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Become more severe and even life threatening. so what happened here at this plant? and why are so many people they re getting sick. joining me now is gerald cal. he s the president of the united steelworkers. local 21, the union that represents hundreds of workers at this paper mill. gerald. thank you for coming in as you and i were just talking really quickly in the break. there are so many unknowns still which which is why it s so scary, but first and foremost, how are people doing? ah you know, people are banding together. we uh we re showing our solidarity by supporting each other. we have several members that are still off of work. there s still ill. many of them have a long road ahead of him. um, but also with the awareness we brought forth on it. a lot of people are getting diagnosed early, and they re having a far better outcomes. you said, i ve seen that. you say that at least one person who was, um, presenting symptoms was in the hospital for a week. i ....
Agencies, including niosh, the local health department, usw health and safety to investigate mitigate risk. um and of course, as you mentioned prevented in the future. but we don t actually know these specific source. and we may never know, um something we re learning that it s not really easy to identify because of the long incubation period. um but we can certainly work on efforts to mitigate risk and take care of our people that are impacted by it right now. would you want to read because it did company did give a statement to cnn saying that we continue to take this matter very seriously, or foreigner, following recommendations from health and government officials and implementing numerous proactive step is to protect the health and safety of our employees, contractors and visitors. you say that we are working collaboratively with them. how do you view the company s role in all of this, gerald? well i think it s certainly the you know the company and the unions and everybody s, uh, ....