Would you be willing to stop eating meat to force the issue of workplace safety?

[milestogo]

Keeping the plants open is going to result in thousands of worker deaths.

[TruckFump]

1. I don't eat much meat as it is and use to be a Vegetarian.

No big deal to sacrifice for the safety of the workers and wish I could do more.

[old guy]

4. Same here.

[NYFlip]

20. Same here!

[Mike 03]

64. I'm in the same boat.

The things I would have to give up are canned tuna, sardines and oysters. I'd be happy to do so.

[JI7]

2. yes

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. Yes

But it'll be hard since I am diabetic.
But there has to be diabetic vegetarians I could learn from somewhere.

[JI7]

7. I think exceptions can be made in cases like this

but if most who don't need to eat meat stop doing it then that would be enough to affect their business and they would made some serious changes to keep employees safe.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

11. I agree with you

I don't eat a lot of meat just enough to balance out the carbs and keep my sugar low.A pack of chicken lasts me a good while.

[LeftInTX]

5. Yes, but I need protein

As long as I can do dairy, eggs and/or fish (tuna??)

Beans won't cut it for me. (Too starchy)

[delisen]

6. Yes! nt

[Rae]

8. What is going to replace it?

Meat accounts for a large portion of the American diet. How will that gap be filled? Can producers of those replacements ramp up and meet demand? Other food suppliers and industries are facing their own challenges right now.

[JI7]

12. beans , mushrooms beyond meat , impossible burgers etc . And this is not meant to be permanent

but more as a boycott because they are putting workers at risk.

[StarryNite]

31. Beyond Meat burgers are delicious!

[SlogginThroughIt]

63. And super processed

I could be wrong but I don't believe they are very healthy.


People could just start buying meat from local ethically and morally superior farms.

[mcar]

9. Yes

I'm far from vegetarian, but could survive on veggies, grain and fish, if need be.

[Chainfire]

10. I am a meat eater

But I don't think I would have a taste for meat that workers die to produce.

I can do without.

[Runningdawg]

13. If I thought it would work - but it won't

[ooky]

14. Bring on the mac & cheese.

[Champion Jack]

15. No, but I am willing to go with local producers and buy direct from the famer

[USALiberal]

51. Lol nt

[Doreen]

16. I love meat but yes I would quit.

If other meat eaters did also it would be easier. I would have people to complain to who felt my pain.

Wouldn't eating nuts help?

[Goodheart]

17. yes, of course.

[Delmette2.0]

18. Yes!

[uppityperson]

19. I just bought 1/4 a beef from a local farmer, grass fed

I rarely buy commercial meat, local is the way to go.

[Champion Jack]

67. exactly

[smirkymonkey]

21. I could easily cut back to almost nothing. But would need cheese, beans/legumes and occasionally

some seafood. In addition to a lot of vegetables, fruits and grains.

[cornball 24]

22. POSALUTELY!

[Marie Marie]

23. Yes, yes, yes.

[gopiscrap]

24. yes

[Yeehah]

25. Already decided to do so.

For health and humane reasons.

[phylny]

26. I could if necessary,

but I make my dogs' food, and use meat - beef, turkey, or chicken.

[Coventina]

27. Already a vegetarian, but would welcome more!!!

[Igel]

28. Only if every single meat and poultry packer/processer got infected.

And the workers included a fair number of people over 65.

If they're almost all under 50, even if every one was infected it wouldn't get anywhere near 1000.

But not every one will catch it. We've pretty much heard of the plants that have had it spread. Of the > 100 that's a small number.

Plus in 3 weeks the spate of infections will have passed. It's not a permanent shut down, however much some preachers of righteousness may want it to be.

Stop eating meat, you put a lot of immigrants out of a job. Compel people to stop eating meat, and you're engaging in prohibition and imposing lifestyle choices on others, which amounts to imposing morality.

[MoonlitKnight]

45. 17 of them have died

Is that acceptable?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-meat-industry-workers-died-covid-19/

[meadowlander]

29. Ethical sourcing.

I've gotten to 30-50% of my meals vegetarian but I get anemia really easily and don't digest iron tablets well so find it really hard to go full veggie. I made it for about 3-4 months once but got really ill. And my whole world revolves around cheese so can't even imagine going vegan.

I can see boycotting individual plants/producers that don't give a shit about the welfare of either their workers or the animals though.

[spanone]

30. Absolutely.

[GulfCoast66]

32. I try to avoid factory farmed meat.

It’s expensive so I end up eating less. But there is a farm store in Ocoee Florida that sells local and small producer meat. We but lots of our meat from them.

We get our eggs from a family that has a glasses front fridge in their front yard in a semi rural area and sell on the honor system. Money in a lock box and help yourself. All different colors and delicious. They only ask 3$ a dozen. I usually leave 5.

Of course I have a freezer full of Fish we caught and venison I killed. The healthiest and, in my opinion, best tasting available.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

33. I need meat in my diet...

I am Gluten and Lactose intolerant.

