Posted on 04/06/2020 6:04:14 PM PDT by Helicondelta
Major supermarket chains are beginning to report their first coronavirus-related employee deaths, leading to store closures and increasing anxiety among grocery workers as the pandemic intensifies across the country.
A Trader Joes worker in Scarsdale, N.Y., a greeter at a Giant store in Largo, Md., and two Walmart employees from the same Chicago-area store have died of covid-19, the disease the novel coronavirus causes, in recent days, the companies confirmed Monday.
Though more than 40 states have ordered nonessential businesses to close and told residents to stay home to stem the spread of the virus, supermarkets are among the retailers that remain open.
Industry experts say the rise of worker infections and deaths will likely have a ripple effect on grocers ability to retain and add new workers at a time when theyre looking to rapidly hire thousands of temporary employees.
Walmart, the nations largest grocer, is hiring 150,000 workers, while Kroger is adding more than 10,000.
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Nonsense.
Pay attention to the difference between real stories and fake news!
lol
The msm gets more reads on here than on its own sites :)
This particular angle is driven by the tort industry.
“It started with Deborah telling people to avoid the grocery stores.”
You just made a huge connection there.
But the one calling the shots now is the Stop Trump Industry.
They will fail!
You and Familyop are of the same mind spreading this crap.
The only thing that can save us is Amazon or Communism.
“You dont go to the store, Dilbert?”
Correct. Unlike the FluBros, I prepared for what’s coming.
4 out of millions isn’t a big deal.
Prayers for them and their families.
4 out of millions isn’t a big deal. Unless you are one of the four. But it is hardly reason to panic.
Well I think her specifically saying avoid the Grocery Stores and then this WasPos POS story hits is no coincidence. This is for all the marbles and we are at war but is the true enemy even the virus anymore? Think what would actually follow if we couldn’t even go to grocery stores. And you better believe their sites are on the carry out and fast food.
I came to that conclusion today. All about vote fraud.
Oh, youre that guy with all the Spam from the Y2K end-of-the-world event.
So far this year over 24,000 have died from influenza.
They probably were infected early on in the infection cycle if they are just starting to die.
Wondering what the death rate is for these businesses normally from flu or other illnesses.
“Oh, youre that guy with all the Spam from the Y2K end-of-the-world event.”
Can’t stand the stuff. Lots of Chili though, and now tons of frozen food. No need to shop again until thing are normal.
Thanks for asking.
Gimme some more o’dat Sanctuary city!
You bet it is. It started with Deborah telling people to avoid the grocery stores. They sense that they are beginning to lose the death grip on the economy, even most NYers are questioning the cure being worse than the disease. This is a real escalation of the hysteria machine. They are terrified Trump is going to loosen it up a bit because they know the economy will come back unless they can keep the country shut down into June.
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And we have a fair number of idiots right here on FR who believe shutting down the nation indefinitely is a great idea!
This sh*t needs to end very soon!
Walmart is holding up quite well and as previously noted, with 2million employees they will have wuflu deaths. How many of their employees were killed driving to and from work? How many does of strokes and heart attacks? How many have died due to The Flu? How many lives have been saved or extended by working at Walmart? This is life sustaining value in a steady job and paycheck.
Learn something from your FluBro bro. Dispel your hysteria with some reason and logic. Maybe add some philosophy while your at it.
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