Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out'

Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by diob on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:46PM (#22741672)

If they're essential to society, do you support free medical care for all the employees who get sick during this time? Do you support paying for the ongoing costs of an employee that suffers the rest of their life due to complications or after effects from COVID-19?

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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by ramshorns on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:54PM (#22741771)

I'm not the person you're responding to, but, yes. People who are sick should be cared for.

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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by __s on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:08PM (#22741921)

Yes (granted I'm a Canadian who supports countries covering medical expenses for all citizens), but are we also going to close hospitals if any of their employees test positive?

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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by diob on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:21PM (#22742730)

Glad to hear it.

Of course not, but companies need to be smart about it. Make sure the same people work the same shifts together, that way if one of the employees in a shift tests positive, you can isolate and test the others in the shift while continuing work in the meantime.

And of course, for things like grocery stores, focus heavily on pickup versus having customers come into the store.

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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by alistairSH on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:16PM (#22742021)

Yes. As should everybody else. Lack of health care access in the US is shameful.

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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by diob on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:24PM (#22742781)

Definitely agree. We pretend it's an economic issue to have universal health care, but really it would help our economy in so many ways.

The only ones it's an economic downer for are the insurance companies.

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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by Nevermark on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @10:56PM (#22745158)

I certainly support universal solutions for universal problems like healthcare which everyone needs and can benefit from sharing the risk, and the rewards of a healthy community.

But ignoring the balance sheet of the insuring entity (company, pool, whatever) will only insure that people don't get that healthcare. It still has to be paid for.

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