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Freedomofspeech

(4,230 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:16 PM Apr 2020

A good friend of mine is a Veterinarian and is employed by the USDA

as a supervisor for meat inspectors. She has 23 people she is in charge of. She has had to make sanitizer and provide masks for them. She has a friend who made face shields and ear shields for them with a 3D printer. This is out of her own pocket because the Federal government is providing nothing for them. This is what these people are facing. She is a mess and so concerned about her people. How can this be happening? Neither of us are religious but she asked me to pray for her.

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A good friend of mine is a Veterinarian and is employed by the USDA (Original Post) Freedomofspeech Apr 2020 OP
K&R! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #1
So horrible and sad I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #2
I prayed for them. Joinfortmill Apr 2020 #3
Thank you. Freedomofspeech Apr 2020 #4
+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #5
I never imagined my heart could hold such hate... Freedomofspeech Apr 2020 #6
Me too. I hate Fox even more. Without Fox they just disappear. Pepsidog Apr 2020 #9
They are so evil that they could school the devil... DSandra Apr 2020 #16
+1000. Trump really wants to be down there... DSandra Apr 2020 #15
How did this happen? A basket of deplorables, and a bunch of short sighted folks decided ... marble falls Apr 2020 #7
tRump fails to defend another whole tranche of Americans. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #8
I started thinking of Trump's approach to the pandemic as a throwback -- summer_in_TX Apr 2020 #10
K n R ! Thanks for posting! JoeOtterbein Apr 2020 #11
I pray... sagetea Apr 2020 #12
Thank you, GOP! dlk Apr 2020 #13
How it happened. Coronacapitalists are under the spell of profit over people, ancianita Apr 2020 #14
Capitalists have long seen humans as disposable. DSandra Apr 2020 #17
Have her contact the (D) Scarsdale Apr 2020 #18
We have no D reps anymore.... Freedomofspeech Apr 2020 #21
Elizabeth Warren would Scarsdale Apr 2020 #22
Guaranteed way to spread and prolong the virus. Paladin Apr 2020 #19
I will pray for her and all the victimized workers, MoonRiver Apr 2020 #20
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. +1000
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:40 PM
Apr 2020
God, I hate him - and every republican - with a white hot passion! They are causing so much needless suffering in this country.

DSandra

(999 posts)
16. They are so evil that they could school the devil...
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:49 PM
Apr 2020

They explore unthinkable frontiers in evil and scheming that would make the devil in awe.

DSandra

(999 posts)
15. +1000. Trump really wants to be down there...
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:45 PM
Apr 2020

with other leaders that slaughtered lots of people for their self gain.

marble falls

(57,540 posts)
7. How did this happen? A basket of deplorables, and a bunch of short sighted folks decided ...
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:49 PM
Apr 2020

not to vote as a protest thinking there was no way Trump would be elected put an whacked out Mobster in charge.

summer_in_TX

(2,772 posts)
10. I started thinking of Trump's approach to the pandemic as a throwback --
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:28 PM
Apr 2020

to the Articles of Confederacy, when each state was co-equal and the federal government had little power.

They've abandoned all functions of government, except for those that help toward the re-election or benefit them personally.

Saying prayers for your friend at the USDA. Bless her for caring deeply about her co-workers.

JoeOtterbein

(7,703 posts)
11. K n R ! Thanks for posting!
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:32 PM
Apr 2020

I hope they refuse to enter the plant without PPP provided by the Feds, then nothing produced from the plants can be sold with the USDA label.

dlk

(11,606 posts)
13. Thank you, GOP!
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 10:40 AM
Apr 2020

This is what they stand for and they are monsters. We can never forget, nor can we ever give them an inch.

ancianita

(36,238 posts)
14. How it happened. Coronacapitalists are under the spell of profit over people,
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 12:24 PM
Apr 2020

their banal evil gives no guarantee of human safety.

Humans are disposable.

DSandra

(999 posts)
17. Capitalists have long seen humans as disposable.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:52 PM
Apr 2020

Just think of slavery, the tobacco industry, the era of no worker safety, food geared to making people be addicted to food, etc...

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
18. Have her contact the (D)
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 03:50 PM
Apr 2020

representative in her district, and tell the story. Otherwise, contact Eliz. Warren's office and tell them. THIS needs to be exposed. Meanwhile, Kushner has warehouses full of PPE supplies, that he claims are "theirs".

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
22. Elizabeth Warren would
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 07:18 PM
Apr 2020

jump on this, believe me. I would definitely keep trying to get this story out there.

Paladin

(28,287 posts)
19. Guaranteed way to spread and prolong the virus.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 04:22 PM
Apr 2020

A relative of mine was involved in meat packing oversight---it is a deadly serious matter, and leaving personnel on their own and desperate and underequipped is a promise that things will get lethally out of hand. Unforgivable. I hope this veterinarian is keeping detailed records of this situation.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
20. I will pray for her and all the victimized workers,
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 04:29 PM
Apr 2020

but I wish more would pray for the tortured and traumatized animals in this vicious “food chain.”

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