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  2020-07-15

  As pandemic rages, farmworkers say employers are ‘prioritizing production over … lives’

  As of early July, 87 workers and 58 family members, 23 of them children, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to data compiled by United Farm Workers, a labor union. Many more are awaiting results. “I don’t want to go back,” Bertha said. She feels she has only two options: Accept the working conditions, or quit. The pandemic has forced agricultural workers throughout the Southwest to make a similar choice between their health and their incomes. Though industry representatives say farms are doing everything they can do to protect their employees, worker advocates argue a lack of industry protections – and the “invisibility” of much of the work done by day laborers – have made farmworkers especially vulnerable to exploitation. “It just shows the contradiction in calling somebody an ‘essential worker’ but only for what you need them for, not to care for them as human beings that also are afraid of getting sick,” said Juanita Valdez-Cox, a migrant-rights advocate in Texas.
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  2020-04-13

  Border Shuts down – extremely limited allowed people to enter China

  Due to the significant increase in the Covid-19 cases, the Chinese government have announced the new boarder law. Everyone who intends to enter China will now needs to self-quarantine at a nearby hotel for 15 days. However, you must pay with your own money. Due to the new law the Chinese government have announced, the number of flights to China significantly decreased, which caused costs to skyrocket for airfare. Many overseas Chinese students who had hoped to return to their hometown during this time were not able to do it, due to the significant amount of cost.
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  2020-07-09

  As pandemic rages, farmworkers say employers are 'prioritizing production over...lives’

  by Jessica Myers| Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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  2020-06-24

  HERMIT HERALD VOL 1 ISSUE 42

  pandemic update & U.S. problems
• 2020-05-23

  Covid19 in Okinawa Timeline Discussion Thread

  An English-language discussion thread for updates on the coronavirus situation in Okinawa.