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[SBFNews]

Baby hospitalized with coronavirus after dad goes to grocery store

A British baby boy was left hospitalized with the coronavirus — after his dad got the whole family infected with just one quick grocery run.

“We have been in isolation for 3 weeks, I brought the virus home after a single short visit to Tesco,” dad Peter Jones wrote on Twitter of breaking his otherwise strict lockdown to go to a supermarket.

He said that “3 of us recovered fast our 1 yo was less lucky,” writing, “My baby boy is in hospital tonight recovering from an infection following #coronavirus.”

The Devon dad said he was publicizing his family’s nightmare to highlight how even a quick break of a lockdown could have tragic consequences.

His message echoes the one made in the US, with White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx telling Americans it is “the moment to not be going to the grocery store” or even the pharmacy.

“I want people to know that just one trip out can risk it all!” Jones warned in his series of tweets starting Friday.

“Please don’t go out! Stay at home, and protect your love ones! Please share so others can avoid our experience!”

Jones — whose initial message was liked more than 23,000 times — later updated followers that his son was discharged and recovering at home after getting oxygen and antibiotics.

“We must try & limit visits and follow the guidance to limit risk,” he said, urging people to only leave isolation for real emergencies.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/06/baby-hospitalized-with-coronavirus-after-dad-goes-to-grocery-store/

 

[Leongsam]

If the baby had died from H1N1 this would not have made it to any media pages.

 

[SBFNews]

If the baby had died from H1N1 this would not have made it to any media pages.

Poor you. Your total assets must have shrunk and profits dwindling pretty badly during this period.

 

[Leongsam]

Poor you. Your total assets must have shrunk and profits dwindling pretty badly during this period.

I don't need a job. I'm retired. If my assets halve in value and never recover I still have more than enough to last till I'm 102 instead of 122.

The people suffering right now are not the asset class it's the working class. When the asset class don't invest and create jobs it is those who need jobs that suffer.

 

[SBFNews]

I don't need a job. I'm retired. If my assets halve in value and never recover I still have more than enough to last till I'm 102 instead of 122.

The people suffering right now are not the asset class it's the working class. When the asset class don't invest and create jobs it is those who need jobs that suffer.

When the asset class invests and those who need jobs are all infected, who's going to work?

 

[Leongsam]

When the asset class invests and those who need jobs are all infected, who's going to work?

The virus has a very low mortality rate overall and an even lower mortality rate for those under 40 so there'll be plenty of supply in the labor market. No need to worry for me.

 

[SBFNews]

The virus has a very low mortality rate overall and an even lower mortality rate for those under 40 so there'll be plenty of supply in the labor market. No need to worry for me.

And when a baby, a teenager, a young mother, a young father dies from covid, what are you going to say to them? Too bad, we need to create jobs. Thank you for your sacrifice?

 

[glockman]

Baby hospitalized with coronavirus after dad goes to grocery store

A British baby boy was left hospitalized with the coronavirus — after his dad got the whole family infected with just one quick grocery run.

“We have been in isolation for 3 weeks, I brought the virus home after a single short visit to Tesco,” dad Peter Jones wrote on Twitter of breaking his otherwise strict lockdown to go to a supermarket.

He said that “3 of us recovered fast our 1 yo was less lucky,” writing, “My baby boy is in hospital tonight recovering from an infection following #coronavirus.”

The Devon dad said he was publicizing his family’s nightmare to highlight how even a quick break of a lockdown could have tragic consequences.

His message echoes the one made in the US, with White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx telling Americans it is “the moment to not be going to the grocery store” or even the pharmacy.

“I want people to know that just one trip out can risk it all!” Jones warned in his series of tweets starting Friday.

“Please don’t go out! Stay at home, and protect your love ones! Please share so others can avoid our experience!”

Jones — whose initial message was liked more than 23,000 times — later updated followers that his son was discharged and recovering at home after getting oxygen and antibiotics.

“We must try & limit visits and follow the guidance to limit risk,” he said, urging people to only leave isolation for real emergencies.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/06/baby-hospitalized-with-coronavirus-after-dad-goes-to-grocery-store/

They probably were not wearing masks.

