Replies to '04/01 The Superbug'

Quote From: jewelsf

I personally like the idea of organic fruits and vegetables but it isn't practical to think that the farmers could feed the world growing their produce that way. The crops have to be mass produced or the world would go hungry. And field workers? Well, I'm certainly not crazy about the idea of that either but there is a practical side to it also. First I want to say that they come over here and get free medical, use other family members SSN's and a bunch of other stuff like that which takes a toll on the USA's finances but think about it. Who will work the fields if they don't? That is awful, back breaking, hot work. It is in fact the lowest form of employment in this country. I happen to know quite a bit about this subject because my husband is the #1 Supervisor for a produce company. He has worked in produce management all of his life and he is 59 years old. We've been married for over 20 years. He supervises the shipping, he walks the fields, he does just about everything but sell the stuff and pick it of course. I also worked with someone who was born in Mexico and she told me that she picked produce for awhile and it is so hard that she would never do that again.  I don't understand why the illegal aliens don't just get a green card to work here legally. That baffles me. And about the trashy sneezing, yes that's pretty gross but I think the most important thing everyone can do to stop so many of the awful germs being passed such as e-coli is to wash their hands after using the bathroom. Here we are in the year 2008 and after all of the programs on TV like 60 minutes, etc, and the nightly news reporting this, how come there are so many people that are still not getting it?!!!!!! I don't get it!!!!! That is just so gross and such a simple thing to do. Back when I worked I would see women that I worked with use the bathroom, come out of the stall, groom their hair and prance right out the door. Lipstick yes, hands no. Why is this so hard to do?