I have to avoid all Legumes (beans) , corn and soy based foods. Potatoes ferment in my gut.

In other words, I am a dietary mess.

[womanofthehills]

34. I only eat local grass fed beef from ranchers I know

I will not eat supermarket beef. I eat lots of vegetables but could not be a vegetarian.

[nilesobek]

35. I'm disgusted with my factory farm meat eating habits.

I've moved on to wild game, plentiful here, and dairy. I'm hoping not to eat a tortured animal ever again. So the answer is an enthusiastic "yes!"

[flvegan]

36. LOL, that question here in GD.

I wish you luck with this.

[milestogo]

40. I'm appealing to the humanitarian impulse, not caring for animals.

If people refuse to buy tshirts made by slave labor, why not refuse to buy meat processed by workers who are risking their lives?

[Raine]

37. I'm already a vegetarian nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

38. Yes.

I’m not a vegetarian, but workplace safety is more important to me than eating meat!

[stopdiggin]

39. do we feel the same about all production facilities?

meat processing is fairly labor intensive .. but they are hardly alone. Amazon warehouses? Almost any type of assembly line? Big box stores. Schools, airlines, public transit ... All huge sources for potential transmission. Why would meat processing stand alone as something that we should boycott?

Walmart, Amazon, Target and FedEx employees are planning on some type of collective strike action .. what should our response be there?

[demmiblue]

41. Already a vegetarian for @ three decades. n/t

[Demonaut]

42. you should make this a poll

[MoonlitKnight]

43. Yes.

Already decided not to buy anymore.

Also,

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/495061-amazon-walmart-fedex-workers-plan-walkout-on-friday-report

Let’s support these brave workers who plan to walkout on Friday.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

44. People didn't before this. Why would they now?

[Marrah_Goodman]

46. I have enough meat frozen to last me quite a while

So no, I won't stop eating it. But I probably won't need to buy any for a long time. When I do, if the pandemic is still a problem I will buy it at farmers markets if possible.

[hunter]

47. Shutting down the meat factories wouldn't have a big impact on my diet.

I'd have to find waffle and cake recipes that don't use eggs or milk. (Chickens and dairy cows get sold as meat when they stop producing.)

My wife is vegetarian, I'm mostly vegetarian.

It wouldn't be so easy for our dogs. I don't expect them to be vegetarians. They currently eat Kirkland brand dry food from Costco.

[Chellee]

58. Finding Vegan can help you with that.

https://www.findingvegan.com/?s=waffle

Here's a link for some waffle recipes.

[hunter]

59. That link is wonderful.

Thank you!

[Chellee]

61. You're welcome!

I use the site a lot when I have an ingredient that needs to be used up and I don't know what to make with it. But sometimes it's fun to just browse all the things.

[TNLib]

48. Yes

nt

[greenjar_01]

50. Once people stop eating meat, they rarely (no pun) go back to previous meat consumption levels

Lots will go back, but not at the same rate. They know you feel physically and mentally better with lower meat consumption.

[lagomorph777]

52. I stopped a couple of years ago. My health has dramatically improved as a result.

Lost my headaches, sleep apnea, joint pain, allergies, etc.

[highplainsdem]

53. You need protein for your immune system to work properly, so I wouldn't want to see a large part of

the population suddenly deprived of their main source of complete protein in a pandemic.

Vegetarians can eat a healthy diet, but I've known some who thought that just eliminating meat and leaving everything else the same in their typical American diet would be healthy, and it wasn't, for them.

Most people suddenly deprived of meat would have no idea how to combine complementary incomplete proteins, to make up for the loss of complete proteins.

The meat packing plants do need to change how they work, to protect their workers much more.

[milestogo]

55. "complementary incomplete proteins" is a myth that has been debunked a long time ago

[highplainsdem]

57. What hasn't been debunked is that the body doesn't store amino acids. The myth is that a typical

vegetarian diet can always be expected to provide enough of the right incomplete proteins, before they're eliminated, for complete proteins to be formed.

[sinkingfeeling]

54. Sure.

[MoonRiver]

56. Haven't eaten meat for 25 years.

People would be much healthier if they gave it up. And as a bonus they would save a lot of workers' lives.

[tritsofme]

60. Honestly, no.

No plans to stop eating meat.

[AnnieBW]

62. I'm Doing Keto

I really can't stop eating meat because it's necessary for the keto diet. I do, however, have enough meat in my deep freezer to get us by for a few weeks without buying more.

[EllieBC]

66. We bought a small deep freeze

and put it out on the covered balcony a couple of weeks ago. And filled it. Thank goodness because meat has gone way up in price here in the last couple of weeks.

As for keto a friend of mine’s husband does it for his migraines and it has helped immensely!

[EllieBC]

65. I could but not my kids.

There’s no way they will eat beans of any sort. Neither will my husband. So it would be just me.

And milk, cheese, and yogurt are a lot of their diet too.