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Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have leaked their recommendations on how to safely reopen businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic—after officials in the Trump administration rejected the guidance and allegedly told CDC officials their plan would "never see the light of day."
The 17-page document (PDF found here) was initially set to be published last Friday but was nixed. Instead, it was released to the Associated Press by a CDC official who was not authorized to release it.
The guidance lays out detailed, phased recommendations for how to safely reopen child care programs, schools, day camps, faith communities, businesses with vulnerable workers, restaurants, bars, and mass transit. Though some of the general points laid out already appear on federal websites—such as an emphasis on hand hygiene—the document uniquely offers tailored recommendations for each type of business.
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(Score: 2, Redundant) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday May 08 2020, @10:31PM (11 children)
What you tax, you get less of. What you subsidize, you get more of. Do the math, noob.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 08 2020, @11:51PM (3 children)
So we should subsidize healthcare and education in the US since we're sorely lacking in both metrics?
Thank you TMB, today you managed to do some good!
(Score: 2) by ChrisMaple on Saturday May 09 2020, @02:24AM (1 child)
Subsidies lead to more. More is not the same as better. Unfortunately, subsidies attract fraudsters and other bottom dwellers, as does almost any kind of government interference.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2020, @05:05PM
When your healthcare choices are: none. Then I'd say more is better, wait let me think... yep, yeah more is better.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 09 2020, @11:11AM
"Should" is an entirely different discussion.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by jelizondo on Saturday May 09 2020, @12:09AM (4 children)
Really? They been taxing beer and spirits for decades now, even going so far calling them "sin taxes"?
I see more liquor stores, not less. Time to put your thinking cap on and ask: Am I wrong about taxes? Is the liquor killing my brain?
(Score: 2) by ChrisMaple on Saturday May 09 2020, @02:20AM (1 child)
The tax on alcohol is a pittance, and America is rich. Mother nature and economics limits the tax rate on alcohol, because anybody willing to put in the effort can make their own. To find something that taxation has materially affected, look at the sales of tobacco products. Most people can't grow their own tobacco, so there's nothing to stop places like New York from taxing cigarettes at more than 4 times production cost.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2020, @05:07PM
Round and round you go! Weeeeeeh.....
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2020, @06:50AM
He is an idiot. The sad thing is that the abusive people on SN like aristarchus, Azuma, TMB, EF etc. have driven away most normal people so we are destined to watch the idiots tank SN like they are tanking US.
At the end of the day, it will all boil down to "who has the bigger bomb". SN has fortunately no power over my life so... time pass :D
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 09 2020, @11:13AM
Yes, really. Booze is barely taxed. If you want a good example, go with cigarettes.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday May 09 2020, @04:01AM (1 child)
So, the more you tax income, the less you get of it...
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 3, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 09 2020, @11:24AM
Tautologies are tautological, yes.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.