook Oct 2014 #70

They would probably defund OSHA Rex Oct 2014 #116

I've been joking about the possible Biblical titles daredtowork Oct 2014 #26

In the U.S., only the wealthy "deserve" handouts. In "The Family" we learn it's their religion. nt valerief Oct 2014 #27

It would be nice to assume that this wasn't an issue in healthcare Horse with no Name Oct 2014 #35

omg that's SO true. it's in all areas of healthcare! nashville_brook Oct 2014 #38

These hospital corporations do not care Horse with no Name Oct 2014 #39

and if you asked them, they'd say they're not in business to care nashville_brook Oct 2014 #41

We NEED single payer Horse with no Name Oct 2014 #46

so true. nashville_brook Oct 2014 #48

Holy crap. We do that to Nurses too? DirkGently Oct 2014 #51

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

That is a shocking testament to our misplaced DirkGently Oct 2014 #86

k/r 840high Oct 2014 #52

K&R blackspade Oct 2014 #61

K & R SunSeeker Oct 2014 #64

Dickensian...? Really? Oktober Oct 2014 #83

Hyperbole! It's not just for breakfast anymore! DeadLetterOffice Oct 2014 #85

No doctors note, no job. obxhead Oct 2014 #84

I don't know where the data from that graph came from, but Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #88

K&R One Third of Americans One Paycheck Away From Homelessness woo me with science Oct 2014 #89

yep, that's the reality that most people don't see -- it's either work sick or face homelessness. nashville_brook Oct 2014 #94

I have no health insurance, no paid sick days workinclasszero Oct 2014 #90

3 instances of sickness in a year and Dirty Socialist Oct 2014 #91

one of the people who testified for sick days here was an assisted living worker nashville_brook Oct 2014 #93

Good and valid points about the US system, but Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #92

Maybe the conservative obsession with Ebola is DirkGently Oct 2014 #108

This is so Kicked and Rec'ed defacto7 Oct 2014 #95

Chart is wrong, or possibly out of date. Spider Jerusalem Oct 2014 #97

k&r... spanone Oct 2014 #99

Go Ebola! Katashi_itto Oct 2014 #100

GO USA! At the bottom of the list, as usual. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2014 #101

Just sort the list the other way, and we'll be # 1! nt raccoon Oct 2014 #102

Yep, lol, I got the chart upside down! RKP5637 Oct 2014 #103

If you think "Dickension" is a hyperbole My Good Babushka Oct 2014 #104

spot-on! thank you!! nashville_brook Oct 2014 #105

Always find it odd DirkGently Oct 2014 #106

The graph says it all marions ghost Oct 2014 #107

I've been saying this everyday since the threat began librechik Oct 2014 #109

it's insane that we let people to die every year of less dramatic illnesses nashville_brook Oct 2014 #110

that's the way totalitarianism works librechik Oct 2014 #111

yes indeed -- and it's so depressing to see nashville_brook Oct 2014 #112

I know, that's why librechik Oct 2014 #115

My first thought on seeing that headline stopwastingmymoney Oct 2014 #113