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To: Dr. Voodoo who wrote (154345)	3/13/2020 8:03:24 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218012

Double every 5 days and we're about to hit 75,800. End of next week...150k...then it's off to the races. A bit worse than I thought. 3183 I wonder if the "curve flattening" efforts that have been successful in Hong Kong (early cut-off of travelers) and Korea might moderate it a little (probably very little in the US at this point) globally if enough minorly touched countries jump right away. And what's going on in Russia with only 17? on 3/11 >> 34 today. That question to Trump today...about the executive level pandemic group being broken up and shoved out the door - Bolton. 2902

To: Dr. Voodoo who wrote (154345)	3/14/2020 9:13:57 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Respond to of 218012

‘Grotesque level of greed’: Jeff Bezos’ Whole Foods wants workers to pay colleagues’ sick leave during coronavirus Published 3 hours ago on March 13, 2020 By Common Dreams “Absolute bullsht. With the amount Jeff Bezos makes in one day, he could shut stores down and pay employees to stay safe.”* When progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders say “ now is the time for solidarity” amid the coronavirus outbreak, they likely do not mean that employees of Whole Foods—owned by the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos—should be asked to give their own accrued paid sick days to their co-workers who have either contracted the deadly virus or been forced to take time out of work because of what is now a global pandemic. Report Advertisement But that is exactly what executives with the grocery chain are asking its employers to do, even though Bezos’ could effectively give them unlimited paid sick leave during the current national emergency without barely a scratch in his bank account. Defend democracy. Click to invest in courageous progressive journalism today. In a letter sent to employees earlier this week, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey explained that one of the options available to workers was for them to “donate” their “paid time off” (pto) days to a pool that other workers could draw from. 00:0100:51 Journalist Lauren Kaori Gurley, who broke the story with reporting for Motherboard, notes that “as a subsidiary of Amazon, the world’s biggest company, Whole Foods could easily afford to pay its hourly employees for sick days taken during the coronavirus outbreak without breaking the bank. Instead, the company has put the onus back on workers, and they’re not happy about it.” In Mackey’s letter reviewed by Motherboard, the executive stated: “Team Members who have a medical emergency or death in their immediate family can receive donated PTO hours, not only from Team Members in their own location, but also from Team Members across the country.” Though such labor practices are not unusual—with workers in various sectors and industries pooling accumulated sick leave for a colleague experiencing a long-term illness—doing so in the face of a global pandemic, in which all members of society are equally at heightened risk, the move was seen by critics as shortsighted, tone deaf, and cruel. The fabulous wealth of Bezos only increased the ire for many. “Whole Foods is owned by Amazon whose CEO and biggest shareholder is the world’s richest man,” tweeted progressive media critic and journalist Adam Johnson. Kaniela Ing@KanielaIng If I were a billionaire right now, I?d "hire" and double the wage of any Whole Food employee who is willing to simply stay home for a few months. It?s hard to understand this grotesque level of greed. t.co Whole Foods Suggests That Workers Share Paid Time Off During CoronavirusWhole Foods could afford to offer employees unlimited paid sick time during the Coronavirus outbreak. Instead, they have suggested that employees donate their accumulated paid time off to their... vice.com 53 3:42 PM - Mar 13, 2020