 

[Leongsam]

And when a baby, a teenager, a young mother, a young father dies from covid, what are you going to say to them? Too bad, we need to create jobs. Thank you for your sacrifice?

Same applies to any disease. For example construction sites are notorious for breeding mosquitoes and 5 have died from dengue so should we stop all construction projects?

The chances of the young dying from covid-19 are almost non existent anyway. That's why life should carry on per normal. If Singapore goes downhill it's your ass on the line not mine.

 

[SBFNews]

Grocery Workers Are Beginning To Die Of Coronavirus

Major supermarket chains are beginning to report their first coronavirus-related employee deaths, leading to store closures and increasing anxiety among grocery workers as the pandemic intensifies across the country.

Bing COVID-19 tracker: Latest numbers by country and state

A Trader Joe’s worker in Scarsdale, N.Y., a greeter at a Giant store in Largo, Md., and two Walmart employees from the same Chicago-area store have died of covid-19, the disease the novel coronavirus causes, in recent days, the companies confirmed Monday.

Industry experts say the rise of worker infections and deaths will likely have a ripple effect on grocers’ ability to retain and add new workers at a time when they’re looking to rapidly hire thousands of temporary employees. Walmart, the nation’s largest grocer, is hiring 150,000 workers, while Kroger is adding more than 10,000. Many are offering an extra $2 an hour and promising masks, gloves and hand sanitizer. But finding people willing to work on the front lines for little more than the minimum wage could be an increasingly tough sell, according to supermarket analyst Phil Lempert.

“One of the biggest mistakes supermarkets made early on was not allowing employees to wear masks and gloves the way they wanted to,” he said. “They’re starting to become proactive now, but it’s still going to be much tougher to hire hundreds of thousands of new workers. We’re going to start seeing people say, ‘I’ll just stay unemployed instead of risking my life for a temporary job.’ "

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Grocery workers are beginning to die of coronavirus

 

[mojito]

I don't need a job. I'm retired. If my assets halve in value and never recover I still have more than enough to last till I'm 102 instead of 122.

The people suffering right now are not the asset class it's the working class. When the asset class don't invest and create jobs it is those who need jobs that suffer.

The working class no money spend your assets are worthless.

 

[Leongsam]

The working class no money spend your assets are worthless.

Please explain because I've been to countries where poverty levels are very high but there are still loads of rich pricks in the country with portfolios that include substantial local assets.

 

[mojito]

Please explain because I've been to countries where poverty levels are very high but there are still loads of rich pricks in the country with portfolios that include substantial local assets.

Money velocity reduction leads to lower economic activity, thus results in declining asset prices.

 

[Leongsam]

Money velocity reduction leads to lower economic activity, thus results in declining asset prices.

The reduction of economic activity leads to price reductions too. I'll pay much less for my daily needs, wages drop so my staff overheads are lower, petrol, power, food etc will all be a lot cheaper.

My liquid assets will still remain the same but I now get more bang for my buck. Properties will take a hit but yields should hold up for me.

A decline in asset values affects those that are heavily geared and have used assets as security. For retirees this does not apply.

It's nice of you to be worried for me but I'll be fine. Thanks for your concern though much appreciated.

 

[Xisiqomelir]

Imagine if Dad had worn a mask!

 

[SBFNews]

Supermarkets should close non essential aisles...

 

[ToaPehGong]

Singaporeans... no see coffin no flow tears one. Die die want to go out

 

[Leongsam]

Imagine if Dad had worn a mask!

Dad should have prevented this problem in the first place by using a condom.

 

[THE_CHANSTER]

The father says he has been in isolation for 3 weeks, yet the UK was not in lockdown 3 weeks ago. Also it can take up to 3 weeks before symptoms show. This means he could have caught the virus 6 weeks ago! How can he therefore be sure where he caught it?

