Al-USA

Capitalism vs. the Flu

I had not considered this, good article. Further, I looked up the NYT linked article and got the quote below:

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Paul Hotchkiss, a support manager at a Wal-Mart store in Hastings, Minn., said the point system pressured him to report to work two weeks ago even though he had swine flu.

There are a lot of people who have swine flu right now who are going in because they worry about getting fired for having too many points,” Mr. Hotchkiss said.
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I suspect the swine flu will eventually mutate into something more serious. I have no basis for this but I do have an education in immunology so I know something about viruses and immune systems.

Anyways, great article, I'm staying away from as many places as possible that might serve as a vector for the swine flu.

By the way, if it mutates to the extent the 1918 Spanish flu virus did, there will be few places left, outside of massive quarantines, to escape to. Of course, by then capital will take huge losses but that's what capital does: no action if there's no profit or loss of profit potential...

Yes, I can afford to do that.