I stand in solidarity with the 15,000 @mnnurses on strike this week fighting for safer care, fair scheduling, and higher wages. Nurses are the backbone of our health care system. They understand what’s best for their patients. https://t.co/XHo3aqyiQy
The CDC telling us to go to work when COVID+ and symptomatic, the AHA saying to start CPR without PPE — they are saying out loud what used to be the norm, & what society managed to temporarily hold in at the pandemic’s outset:
Healthcare workers well-being doesn’t matter.
the funniest part of the 2011 comedy "Contagion" is when they invent a lifesaving vaccine at the end, and then everyone takes the vaccine. hahahaha fantastic writing
Tomorrow is the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of insulin.
In 1921, insulin’s discoverers sold its patent for $1 so insulin would be affordable to all.
Today, a single vial of insulin that lasts me about a week is priced at $300+, only in the United States.
Yesterday we lost 56 Minnesotans – more deaths than we've seen since the start of COVID-19.
I know you’re tired of this pandemic. We all are. But those 56 families can't get their loved ones back. We can't give up the fight.
Senator Chuck Schumer on the Republican rush to confirm Amy Coney Barrett:
“You will regret this, and you may regret it a lot sooner than you think.”
“Monday, October 26, 2020. It will go down as one of the darkest days in the 231-year history of the United States Senate.”
you can’t give me ONE good reason why these workers don’t deserve significant increases in their wages. PLUS real benefits. they are quite literally keeping food on our tables.