 

[SBFNews]

Grocery store workers put at risk of catching coronavirus as 'shameful' shoppers leave dirty masks and gloves littered around parking lots and in shopping carts

• Grocery store workers have blasted 'shameful' shoppers for littering used masks, gloves and wipes around store parking lots and shopping carts
• Workers are being forced to pick up potentially contaminated protective gear
• Infection can live on surfaces for up to three days, meaning store workers could be placed at risk of exposure to the killer virus
• Some local governments and law enforcement agencies across the US and Canada are threatening to fine shoppers $365 if they are caught in the act
• At least four grocery workers at the big chains have died from coronavirus

Grocery store workers are being put at risk of catching coronavirus because of 'shameful' shoppers leaving dirty masks, gloves and wipes littered around store parking lots and in shopping carts.

Concerned retail staff and angry shoppers have taken to social media to blast the actions of some shoppers, who are using the protective gear while they shop and then throwing them onto the ground or into carts when they leave.

Some local governments and law enforcement agencies across the US and Canada are now threatening to fine shoppers around $365 if they are caught in the act, as they run the risk of endangering the lives of the essential workforce forced to clean up the used gear left behind.

Discarded latex gloves lie on the ground outside of a Walmart store in Vernon Hills, Illinois on Saturday. Grocery store workers are at risk of exposure to coronavirus because 'shameful' shoppers are littering used masks, gloves and wipes in store parking lots and shopping carts

US government researchers warned last month that the deadly infection can live on surfaces for up to three days, meaning store workers picking up used masks and gloves could be at risk of exposure to the killer virus.

The latest safety plight for retail staff comes as at least four staffers at retailers like Walmart and Trader Joe's have died from the virus and workers across several major chains have staged walkouts against poor safety conditions amid the pandemic.

One worker at a California Safeway store said it was 'maddening' that dirty gloves possibly contaminated with the virus are left around the branch each day.

Concerned retail staff and angry shoppers have taken to social media to blast the actions of some shoppers, who are using the protective gear while they shop and then throwing them onto the ground or into carts when they leave

'The parking lots are littered with gloves constantly, every day,' Linda St. Denis told Business Insider.

'Who knows how long the virus lasts on these gloves. It's maddening.'

St. Denis said the branch's courtesy clerks, whose jobs are typically to bag groceries and clean bathrooms, are now faced with having to clean up the protective gear.

In New York, Pat's Farms grocery store worker John Fedash was pictured cleaning up used gloves left in the store parking lot.

Fedash used a rake to try to limit contact with the dirty gear.

Other shoppers have also slammed the behaviors of some shoppers, with one posting a picture on social media of a grass area outside an Aldi store in Connecticut covered in used gloves.

'This is the hill next to Aldi in Wallingford covered in used rubber gloves and trash,' they wrote on Facebook.

'This is absolutely shameful.'

Another mortified customer posted a picture of discarded gloves on the ground on Facebook.

'What the hell is wrong with people? I have seen this in almost every store parking lot (supermarket/pharmacy) the last few weeks. I accidentally touched a pair because I thought I had dropped mine!! Throw your disposable gloves in the trash, people! Not on the ground!' they said in the Facebook post.

Discarded latex gloves lie on the ground outside of a grocery store in Glenview, Illinois, Sunday. Workers are left with no choice but to pick up the potentially contaminated protective gear

A discarded mask is seen at a shopping center's parking lot in Fall's Church, Virginia, in March. Infection can live on surfaces for up to three days, meaning store workers could be placed at risk of exposure to the killer virus if they come into contact with used masks

Authorities in some parts of the US and Canada are now warning shoppers that they will be fined if they don't throw the gear in the trash.

In Ottawa, Canada, people will be fined up to $365 fines if they throw medical gloves and masks on the floor.

The Bellingham, Massachusetts, Board of Health also said it will be visiting stores and fining anyone failing to discard of them safely, reported Business Insider.

Panicked shoppers have been pictured wearing masks and gloves to go to grocery stores as they stockpile goods amid the pandemic.

In Ottawa, Canada, authorities are threatening to fine people up to $365 fines if they throw medical gloves and masks on the floor

Some experts have recommended people take disinfectant or hand sanitizer wipes to wipe down shopping carts and baskets before using them.

