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This seems non-sequitor? The main infection route is airborne droplets. Sure, washing your hands reduces risk, but it does not solve the problem. Showering is a good idea, but not relevant.
Well, nothing I do (save for putting myself into voluntary quaratine) will actually help solve the problem, that is the point why I am ranting here. Basic hygiene should be a given. So what exactly is the common man supposed to do to save the world?
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When - pretty soon - intensive care units in most countries will be overwhelmed, and millions of (mostly elderly, granted) people will be left struggling for their life in their homes, we'll see who is acting like a 9yo.
You sound like a mother who is trying to make her kid comply to something that isn't really important. "If you are not afraid like me, god will smite you."
I reproduced a chart I saw which explains this better: https://imgur.com/vtaqIrz
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#43The article is a bit out of date, it's not only Seattle. Facebook and Google announced tonight that all employees in the Bay Area can work from home. Microsoft/Linkedin announced all employees on the west coast can work from home.
It's still accurate for Amazon.
not really - I am on the east coast and my manager told me to work from home
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#44What an exaggregation. Nice way to add to the overblown panic. In italy, about 250km south ofrm where I live, they have closed schools and universities, and disallowed public events. Today, I will be visiting a music festival in my hometown. No signs of cancellation. Clearly, some parts of the world react like a 9 year old girl.
Italy may be overreacting, and at a huge cost to its economy. Yet, its better to overreact to things like this, than underreact. If anything, your country is the 9year old, not Italy.
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Well, nothing I do (save for putting myself into voluntary quaratine) will actually help solve the problem, that is the point why I am ranting here. Basic hygiene should be a given. So what exactly is the common man supposed to do to save the world?
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention-t...
I dont care what the US CDC thinks. I am not an american (thankfully).
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#46As an Italian Milan-based employee of one these corporations, I have been working from home for the last 2 weeks with personal plans to work from home at least until the end of March. I really appreciate the flexibility and feel extremely privileged to be able to do this. Unfortunately not everyone can or has the company infrastructure (e.g. laptops) to be able to work from home. I hope this shock snaps low-tech Italian SMEs into being more remote-friendly, and slowly indirectly improve the flexibility and work-life balance of employees. And of course, most hands-on jobs can't be done remotely, but most office jobs can.
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No, you are not alone. I dont care about Coronavirus at all. I dont feel threatened personally, and I consider the media hype completely overblown. There are still a few of us that dont behave like sissies.
Huh? I’m pretty confused by this attitude. This seems pretty callous. Obviously, media hype train is in full swing, but this is fairly infectious and fairly dangerous for those over 80 and those with other risk factors. That’s narrow, but it is not nothing. Personal risk is pretty low for me (at my age/health status), but I’m still not super interested in getting knocked on my ass for a week. Particularly since coron…
It’s nothing, because people can’t do anything other than wash their hands and not touch their faces. The media hype is a problem because it causes supply chain issues. People over 80 are always at risk of the flu and other crap, and again, the only thing to do is properly wash your hands and not touch your face.
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#49This is a massive accidental experiment on the effectiveness of fully remote teams. Most of these companies are fairly reticent to have even a few workers remote, let alone entire teams/orgs. It'll be interesting to see if teams push for something closer to full remote wherever it worked well (or if some employees will want it, having not realized what it was like). Plausibly teams that it works well for will have gr…
I have no desire to have a long term remote job. I want to work in the office. However, I've opted to be remote for a couple weeks after someone in the office tested positive for COVID-19. My productivity is noticeably lower (for me at least). I would imagine such a radically different work environment would take time for anyone to adapt to.
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> while everyone is also thinking about getting a deadly virus every time they leave the house Am I the only person who isn't worried about the coronavirus? I'm not exaggerating when I say it hasn't effected my life at all, except for the effort it took me to write this comment. I live in San Francisco, if it matters.
You’re not the only person. The people licking shrines in Iran aren’t worried about coronavirus either.
Or the people bringing it to your country in the first place. Traveling from an infected country is reckless and disrespectful for the lack of better words.