Some might say that the throes of a global health crisis caused by a contagious disease are a less than ideal time to pack up and go visit friends and family. In many cases, those that would make such a point would have high-level education in things like epidemiology, microbiology, and other courses of study that would, indeed, make them experts in their fields. And, while we might ...
Holiday Travel Resumes Once More as Experts Urge Testing, Restraint
Posted December 31, 2020 in covid19 | Product News and Recalls
The industrial meat complex has not fared well in its handling of employee coronavirus concerns and keeping its workers safe, but Tyson Foods appeared to have raised the bar on misconduct last month. Two new lawsuits target the meat packing giant’s Waterloo, Iowa plant and vary in scope from appalling to outright abhorrent.
In one complaint, a federal lawsuit alleges that continue reading...
As Cases Spike, Attention Turns to Holiday Pandemic Safety
Posted November 24, 2020 in covid19 | Product News and Recalls
With the runup to the holiday season fast approaching and attention turning to turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and spending time with friends and family, it’s not long before that voice in the back of your head spoils the moment and says “sure, but what about the pandemic?”
For those heeding the advice of experts and working to keep themselves and those around them safe, this holiday season promises to be unlike any in a long, long time. Students ...
continue reading...Federal Lawsuit Alleges COVID Retaliation in Amazon Worker’s Firing
Posted November 18, 2020 in covid19 | Product News and Recalls
A federal lawsuit filed against Amazon alleges that a company “learning ambassador” was fired in retaliation for his attempts to enforce company Covid-19 safety protocols when he reported a shift manager for a variety of violations.
After observing shift manager Kristopher Lauderdale ignoring social distancing protocols and standing within just a few feet of another manager while speaking, learning ambassador David Bailey asked Lauderdale to ...
continue reading...Coronavirus Dead Found in Makeshift Morgue in New Jersey Nursing Home
Posted September 22, 2020 in covid19 | Product News and Recalls
Families of patients and residents of Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Sussex County, New Jersey have filed a class-action lawsuit after news broke that the facility was keeping the bodies of those that died from COVID-19 in an onsite makeshift morgue. The “morgue” was a small room in the facility that, when discovered, contained 17 bodies piled up within it.
As stated in the lawsuit, “it has been widely reported that, at or around that time, ...
continue reading...Hand Sanitizer Warnings Expand Amid Fatalities
Posted August 25, 2020 in covid19 | Product News and Recalls
What began as a small group of just under 10 brands of hand sanitizer to avoid has ballooned into a list of well over 100, and the products have now taken their first lives.
The concern began when various brands of hand sanitizer were shown to contain methanol rather than ethanol. While ethanol is an alcohol-based key component of an effective sanitizer, methanol is toxic if ...
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