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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsS. Dakota GOP governor busted by Harvard doctor for 'simplistic' plan to send workers back to jobs a
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/s-dakota-gop-governor-busted-by-harvard-doctor-for-simplistic-plan-to-send-workers-back-to-jobs-as-covid-19-ravages-state/Having trouble copying text, but this sums it up tidily:
"In a word, he called her desire to get back to normal simplististic."
Another simple-minded greedy repuke. No surprise, really. 🤮
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S. Dakota GOP governor busted by Harvard doctor for 'simplistic' plan to send workers back to jobs a (Original Post)
SheltieLover
Apr 2020
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Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)1. Text
"Appearing on MSNBCs AM Joy, Harvard health expert Dr. Ashish Jha poured cold water on plans by Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) to rush workers back to their jobs during the COVID-19 health crisis at a time when a major meatpacking plant in her state has been designated a coronavirus hot-spot.
In a word, he called her desire to get back to normal simplistic.
After watching a clip of the Republican governor defending her decision to keep the state open, host Reid asked Jah what he thought getting workers back.
I understand business-friendly, but its hard to run businesses when you have workers getting sick and dying, he began. What we need to understand is that if you want to be business-friendly, you have to be health-friendly first. If we can protect peoples public health, we can put in the things that keep workers safe and healthy. We can get back to business when its appropriate, but to try to just keep going, as though the pandemic doesnt exist is obviously going to end up causing a lot of business harm and I think more importantly harming more people, particularly folks who dont have a lot of reserve. Its simplistic that somehow you can choose business over peoples health.
That would be great, he began when asked about testing. I would imagine if we had like ramped up our testing infrastructure the way South Korea did, the way that Germany has, we would have so many more options. We could keep plants open, we test people and just make sure that as long as people didnt have the infection they could come in.
In very cramped quarters in plants like this, its very hard for even one infected person to not set off a whole chain of infections, he added. There are still things you can do: give people sick leave, a lot of things you can do to make this situation better. We just didnt, and we see the consequences of that and its very unfortunate.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)2. TY!
keithbvadu2
(36,724 posts)3. Dead workers are expendable for the economy.
Dead workers are expendable for the economy.
GOP policy.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)4. Absolutely!
And some employers have life ins policies on emoyeees so they profit from deaths. 🤬
keithbvadu2
(36,724 posts)5. Called 'dead peasants' insurance.
Called 'dead peasants' insurance.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)6. Yup
Should be illegal