By now, the risks of continuing to go to work while the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world are all too apparent. For this reason, many of us have spent weeks working from home and staying there to keep each other safe.
However, it's also true that this is not an option for essential workers. In the case of health care professionals, grocery store employees, and truck drivers, continuing to work means ensuring that all of us can survive what's still to come in this situation.
And so, it's understandable that many would start to see these workers in a heroic light. But for politicians with the ability to truly support them, any words praising this heroism can ring hollow without any action to go with them.
But those in the Senate now have an opportunity to put some significant weight behind their words.
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