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As Louisville's downtown tries to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Humana's decision to move out of an iconic building on Main Street dealt another major blow to the area.
One of the basic lessons from the pandemic is how interconnected we are - your mask protects me, mine protects you. Early outbreaks of Covid in meat-processing factories - where workers cannot practice social distancing - were exacerbated by the fact these low-income workers lack sick pay. Unable to afford to (willingly ) forego wages, workers masked symptoms, hoped for the best, and clocked in, with disastrous results.