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I would think out of every job in a supply chain field workers would be some of the best protected by default. Not (often) working in air-recircuculated environ

I would think out of every job in a supply chain field workers would be some of the best protected by default. Not (often) working in air-recircuculated environments, many already wear face masks and gloves, less crowded than warehouses, working in the sun and often more humid environments. The big issues I think would be sick pay (mentioned), or migrating workers who travel very far, including across borders.

cbhl 7y ago
[ Edit: I changed my mind about this comment. ]
- ceejayoz 7y ago
  It's kinda hilarious that you blame "conservation" instead of the farms housing people in abysmal conditions (or not paying them enough for decent housing if they live off-site).
dfsegoat 7y ago
I don't see a single mask or glove in the pics in this article (which documents a day in the life of a picker): https://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-me-strawberry-pick-20130503-dto-htmlstory.html https://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-me-strawberry-p...
- macspoofing 7y ago
  I think one major challenge right now is that nobody can get masks and gloves. Frontline health workers can barely (if even that) manage with the supply at hand. I think this is the major reason for 'flattening the curve', i.e. to make sure our supply chain ramps up to provide necessities like masks, gloves, ventilators, disinfectants etc. In a hypothetical world where there are no shortages of these items (+ publically and easily available test kits), the economy wouldn't need to have halted to a near stop, and we could weather the pandemic much easier. Hopefully, we can learn from this.
xenocyon 7y ago
It has to do with their housing: very crowded, squalid conditions; such basic things as water to wash hands being carefully rationed to cut costs. (Source: NPR/PlanetMoney: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/821593542/episode-984-food-and-farmworkers https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/821593542/episode-984-food-an...)

cbhl 7y ago

[ Edit: I changed my mind about this comment. ]

ceejayoz 7y ago
It's kinda hilarious that you blame "conservation" instead of the farms housing people in abysmal conditions (or not paying them enough for decent housing if they live off-site).

dfsegoat 7y ago

I don't see a single mask or glove in the pics in this article (which documents a day in the life of a picker): https://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-me-strawberry-pick-20130503-dto-htmlstory.html https://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-me-strawberry-p...

macspoofing 7y ago
I think one major challenge right now is that nobody can get masks and gloves. Frontline health workers can barely (if even that) manage with the supply at hand. I think this is the major reason for 'flattening the curve', i.e. to make sure our supply chain ramps up to provide necessities like masks, gloves, ventilators, disinfectants etc. In a hypothetical world where there are no shortages of these items (+ publically and easily available test kits), the economy wouldn't need to have halted to a near stop, and we could weather the pandemic much easier. Hopefully, we can learn from this.

xenocyon 7y ago

It has to do with their housing: very crowded, squalid conditions; such basic things as water to wash hands being carefully rationed to cut costs. (Source: NPR/PlanetMoney: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/821593542/episode-984-food-and-farmworkers https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/821593542/episode-984-food-an...)