The US smashed yet another global COVID infection record on Thursday when 647,067 new cases were reported - up 26 percent from the day before, when 512,533 new cases were reported
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As with the UK the probabilities say most of those affected will be lower paid people in customer facing service roles - likely to be getting covid from unmasked customers.
It's possible that some inventive lawyers are right now thinking up ways to sue business owners who did not enforce a mask mandate - which is part of Federal guidance - even in states where there is no mask mandate or where some governors have even ruled against them. Long Haul Covid survivors could end up being a long term cost for some reckless employers.