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 To the Editor:
This week, agriculture writer Alan Guebert published a chilling
account of Trump administration actions that have threatened the
lives of workers at meat processing plants in central Illinois.
When it became obvious last spring that the virus was out of control
in meat packing plants the Trump administration jumped into action
to force packing plant workers - many of whom were sick from the
COVID-19 virus -- back to work. This was done so that the plant
owners could continue to profit from the workers' labors, despite
the danger to the employees' health and well-being.
This is just another example of the failure of the Trump
administration to take the COVID-19 virus seriously. As a result,
the disease continues to isolate us from our relatives and friends
and to seek shelter in the safety of home isolation. It has stolen a
year of our lives.
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Those of us who have had enough of the President's
"if you like the mask feel free to wear the mask" nonsense know that
220,000 Americans did not have to die. We now realize that China,
with four times our population, has lost fewer than 5,000 souls to
the pandemic! Our economy is staggering while China's economy is
running full blast. Chinese leadership proved its competence in the
face of the virus. By contrast, our leaders failed miserably. Given
China's success at handling the virus, we are asking why America
should settle for less.
If you, too, have had enough there's something you can do about it.
Vote for Joe Biden, a man who knows how to organize an effective
response when America faces a crisis. He proved that in 2009 when he
led our recovery from the Great Recession. Get to the polls and cast
a vote for new leadership.
Gary Davis [Posted
October 22,
2020]
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