Please stop quoting the FB statistic of 99.8% survival for Covid. In Mississippi, the mortality rate is 2.2% of all cases. If you're sick enough to be in hospital, it's 14.9%. If you're sick enough to be in ICU, it's 34% and if you require the ventilator, it's >63% mortality
A bail relief crowdfund set up by @LilNasX has raised over $43,000 for The Bail Project.
70% of people in U.S. jails are pretrial — most unable to afford bail and disproportionately POC. Black/Latino men are systemically given higher bail than white men for similar crimes.
Again, pandemic unemployment is $1200/month, which is $7.50/hour or $14,400/year.
If employers can't hire staff because they can't compete with those numbers, they need a new business model.