50 hospitals, two dozen nursing homes and other US workplaces are under scrutiny for coronavirus-related deaths, sickness and other safety issues. Nearly 200 investigations have been launched to figure out whether employers failed to adequately protect their workers. Source 4u.
This is making me want to bang my head against a wall. Why open up when these deaths and outbreaks are still happening at an alarming rate?
COVID-19 has unmasked significant health disparities in the U.S.The COVID-19 pandemic has unmasked longstanding racial and ethnic health-related disparities, according to a new article. The essay notes higher rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths or positive cases among blacks, Hispanic/LatinX and Native Americans are being reported at local and national levels. Source 4n.
The last few articles that have been posted have not been a surprise to me. The poor has always been hit the hardest with these things, and our current president isn't the smartest, to say the least.