Posted on 04/15/2020 5:24:20 PM PDT by DannyTN
... Granting grocery store workers a temporary designation of first responder or emergency personnel would "ensure these frontline workers have priority access to personal protection equipment like masks and gloves," the statement reads.
The groups say this is not just about employees it's about protecting the customers they serve and our nation's food supply in general. First responders like health care workers are lacking the necessary PPE, so government officials have been working to ensure the equipment gets to those who need it the most and that supplies on conserved. ...
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One of my neighbors works for an airline. They have not received masks or gloves, either. At least he still has a job, after all the cancelled flights.
Thirty does not seem to be a high national number, given the total national population of super market employees.
I would not think that super market employees would in general be special in relation to the total population, and have a LOWER infection rate than the population as whole. There are about 3 million grocery store employees nationally. Thirty represents about .001% of 3 million. They are not OVER REPRESENTED in the casualties of the Wuhan Virus.
Yes, all deaths are to be mourned, and sympathy is due all their families.
I am only saying (1) I don’t think of them as special, (2) they do not seem to be more affected by the virus than others.
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