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Americans’ obsession with staying home hurts vulnerable workers – Business Insider Australia
Public messaging in the pandemic insists "we" all need to stay at home. But, who is this nebulous "we"?
I was watching Hulu when I first saw the ad.
“COVID-19 can spread rapidly,” an upbeat, urgent voice said. “Or we can make choices that help us stay home and stop the spread.”
The advertisement went on to encourage people to have medication delivered via the startup Capsule, to “help keep our communities safe.” It was an ad targeted to people like me, who had spent the pandemic working from home and binging hours of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
The message was clear: the right thing to do to stop…
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