How a Measles Quarantine Can Lead to Eviction
“The problem in the U.S. is especially pronounced among low-income workers, many of whom work in service jobs. In one survey, 63 percent of restaurant workers admitted that they cooked and served food while sick. Food-service workers are the source of most norovirus outbreaks. ‘We’re eating at restaurants where folks can have diarrhea and we don’t even know it,’ Archer told me by phone. (In a statement, a National Restaurant Association spokesperson told me the organization ‘supports companies having the flexibility they need to set HR policies and procedures that work for their individual businesses.’)”