Coronavirus

I'm more or less locked in. I could go out, but there's nowhere to go to. So I'm spending my time reading Greek inscriptions and arguing with people on Facebook.
 
LooseCannon said:
As long as you are not being close to people, this is fine. If you're going out to bars, if you're meeting people, you are officially part of the problem, and you could be responsible for killing people.
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There’s no bars or anything similar open. I’m close to people mostly inside the dorm, like drinking with 10 people in the same room.
 
I'm at work. Things are fine and people seem to be in good spirits which has helped to ease some of the tension I was feeling over the weekend.
 
My mom had to go to work today. She is a medical assistant. People who think they have symptoms are supposed to call in and be tested in the parking lot, but I don't think people are smart enough to do that. Really hoping she doesn't bring this home.
 
Collin said:
My mom had to go to work today. She is a medical assistant. People who think they have symptoms are supposed to call in and be tested in the parking lot, but I don't think people are smart enough to do that. Really hoping she doesn't bring this home.
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They're not. In Poland we have very clear rules about that (there is public list of places where you can go if you're sick to get help, phone number if you can't because of symptomps etc.) But many people are going still to general area and create panic. Some of them are hiding information that they were in Italy and some ducktards are saying that they have Coronavirus to get earlier appointment. Hospital in my city was closed by one of these idiots who had symptoms, was in Italy went to general area of hospital with older people and kids. When it was closed car accident happened and those hurt in it was transported to medical center 90km from my city.
 
Looking at numbers at the moment, USA and France don't look good. At all.

Even if they say that Spain is the 2 most affected country, I expect one or both of those 2 will overtake Spain soon.
 
Workplaces and commuting is still the big sticking point. Obviously some people can't work from home (self included) but there needs to be some clever thinking from employers. Even if just more space between employees at the very minimum. And telling people like the woman in my office with the explosive coughing fit every few minutes she should go home.

I'm trialling walking to work at the moment. I can't do it on later shifts but I did it tonight and found I can make the trip in about 50 mins.
 
I legitimately do not believe that you can't work from home, @Brigantium. I do believe that your employer doesn't want to spend the money to enable it.
 
LooseCannon said:
I legitimately do not believe that you can't work from home, @Brigantium. I do believe that your employer doesn't want to spend the money to enable it.
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I don't think they're in any way prepared to do it and don't have the IT people to facilitate it. They can automate certain functions to keep the service running to customers, but will not consider closing any office unless there is a confirmed case there. And at the moment, that means someone has to be hospitalised before we get an office closure.
 
The boyfriend has just been told "work from home tomorrow - don't worry if you can't do anything." :blink:

We have been told to go in as normal tomorrow, at which point "a decision will be made."

In other news, a colleague went to the Cheltenham horse races last week at which he observed that for the first time ever, the queue for the sinks was longer than the queue for the bogs. Furthermore, one bloke who tried to "escape" from the bogs without washing his hands was seized by three other blokes and "literally thrown into a basin". Clearly people are getting serious.
 
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