“Whole Foods employees are planning to strike on Tuesday to protest the lack of protections offered to workers during the coronavirus pandemic—the first national collective action led by workers at the company since it was founded in 1980.
On March 31, Whole Foods employees will call in sick to demand paid leave for all workers who stay home or self-quarantine during the crisis, free coronavirus testing for all employees, and hazard pay of double the current hourly wage for employees who show up to work during the pandemic.
In recent weeks, Whole Foods—a subsidiary of Amazon— has increased hourly pay for its workers by $2 an hour, offered to provide two weeks of paid sick leave to workers who test positive for Covid-19, and said it would not penalize workers for calling out sick.
“The most obvious demand we have is for an increase in hazard pay. We’re asking for double pay,” a Whole Foods worker in Chicago and organizer of the “sick-out” who wished to remain anonymous because they feared retaliation, told Motherboard. “Since we first announced the intent to do a sick out, Whole Foods announced a temporary raise of $2 an hour, which isn’t enough. A bunch of us have already gotten sick. It’s very plausible that some of us will die for this job.”
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Whole Foods is owned by Amazon which is owned by the richest man on Earth. They were asking employees to donate their sick days to other employees, literal wage theft under the guise of “we’re all a family.”
Also: Instacart workers are on strike starting today, March 30th.
I moved them outside, in the closed balcony, so they get used to the changes in temperature. It’s been rainy and cold for over a week now (annoying April weather) but I hope it gets warmer soon.
Tomatoes are still kept inside, they like to be toasty :)
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I am so proud of them, they got so big!
This year is my first time getting involved in gardening, so I’m super excited. I’ve been reading all sorts of blogs and books
It’s also true if you have any kind of respiratory disease. Ibuprofen can cause cardiac problems and terrible infections. If you have the flu / bronchitis, always take paracetamol.
Paracetamol has pretty dire side-effects as well, on the liver especially, even in small doses!
Acetaminophen (never knew it had another generic name) goes through several intermediate steps as it is being broken down by the liver. One of the intermediate species actually is toxic, but ordinarily it moves on to the next step so quickly that it doesn’t do damage.
The liver preferentially processes alcohol over acetaminophen, however. In that case, the intermediate species I referred to can hang around longer and potentially damage the liver. So abstain from alcohol if you have acetaminophen on board; for the extra-strength formulation available in the US, it takes 6 hours for the dose to wear off. Read the label.
Also, do not shorten that time by which you can take a new dose, and do not exceed the total dosage per 24 hours. I use acetaminophen for migraines, and it can be painful in that last half hour before I’m due to take another dose.
Individuals may have conditions that necessitate a different course of action. Your own medical care team knows far better what is appropriate for you than people on the internet.
Parents of small children learn the trick of alternating acetaminophen doses with ibuprofen to manage a child’s fever, as ibuprofen is processed differently. That obviously can’t be used in this case because ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), which is the focus of the Minister’s statement.
Drugs face a lot of scrutiny in the process of coming to market, and after marketing approval too. So I think the stated dosages and stated times should be safe. But whereas some drugs (like ibuprofen and aspirin) can sometimes have their dosages exceeded, that is NOT the case with acetaminophen. Follow the instructions carefully and precisely. Touch base with your medical team if you have any doubt about your specific condition and follow their instructions.