'Most stores are providing hand sanitizer wipes, but I encourage people to bring some of their own — some stores have run out,' Dr. Elizabeth Eckstrom, professor and chief of geriatrics at Oregon Health & Science University, told the New York Times.

'When you finish shopping, wipe your hands again and wipe the handles of your car before getting in. I am also wiping my steering wheel, but that might be going overboard.'

Pat's Farms grocery store worker John Fedash cleans up the used gloves left in the parking lot and shopping carts by customers in New York

A worker loads bags of prepared foods for delivery at a Whole Foods Market grocery store in California

The CDC revised its guidance Friday recommending that all Americans should now wear nonsurgical cloth face masks when they go out in public.

But concerns are mounting for grocery store workers across the country, who have no choice but to go to work on the frontline and risk coming into contact with the virus.

At least four grocery workers at some of the biggest chains have already died from coronavirus.

Workers at Stop & Shop, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's in Boston united to protest against working conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday.

The grocery store employees joined forces with customers to demand 'adequate protections', NBC Boston reports. The group met in a Whole Foods parking lot where they stood apart to protest.

One worker at Shaw's grocery story, Lisa Wilson, told the network: 'I think grocery stores like to look like they're doing things...but as far as actually enforcing it...that's not really happening.'

Their protest comes after the deaths of at least four grocery workers across the United States.

Two Walmart employees at the same Chicago-area store, a Trader Joe's worker in New York, and a greeter at a Maryland Giant grocery store passed away in the last two weeks.

Employee Tonya Ramsay, right, holds a sign outside the Amazon DTW1 fulfillment center in Romulus, Michigan on Wednesday, April 1

The US is now barreling towards the infection's projected peak day on April 16 when experts predict there will be over 3,000 deaths in 24 hours. The death toll reached 12,035 across the country Monday.

Around 30 protester met on Tuesday morning after several of their colleagues from across the state tested positive for the virus.

Other frontline workers have also gone on strike as a result of working conditions, including those as Amazon facilities, with owner Jeff Bezos being accused of 'valuing profit over safety'.

The online retail giant is tracking its warehouse staff and will fire them for failing to socially distance themselves from their co-workers.

Workers at facilities across the United States are said to have received letters from their employer explaining they could be sacked after just one warning.

The grocery store employees joined forces with customers to demand 'adequate protections', NBC Boston reports. The group met in a Whole Foods parking lot

Workers at Stop & Shop , Whole Foods , and Trader Joe's in Boston united to protest against working conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday

A number of Amazon employees have walked out in recent days over conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic. One worker told CNBC it is understood cameras would be used to watch and review staff for any potential violations.

One Amazon worker in Easton, Pennsylvania told The Guardian owner Jeff Bezos 'clearly values profits above employee safety or health'.

Amazon says they have deployed an additional 450,000 canisters of disinfectant wipes, 50,000 hand sanitizers and 20,000 wall mounted sanitizer refill containers to sites in addition to other cleaning materials that were on-hand.

The anonymous employee added: 'They send us a very standard text every time they learn of a new case, reminding us that our 'health and safety are most important', before reminding us we can take as much time off without pay as we like.

'Of course, anyone with bills to pay will have to go back in eventually.

'The fact that we're still expected to report to work in a compromised warehouse to ship non-essential products if we still want to earn our living tells me that Amazon and Jeff Bezos clearly value profits above employee safety or health.'

'We have no more wipes and hand sanitizer. We aren't provided masks, don't have the proper gloves, and not everything is being sanitized and cleaned before it comes to use,' one warehouse worker in Phoenix, Arizona added.

Those delivering the food are also worried for their safety. The Truckers Independent Drivers Association wrote to Donald Trump asking for their health to be protected.

Todd Spencer, president and CEO of Kansas based organization, said: 'Right now professional drivers are busting their butts to care for the nation.

'Their hard work and personal sacrifice should not include their health or even their lives if at all possible or preventable.'