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For those who are in an office setting... what have the policies/communication looked like from your company?The company I work for has basically taken the stance that unless the authorities order offices to close, people are expected to come in. So far they are only allowing people to work from home 2 days/week if their job allows for it. I'm furious with our leadership on this. It's irresponsible and borderline dangerous.Before I completely die on this hill at work, I'm just curious how common this is for companies (especially in MKE) to continue to expect people to work in the office.
Today I was given a prescription strength mouthwash before they did anything in my mouth.Don't know what it is, but I was okay with it.
I live in downtown Seattle. A couple weeks ago, the Bureau Chief of the LA Times told me that most everyone here had already been exposed to the virus.Myself and many friends caught it. It's like a very mild flu - headache, body ache, low grade fever, dry cough, and lethargy. We were all told that if there was a temperature spike or shortness of breath then get to a hospital. But otherwise, self quarantine while taking fluids and resting.We all stayed home while continuing our work productivity. If you are fit, healthy, and maintain situational awareness it is the same as managing a cold. The elderly and those with immunity issues are the ones at risk.The degree of hysteria around this is decidedly over the top.
Down 1 w 5 seconds left. Doable.
While this made me roll my eyes, it also made me wonder: what are food rendering, processing, and packaging plants doing?
For example, is it "hysteria" to tell folks like you with it (if indeed you have/had it) to not go out to restaurants, bars and other public places, where you could easily infect those with compromised immune systems?
If it didn't dissolve, they would have internal memos, minutes of meetings, pandemic preparedness plans. It would be pretty easy for someone in the office to show them to the public if indeed they exist. And if it still exists, the administration would have talked about when the outbreak occurred. Instead, we are only reading about it after the fact, when rumors surfaced that it was simply abolished. ________________Edit: And Dr. Fauci at NIH - someone who would be in a position to know - told Congress that it was eliminated:"We worked very well with that office. It would be nice if the office was still there," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday.https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-would-be-nice-trump-hadnt-scrapped-nsc-global-health-2020-3Seems like Dr.Fauci is a person the average Joe can believe.
Keefe,Glad you are recovering, and that you had access to testing to verify what you have.Goooo
Where did he say this?
Seems to me we can go about this in 1 of 2 ways, and we haven't chosen either yet (and time is running out to pick one):1. Pause everything. Social isolation/quarantine for 4-6 weeks. Complete shutdown of all social interaction. This includes 90% of working. So, we have to have a large, temporary safety net: Rent/mortgage/utilities/loan repayments are suspended; short-term UBI for necessities. And, because of the huge economic impact not working will have, we literally pause the stock market until things begin running again.In this scenario, we're accepting short-term restraint and hardship and the payout is decreased lives lost.2. Stop nothing. Society functions as normal. Schools open. Everyone works. Economy and employment continue at full-tilt.In this scenario, we're accepting increased deaths but hopefully only to the susceptible. We quickly allow this to move through society and have pre-planned categories for who gets serious medical intervention vs observation/acceptance. Payout is (mostly) consistent economic output.I don't honestly see how we can go halfway between the two without a total clusterunnatural carnal knowledge
thanks for sharing crash! keep our economy pumpin! on another note-just printed out my boarding pass-SWA -if i get on that bad boy, i am fully aware i may be driving back 1900 miles, but my bride needs her husband's support. i'll let ya'll know, or whoever really cares, if i make it. one more thing about the greatness of MU-i've been corresponding with the new advancement team at MUSOD. we are trying to arrange a meet n greet, but between this virus thingy and our schedules, we've had to change it a few times. i've never met this lady...yet, but her last note to me was, "I’m not sure if you are spiritual or religious, but I attached a prayer that came across my desk this morning." i told her hell yeah and it's traveling with me down to phoenix! now that's the difference!
Hope you have a safe flight Rocket, and hope all is well with your wife. Please be careful while traveling, and take precautions to reduce exposure.
In general, I agree, and think we should go for #1. However, we need to have a sound plan for necessities, like making sure everyone has access to food and medications. Maybe that means people go out for it, or maybe we develop a robust delivery apparatus.
IMO, if we do this, the number of businesses that will fail leaving people/families jobless would easily dwarf the number of possible deaths due to Covid. You have a large number of companies, including my own, who are or have become heavily dependent on China/Asia for either sales or logistical/manufacturing/etc... they’ve been hurting for a long time, which came to a head when China shut down for a month during a normally high volume time, right as it seemed like they would make back some of the trade war time losses as China revved up a bit. So you take those stretched businesses and have them shutter for a month. Good night. Companies in the $2-$10MM annual range that haven’t had a great start to 2020 will be torched. Forgive me for thinking that a nanny state government program set up for that situation will help at all. Restaurant staff will be pummeled as well.