Worried about Losing Your Job due to Coronavirus COVID-19?





There are around 329 million people in the United States, if just 40% of them are infected (the CDC projects 40-60% of the total population will get the virus), that will be 130.6 million people. If just 2% of those 130.6 million people who get the virus die, that’s 2.616 million people dead over the span of a few months.

To put that in perspective, over the entire year of 2018, the whole United States had a total of 2,839,205 deaths according to the CDC. So, it appears Coronavirus COVID-19 may double that, plus the projected deaths would all occur over several months rather than the entire year. 20% of cases can be expected to require emergency medical treatment. Our emergency healthcare systems are very likely to collapse under this pressure caused by a massive need for emergency treatment.





COVID-19 is not just deadlier than the flu, with a 2% mortality/death rate while the flu mortality/death rate is only 0.1%, but it also spreads 3x easier than the flu. The incubation period, the time between contracting the virus and starting to show symptoms can be up to 2 weeks long, while the flu typically has a 1-4 day incubation period. As patients with COVID-19 are contagious for much of the incubation period, they are spreading the virus without knowing it for extended periods of time.

This is serious, and anyone in the ‘at risk’ age range or those with pre-existing conditions should be self-quarantined now, if they weren’t already. Per WHO, older people, and people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.

Anyone who wouldn’t be considered at risk for the more serious effects of this virus should be taking ALL precautions to not spread the virus to any vulnerable parties, if that means quarantine for them too, so be it. If you aren’t prepared to take about a 40-60% chance of getting sick AND being the one to infect that same percent of people you come into contact with day to day, stay home.





It is my OPINION ONLY that for those of you still going out and working in nonessential services, it’s time to STAND UP and WALK OUT.

No one needs employers that threaten to fire their employees, fellow human beings, who are concerned for themselves or their loved ones who fall into the risk categories. They don’t deserve you. What they are doing is UNETHICAL.

Businesses can’t run without people. It may just be my opinion, but something needs to be done about workers’ rights in this country regarding sick leave of this type. These companies’ actions are in direct conflict with your human rights, and it should be illegal for them to make you work during this type of crisis.

NOW is a perfect opportunity to band together and ACT. Talk to your coworkers, agree on a walkout date and time and EVERYONE LEAVE. Without people, there is no power. Without you working, there is no way for corporate fatcats to make money off of this devastation. If your business is not providing essential healthcare or survival services, get out while you still can. Your company does not care about you, and they deserve to suffer financially for it.





Take this as your call to action, you deserve better!