you leftys are a trip.. you love it when gov't shutsdown and want to keep it that way. Then you have a problem with companies wanting to get to work but avoid lawsuits. If the govt hadn't created the shutdown... there would unlikely and duty and liability for companies who wanted to continue to function. Govt created new duties and standards of care... they may not work for every employer. You want them sued? Its fricken nuts... you all don't think in systems, you all don't even consider the damage being done to our futures by this shutdown....
Progressive groups are pushing Congress "to not grant corporations sweeping immunity from coronavirus-related workplace safety lawsuits, warning that the Republican-backed proposal could have devastating consequences for both employees and customers." I think that it is pretty obvious that Congress will support this corporate immunity at this point or America will not get back to work. These progressive organizations are basically pissing up a rope. ‘This is obscene’: Americans urge Congress to stop GOP’s ‘disgraceful’ effort to grant corporations immunity from COVID-19 lawsuits https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/th...corporations-immunity-from-covid-19-lawsuits/ A diverse coalition of nearly 120 progressive advocacy groups is urging Congress not to grant corporations sweeping immunity from coronavirus-related workplace safety lawsuits, warning that the Republican-backed proposal could have devastating consequences for both employees and customers. In a letter (pdf) to Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on Wednesday, the groups said they “strongly oppose any legislation that would establish nationwide immunity for businesses that operate in an unreasonably unsafe manner, causing returning workers and consumers to risk Covid-19 infection.” (More at above url)
US jobless claims soar past 30 million; Europe reeling also https://www.wral.com/hopes-turn-to-virus-drug-breakthrough-as-economies-stumble/19077997/
Restaurant owners do not want to go back to eat-in dining with limited seating... In letter, restaurant owners prefer takeout, delivery status quo to partial reopen plan https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/in...y-status-quo-to-partial-reopen-plan/19078361/ In a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper, North Carolina's Congressional delegation and local mayors, a group of 40 restaurant owners challenged the governor's phased reopening plan, saying a partial opening, with limited seats for dining, "could mean the death of independently owned full-service restaurants." Under Cooper's three-part plan to get the state back to business, phase two would allow for limited opening of restaurants, bars, gyms and other businesses, but with safety protocols and reduced capacity. It is that limit that the owners say would "make it impossible to generate enough revenue to survive." In the letter, the owners ask political leaders to keep restaurants on a takeout and delivery basis until they can safely operate at full capacity. Owners have noted proposals floated in other states that would require restaurants to limit dine-in customers to half their capacity or to create sxi feet of space between tables. "A lot of us independent, mid-size, full-service restaurant owners thought about that, and realized it’s just not a sustainable model. We can’t be profitable under those regulations," said Shawn Stokes, chef and co-owner of Luna Rotisserie, which has locations in downtown Durham and in Carrboro. Restaurants, the letter points out, have costs for property, wages and ingredients that must be paid even if fewer customers are allowed to dine on-site. "We typically depend on lots of volume to generate enough revenue to make a profit and to stay in business," Stokes said. "With curbside pick-up ... those who are (doing it) are able to at least stay afloat." He worries that limited seating would suppress some business now being generated by pick-up and delivery orders. In addition, a partially open dining room would keep some restaurant employees on the sidelines and would mean less support for local vendors of meats and produce, the letter said. "Rather than reopen under conditions that would almost certainly ensure failure, we ask that you help us maintain the status quo of curbside takeout and delivery service until we can operate safely at full capacity," the owners wrote. In a separate message to Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger, Stokes concluded, "Specifically, the requirement to open with only a partial capacity or limited seating will inflict more harm on our businesses than the status quo of takeout and delivery only." He said the goal is simple: "We would like to open at full capacity as soon as possible, and as soon as it’s safe," he said. If Cooper sticks to his plan for limited seating, the restaurant owners are hoping additional help in the form of rent or mortgage abatements or help with other costs.
No additional $600 bucks per week beyond July for those who want to slack off. Couple this with the legislation that if you don't go back to work then you will lose unemployment --- the message should be pretty clear "get off your butt & back to work". 'Over our dead bodies:' Lindsey Graham vows Congress won't extend additional $600 coronavirus-related unemployment benefits, as U.S. death toll crosses the 60,000 mark https://www.businessinsider.com/lin...mployment-benefit-over-our-dead-bodies-2020-4
New Zealand has ‘effectively eliminated’ coronavirus. Here’s what they did right. The island nation chose strict lockdowns and austerity. What’s next? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...ew-zealand-did-right-in-battling-coronavirus/
Here's How Scientists and Public-Health Experts Recommend the U.S. Gets Back to 'Normal' https://abcnews.go.com/Health/accurate-us-coronavirus-death-count-experts-off-tens/story?id=70385359
CDC's draft guidance for reopening amid coronavirus includes spaced-out seating in schools, disposable menus in restaurants https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/30/health/coronavirus-usa-cdc-reopening-bn-wellness/index.html The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has drafted a 17-page document that details interim guidance on how businesses, schools, churches, mass transit and other organizations should handle safely reopening to the public amid the coronavirus pandemic. A federal health official stressed that the draft guidance, which was sent to Washington this week, is still under review by the Trump Administration and could change. The draft document was sent to CNN on Thursday by a person familiar with the deliberations. Details in the document provide a snapshot of what reopening in the United States could look like. It includes specific guidance for six categories: child care programs; schools and day camps; communities of faith; employers with vulnerable workers; restaurants and bars; mass transit administrators. For each category, the draft document notes reopening in phases. People familiar with the deliberations said the recommendations were still under consideration by the White House. But on Wednesday, President Donald Trump signaled he may be unlikely to sign off on guidelines that recommend a return to an altered way of life. "I see the new normal being what it was three months ago. I think we want to go back to where it was," Trump said at a meeting with representatives from the restaurant and hospitality industries. "I want to go back to where it was, that's where we're going to be," Trump said. Behind the scenes, industry groups have been pressuring the administration to issue nationwide standards for businesses so that a consistent set of advice exists across states. Some have also asked the White House to be mindful of businesses' bottom lines as they recommend potentially expensive changes to how operations are run. (More at above url)