@magiamma

just outre. Do consumers know that sick people are working the line? The justification seems shallow, they may not have proven that it can be transmitted by ingesting food, but, insofar as they have proven that it can survive for a goodly amount of time on packaging, it stands to reason that they have pretty much proven that you can get it by touching the packaging and then wiping your nose, etc. What ever happened to the EU's reliance upon the precautionary principal?

be well and have a good one.

et al

Thanks for the ot and the music.

They are keeping meat plants open because they have not proven the virus can be transmitted via foodstuffs.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/11/geme-m11.html

In Germany, the establishment politicians have so far followed a special quarantine policy in agreement with the corporations. This consists essentially of isolating these cheap labourers from the rest of the population, while the factory continues to operate, if possible. Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) coined the term “de facto quarantine with simultaneous work opportunities” for this type of dangerous forced labour.

Similarly, certain nursing homes, prisons and above all the refugee accommodation and anchor centres have been sealed off. For these most oppressed layers, the decisive coronavirus measures—systematic testing, contact tracing, isolation—are essentially considered unnecessary.

This is taking its toll in Coesfeld, where total infections have increased dramatically throughout the entire district, which currently has the highest rate of new infections in NRW. Since Thursday, it has clearly exceeded the limit set by the federal and state governments’ for the loosening of measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This limit was set at 50 infected persons per 100,000 inhabitants, based on the recommendations of the public health body the Robert Koch Institute.

Initially, it was decided that production would continue at Westfleisch in Coesfeld. Despite the outbreak, the shortage of employees is not as serious as initially assumed, the company announced on Thursday.

However, this decision had been revised by Friday evening. Since most of the media are now reporting on the unchecked spread of the coronavirus in the slaughterhouses and residents are protesting, it has suddenly been announced that the slaughterhouse will be shut down after all. The authorities fear that continued operation of the slaughterhouse could lead to massive protests among the population and strikes by the workers.

In Baden-Württemberg, the state health office decided on April 24 that slaughterhouse operator Müller Fleisch in Birkenfeld had to continue operating, even though it was already clear that at least 230 workers had been infected. Since then, workers there have slaved away for 12 hours a day seven days a week to compensate for the staff losses, as one worker told the Pforzheimer Kurier .

In the case of harvest worker Nicolae Bahan in Bad Krozingen, who died of COVID-19 on April 11, it was not even considered necessary to interrupt the asparagus harvest for a day following his death. As is being done practically everywhere, quarantine there consisted only of isolating the workers from the rest of the population.

In Schleswig-Holstein, the Vion meat plant has only been shuttered for two weeks, beginning last Wednesday. Workers are in quarantine and are not allowed to leave their accommodation in a former barracks. Before that, management and local politicians had also vigorously resisted a shutdown. A district administrator wrote in his press release as late as Wednesday, “Again and again, I am asked why the district does not simply shut down the factory? The answer, ‘Legally we have no means of doing so, since food production is considered to be critical and the transmission of the virus through foodstuffs has not yet been shown

Take good care and have a good one.

@Lookout

didn't. Thanks for the catch, I fixed it. We've planted a little and I hope to maybe do a bit more this week. Good luck with your tractor.

be well and have a good one

Your top line refers to April 27, a typo perhaps, or Gregorian oddity?

We're gradually warming, and I hope to plant out some things Wed. I've gotten my needed tractor parts but can't seem to connect with my repairman. I hope we manage to get together soon or my place will become a jungle.

Hope you are all doing well. Thanks for the OT and music.

@CB

is down below after gj's comment - disconnected somehow.

be well and have a good one.

I'm giving this site an A+ grade for getting the Russiagate psyop correct. It was all lies and deception, smoke and mirrors.

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@Anja Geitz

Ran is allegedly predicted for later, but I see no signs of it yet. Good that you had a nice walk.

be well and have a good one.

Weather is glorious here. Yesterday it was about 80 degrees with a cool breeze. Took a little social distancing walk with friend up and down the hills here in my neighborhood. Being that it was such a lovely morning we encountered other walkers but we all kept our distance and most were wearing masks. Then the both of us came upon a house where the owners were serving coffee out front and congregating with their neighbors. Not a mask in sight. They waved at us, smiled, and offered us a cup of coffee, to which I replied, "No, thanks. I had coronavirus with my coffee earlier this morning". A comment that was clearly not appreciated judging by the looks on their faces but I figured it was better than WTF is wrong with you people?