• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    For a brief moment in 2020, they temporarily relabeled them as “essential workers”.

    It just really meant they didn’t matter, and they were the fodder for the virus.

    • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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      12 hours ago

      It meant their work is important enough to risk their lives for. “Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.”