01/29/2024
https://congress.gov...
"The United States is lagging behind the majority of industrialized nations that have some form of paid sick leave."
"Research on the 2009 H1N1 pandemic estimated that an additional 5 million people contracted the virus due the lack of workplace policies like paid sick days."
"Today the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic."
"So I think an emergency response is important to ensure that people can start staying home immediately if that is what their medical providers are recommending to them."