I am a serious economist, and the reason vaccines aren't free is because then a small number of people will just keep getting them and use up the supply, leaving none for everyone else.
There was a suspected case of human to human transmission of bird flu, and evidence of bird flu infecting a lot of farm workers going undetected. They are worried that if someone catches bird flu and seasonal flu at the same time, the two viruses could exchange genetics and kick off a new pandemic.
An mpox case was just found in Sweden.
It's only killing 4x as many people as the flu, you know, like all typical colds.
There has been three or four studies, and they all show long covid risk going up with repeat infections. The damage from infections accumulates with each infection, and Iirc we have about a 4% chance of developing long covid after every infection. Essentially the same chance as rolling snake eyes on a pair of dice.
The problem now is the lack of covid testing and the wide range of symptoms and their severity. People chalk it up to aging or "sometimes bodies just do that". It's hard to definitively track the risk to know whether it's improving or not.
With how infectious the virus is, and how much of the body it can attack, and how rapidly it's mutating (approx 4x faster than the flu), the protection we get from a vaccine or exposure doesn't last long enough. Getting covid 2-3 times a year if you drop all precautions seems like a really, really bad idea.
It seems to depend on the person, some people quit without feeling anything (or claim to). I don't take very much (9g a day max) and don't take it regularly, so I've avoided becoming too dependent I think, but if I take it a few days in a row and stop, i feel a little rougher than usual for about a day or two. Sometimes it feels like I have a cold coming on the day after, and I get more tired than usual for one or two days. If I stop at night, I can feel it the next day by the afternoon, so that's about the window of time you are at.
Thank you. My preference would be the IWW, and they have a big presence around here, but was told the way they organize might not be a great fit for our kind of store. I'll suggest we contact multiple organizations.
Great reply, thank you. There seems to be a couple portential red flags with the UFCW, so I'll bring those up with the group.
Our main concerns right now are staffing levels being kept absurdly low and making the workplace unsafe while we are experiencing record growth, as well as the store manager encouraging schedules to be weaponized against employees they don't like, which has resulted in several injuries so far. The benefits are decent, so switching to the UFCW and their benefits system might scare some people away from voting for it.
We are laying low because the current management seems rather ruthless and we suspect they will start unlawfully firing people if they suspect union activity. One of our hopes with a bigger union would be to have enough legal muscle to scare them away from doing that. Sounds like the UFCW won't step in to help on that front unless the union is voted on? Should we just find a labor lawyer instead? Or is this just a risk we have to take once we start advocating in the open?
Sounds like an independent union that affiliates with a bigger one might be the way to go. Do you (or anyone reading this) happen to know any good resources for that?
Thanks again.
Kyle Gass just said what half the US was thinking
If he's pissing off both sides that must mean he's doing something right. I am very smart.
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