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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Apr 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Brian Tyler Cohen

      1. Anderson Cooper raised an interesting point here: are people calling for a quick re-opening of the economy (before testing-and-tracing infrastructure is in place) willing to work in dangerous places?https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1253069469804490752 …

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      Brian Tyler CohenVerified account @briantylercohen
      Anderson Cooper: "If casinos re-open, are you going to be inside those casinos every night putting your life on the line?" Las Vegas mayor Goodman: "First of all, I have a family." That pretty much says it all right there, wouldn't you say? pic.twitter.com/w7a0t65WcJ
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Apr 2020

      2. It's common to talk about the pandemic as a war. But it's a war where the frontline soldiers -- the essential workers -- have been drafted into a fight they didn't know they were getting. And the push to quickly re-open the economy is further conscription.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Apr 2020

      3. So: a modest proposal: if this is a war, then all sectors of society need to be drafted: dangerous work should be shared by all. Trump should work a day a week as a hospital orderly, Brian Kemp should work in an Amazon warehouse.https://www.thenation.com/article/society/dangerous-work-shared-coronavirus/ …

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        1. Mr. Nick Beaudrot‏ @nbeaudrot 24 Apr 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Also on the wartime-like mobilization front: * pay people to clean public accommodations frequently * pay now jobless recent college grads to measure the effect of different interventions * pay hollywood to make pro-public health content targeted at Trumpers

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        1. Space Left Intentionally Blank‏ @Recursived 24 Apr 2020
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          https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-52017811 …

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        1.  🧯 🌎‏ @tastylatkes 24 Apr 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I mean, actually not a good idea from a contagion point of view? Our demand should be appropriate protective equipment, hazard pay, life insurance and the right to organize.

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        1. jaKa Močnik‏ @jkmcnk 24 Apr 2020
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          this is not how a war works. not all of the society gets to be cannon fodder. cf bone spurs. :D

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        1. Bertrand Russell Terrier‏ @EvilAlienReplic 24 Apr 2020
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          It seems unfair to the hospital's patients and staff, maybe we could just have six people visit the White House and he gets to choose which one coughs into his eyes and mouth

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        1. Gored Licorice II: The Spookquel‏ @LordLicoriceDrp 24 Apr 2020
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          I've been quarantining and social distancing, but I'm still taking risky behavior like "restaurant pickup" and "donating platelets monthly". If I do get and survive COVID19, I'd strongly consider donating my time in some way, since I'd already be immune.

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        1. Chris Moore‏ @Perfectly_Safe 24 Apr 2020
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          Oh, but the bone spurs!

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        1. Donald Mackay‏ @DonaldRMackay 24 Apr 2020
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          How about Trump simply work? Surfing between Fox and OANN is not work.

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        1. Roberto De Propris‏ @propris 24 Apr 2020
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          Mao of course had students and professionals serve time with the peasants and factory workers

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