@Henry posted:An example of why it's non-negotiable is the meat packers. They would be immediately sued. Calling themselves essential when they had record shipments to China.
Yep. And the general attitude of a lot of people was expressed by one of the conservative Wisconsin justice. Basically, because the meatpacking workers are heavily non-white, they don't count as much.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/...acism--20200516.html
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin overturned Gov. Tony Evers’ order for state residents to stay at home to contain the coronavirus.
During the course of arguments, Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was commenting on a spike in COVID-19 cases at a meatpacking plant when she observed, "These were due to the meatpacking, though. That’s where Brown County got the flare.
“It wasn’t just the regular folks in Brown County.”