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In a city with no sick leave
Remember when Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed a law overturning Milwaukee's mandatory sick leave? That was 2011. This is the news now from Milwaukee:
Emergency departments at Milwaukee-area hospitals have been forced at times over the last 10 days to divert ambulances elsewhere because a surge in patients with flu-like illnesses is approaching the 2009 swine flu pandemic, health officials said Wednesday.
People sick with the flu having been turning up in Milwaukee emergency rooms at three times the usual rate. To help stop epidemics like this, the federal government recommends that people with flu symptoms stay home from work. For the low-wage workers who are less likely to get benefits like sick time, it could mean a choice between public health and keeping their families afloat. That's a dilemma Milwaukee voters meant to ease when they passed the ordinance by referendum in 2008. (H/t @SprawledOut)
Bonus: Scott Walker gets the flu, 2012.
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/01/10/16448203-in-a-city-with-no-sick-leave
Emergency departments at Milwaukee-area hospitals have been forced at times over the last 10 days to divert ambulances elsewhere because a surge in patients with flu-like illnesses is approaching the 2009 swine flu pandemic, health officials said Wednesday.
People sick with the flu having been turning up in Milwaukee emergency rooms at three times the usual rate. To help stop epidemics like this, the federal government recommends that people with flu symptoms stay home from work. For the low-wage workers who are less likely to get benefits like sick time, it could mean a choice between public health and keeping their families afloat. That's a dilemma Milwaukee voters meant to ease when they passed the ordinance by referendum in 2008. (H/t @SprawledOut)
Bonus: Scott Walker gets the flu, 2012.
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/01/10/16448203-in-a-city-with-no-sick-leave
No it wont and is probably just one of many reasons the flu is spreading so rapidly and hitting so hard, if truth be known. We had our first death in the next county over from me from the flu. An elderly gent. But people need to work and unless they are down and cannot get up, they are going to try to work.
I mean......really? Where's the common sense sometimes. You know?
Go to work and spread whatever you have to co-workers or have no money to pay all your bills because you are short on money.........survival will almost always rule.
Last time I checked there was a crisis going on over there and asking people to stay at home IF they are sick is not going to be happening in all cases especially if they aren't going to be compensated.
Go to work and spread whatever you have to co-workers or have no money to pay all your bills because you are short on money.........survival will almost always rule.
Last time I checked there was a crisis going on over there and asking people to stay at home IF they are sick is not going to be happening in all cases especially if they aren't going to be compensated.
And they want to tell people with no sick leave and those who live paycheck to paycheck to stay home if sick. Yeah! like that is gonna work when you have mouths to feed and rent to pay. Smart thinking and out of touch.
Hmmmm......and where is the sense in regards to this law?
The above was a response by one of the posters about the article. I thought it worth repeating.
Well, the good news is that, when the ACA is fully operational next year, flu shots will be included as one of the many provisions of that program. Stay tuned. . . .
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