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Meatpacking workers are mostly immigrants & instead of protecting them, regulatory agencies *weakened* safety during pandemic to keep the plants open. These unsafe plants then spread the virus into rural areas. https://twitter.com/70sBachchan/status/1254922177742331907">https://twitter.com/70sBachch...
Instead of shutting down superspreader meatplants — where workers are next to each other, with fans blowing & have to shout — corporate & govt officials shifted focus onto workers themselves, blaming their living situations & lifestyles of immigrants. https://www.propublica.org/article/emails-reveal-chaos-as-meatpacking-companies-fought-health-agencies-over-covid-19-outbreaks-in-their-plants">https://www.propublica.org/article/e...
More than 35% of federal inmates tested for coronavirus were positive, according to data from The Bureau of Prisons.
As Dostoevsky said: & #39;The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.& #39; https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1272235918158684160">https://twitter.com/BernieSan...
As Dostoevsky said: & #39;The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.& #39; https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1272235918158684160">https://twitter.com/BernieSan...
Staggering layoffs and the complete and total failure of state& #39;s unemployment system:
This is Kentucky. Ppl have had to wait in line for days to get help for claims they had filed in March & April. https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article243598042.html">https://www.kentucky.com/news/coro... https://twitter.com/drdesrochers/status/1273253863492116483">https://twitter.com/drdesroch...
This is Kentucky. Ppl have had to wait in line for days to get help for claims they had filed in March & April. https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article243598042.html">https://www.kentucky.com/news/coro... https://twitter.com/drdesrochers/status/1273253863492116483">https://twitter.com/drdesroch...
Economic meltdown was entirely preventable with income-support that most rich countries rolled out. Millions of Americans have no food in the pantry to feed their kids. No money for rent. Can& #39;t pay their mortgage, student debt, or medical bills... https://twitter.com/NBCNewsNow/status/1245848540183695360">https://twitter.com/NBCNewsNo...
Instead, US threw the most vulnerable people to the wolves. Food banks, senior centers, health facilities, childcare programs still haven& #39;t received bulk of relief funds.
$850 million for food banks, but less than $300 million has been sent out so far. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/06/08/cares-act-unspent-money-congress/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy...
$850 million for food banks, but less than $300 million has been sent out so far. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/06/08/cares-act-unspent-money-congress/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy...
The scandal of preventable socio-economic collapse made lockdowns unbearable. It means anger at recession, racial injustice, & elite betrayal is only going to surge going into elections as federal support payments dry up & savings run out. Thread 
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24/"Reopening" debate:
By April even thru economic pain & inept relief, 68% of Americans (~45% of Republicans) prioritized health. Conservative networks (Mercer etc) within GOP manufactured protests and ended restrictions by May. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-conservative-networks-backing-anti-quarantine-protests/2020/04/22/da75c81e-83fe-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/... https://twitter.com/adam_tooze/status/1261359999772753920">https://twitter.com/adam_tooz...
By April even thru economic pain & inept relief, 68% of Americans (~45% of Republicans) prioritized health. Conservative networks (Mercer etc) within GOP manufactured protests and ended restrictions by May. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-conservative-networks-backing-anti-quarantine-protests/2020/04/22/da75c81e-83fe-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/... https://twitter.com/adam_tooze/status/1261359999772753920">https://twitter.com/adam_tooz...
In GOP states, groups such as Americans for Prosperity & State Policy Network orchestrated ‘Liberate’ movement protests. Stay-at-home & economic relief may have kept virus under control but it was bad for GOP donors & bad for oil demand 25/ @SteveAHorn https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/04/20/covid-19-liberate-conservative-groups-climate-denial">https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/04/2...
"They were pressed up against the glass.They were furious & also afraid. You could see the fear in their eyes. They don& #39;t know what has happened to them. And they are looking to their political authority for some kind of relief & they are singularly unable to provide it" @MkBlyth
Fiscal Austerity State budgets:
"We tasked states with fighting this terrible problem: their budgets are collapsing because they live & die by tax revenues...they are trying to fight a pandemic & they are laying off public workers"
@ProfNordlund @Mkblyth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u1J7hnrPTQ&list=PLBrPYoChOfOCgmlkCVKMpT6Vn-_tAY9rL&index=5&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
"We tasked states with fighting this terrible problem: their budgets are collapsing because they live & die by tax revenues...they are trying to fight a pandemic & they are laying off public workers"
@ProfNordlund @Mkblyth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u1J7hnrPTQ&list=PLBrPYoChOfOCgmlkCVKMpT6Vn-_tAY9rL&index=5&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
This scientifically informed NYT piece connects all the blunders. How different would things be now if & #39;Cordon Sanitaire& #39; epidemic control strategy in Xi& #39;s world-historical 3rd Feb speech was acted upon in Europe & US? #viraltime
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Excellent piece by @edyong209 on US& #39; scandalous handling of coronavirus. An autopsy of what went wrong - "every unattended weakness and unheeded warning". Decades of neglect created a brittle system in danger of collapse that no amount of dollars could fix https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
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