I hope the Dems don't cave on legal immunity for COVID.

[DanTex]

The GOP response to COVID is a frontal attack on the whole idea of workplace safety, which the Republicans have hated all along. In their minds, if a job is unsafe, then workers should just quit and find another job. Basically, people should have the "right" to work in unsafe environments. In McConnell's dream world, there would be no OSHA, and workers would have the "choice" between risking their lives at unsafe jobs or starving.

That's part of what the rush to open is about. Instead of workers staying home until it's safe to go back to work, and being supported by UBI/Unemployment (which would cost a fraction of the corporate bailouts), they want to force people to choose between exposure to a deadly virus and quitting their job, meaning no unemployment.

And getting rid of the ability of workers to sue is another layer.

[sop]

1. The right of access to the courts is a part of the First Amendment right to petition the government

for redress of grievances. "Tort reform," or limiting citizens' access to the courts, has been the goal of the insurance industry and conservatives for many years. Look for legislation immunizing businesses from liability arising from COVID-19 to be fast-tracked by Republican-controlled state legislatures and the US Senate in the coming weeks.

[grantcart]

2. They should limit immunity to companies who followed CDC guidelines

Let the others be held accountable

[Squinch]

4. Problem with that is that the CDC seems to have been bought.

Watch Rachel's segment titled, "CDC are you ok?"

[Squinch]

3. They damn well better not. They'd be sentencing thousands to their deaths

if they do.

[ehrnst]

5. Your concern about "the Dems"' lacking motivation and/or the ability to do the right thing is noted.

[Cha]

6. Thread winner.