Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead, New York’s did not

Re:Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead, New York’... by filoleg on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:05PM (#22988878)

I think it is disingenuous to imply that the only people on public transit right now are those working there and those ignorant people treating it all as a hoax and taking the transit anyway.

You would be surprised to find out how many of essential workers rely on public transport to get to their jobs.

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Re:Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead, New York’... by thomascgalvin on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:07PM (#22988897)

I was only using the MBTA as an example of essential workers. There is a large segment of the public that is fucked right now because we need them to work, and have no way to protect them. The fact that there is a large segment of the population that is happy to spread this virus only exacerbates the issue.

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Re:Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead, New York’... by paypalcust83 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:19PM (#22988982)

Yep. Thank both the greed of the ruling class and the cowardice of the serf class to assent to even more dire poverty. A few UBI crumbs "that will last 10 weeks" could be the "let them eat cake"-moment, but it is extremely unlikely because the vasty majority of people are cowards and will take any injustice over a barrel because they believe they have no power (learned helplessness).

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Re:Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead, New York’... by downerending on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:45PM (#22989170)

> Thank both the greed of the ruling class

He didn't say "they need to work" (although they might). He said "we need them to work".

No matter how greedy the ruling class might be, we still need medical people to staff hospitals, police to police, firemen, etc. These people are not serfs or cowards because they're going to their jobs.

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