posted by BR1986FBI'm really not looking forward to returning to my office. I'm going to make a pitch to be able to (at a minimum) work from home on Fridays.
I think increased flexibility for WFH will be the new norm and I'm all for it. WFH is great, but for this long me and my gf...it's a miracle we are still together.
I always thought I would love 100% WFH, I was wrong. I could do it if some travel was involved, I need to get the hell out of the house.
posted by AutomatikI think increased flexibility for WFH will be the new norm and I'm all for it. WFH is great, but for this long me and my gf...it's a miracle we are still together.
I always thought I would love 100% WFH, I was wrong. I could do it if some travel was involved, I need to get the hell out of the house.
My girlfriend wants to kill me. When I was at the office she was either babysitting grandkids or could stream Netflix to watch what she wanted on days off. Now, at least one of the parents of the grandkids is home and she can't watch Netflix because the streaming messes up my phone app that's connected to my computer. She's counting down the days until I go back.
I hope my wife’s company goes full time WFH. In the last few weeks a lot of companies in her industry have. I can do my job anywhere so it would give us the ability to relocate.
We would probably move to a suburb of Nashville ASAP if they make the announcement.
Health Experts quote: “As public health advocates, we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for Covid 19 transmission... This should not be confused with a permissive stance on all gatherings, particularly protests against stay-home orders”. K, go fuck yourselves.
In other news, Arizona seems to be popping off with new Corona cases.
posted by iclfan2In other news, Arizona seems to be popping off with new Corona cases.
Hard to tell if increases aren't driven by more testing. Looking at deaths, which is as objective a measure as we have, it's still trending down. But that lags by 4-5 weeks.
I think the last projection the "experts" made was 3000 deaths a day by June. We're running about 1/3 of that.
posted by iclfan2Health Experts quote: “As public health advocates, we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for Covid 19 transmission... This should not be confused with a permissive stance on all gatherings, particularly protests against stay-home orders”. K, go fuck yourselves.
Along those lines, I guess Covid-19 stopped being racist and decided to "take a knee" with the protestors.
Sick of seeing numbers....let's add some context to this. Are they young? Old? Symptomatic?
The WHO has handled this horribly, so grain of salt, but this seems significant if true: "From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual," Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO's emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said at a news briefing from the United Nations agency's Geneva headquarters. "It's very rare."
posted by iclfan2The WHO has handled this horribly, so grain of salt, but this seems significant if true: "From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual," Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO's emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said at a news briefing from the United Nations agency's Geneva headquarters. "It's very rare."
A lot of people silent on this news. I still can't believe how many people are out there claiming how deadly this virus is and will continue to be. Some calling for extending the lockdown or even another lockdown because of a second wave.
posted by iclfan2The WHO has handled this horribly, so grain of salt, but this seems significant if true: "From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual," Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO's emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said at a news briefing from the United Nations agency's Geneva headquarters. "It's very rare."
That’s very good news
Think that fear was the most scary of all this (asymptomstic spreading it)
posted by OSHA lot of people silent on this news. I still can't believe how many people are out there claiming how deadly this virus is and will continue to be. Some calling for extending the lockdown or even another lockdown because of a second wave.
The lockdown was shown to be a complete overreaction by week 2. There was nothing to justify it beyond that, except that the people who enacted it had too much ego involved to reverse course.
posted by OSHA lot of people silent on this news. I still can't believe how many people are out there claiming how deadly this virus is and will continue to be. Some calling for extending the lockdown or even another lockdown because of a second wave.
That's not a surprise - as the news on this gets better, the issue has become more political driven (until it got upstaged).
It kind of makes sense for people questioning how effective the lockdowns were. So it would have done little, except to spread it to your family members who probably would have gotten it from you, anyway.
Of course, the problem will continue to be people recognizing symptoms and taking steps to isolate themselves. Or simply ignoring symptoms and failing to take precautions because they're selfish assholes.
Look for this news to get VERY politicized in the coming days. People on the right are going to argue this supports ending all restrictions and measures now. While people on the left will insist everything needs to persevere until we reach completely unrealistic goals of testing and contact tracing.
It got Dick Goddard
posted by gutLook for this news to get VERY politicized in the coming days. People on the right are going to argue this supports ending all restrictions and measures now. While people on the left will insist everything needs to persevere until we reach completely unrealistic goals of testing and contact tracing.
I feel like it's already been this way for weeks. People on Reddit have been fucking insufferable about it.
DeWine: Gonna open up restaurants next week
Redditor: (with 196 upvotes) Well here comes the second wave of death good luck to hospitals keeping up!!
posted by friendfromlowryI feel like it's already been this way for weeks. People on Reddit have been fucking insufferable about it.
DeWine: Gonna open up restaurants next week
Redditor: (with 196 upvotes) Well here comes the second wave of death good luck to hospitals keeping up!!
Reddit is an absolute cesspool of liberal garbage. I used to love that site. Everything is so political and left-wing, really ruined it for me.
posted by SportsAndLadyReddit is an absolute cesspool of liberal garbage. I used to love that site. Everything is so political and left-wing, really ruined it for me.
Can confirm.
posted by friendfromlowryI feel like it's already been this way for weeks. People on Reddit have been fucking insufferable about it.
DeWine: Gonna open up restaurants next week
Redditor: (with 196 upvotes) Well here comes the second wave of death good luck to hospitals keeping up!!
I used to enjoy reddit for for some of the humorous or cool stuff I'd find there. But I had to delete it for stuff like this. It was after the "Florida Morons" movement - when they reopened the beaches in FLA and redditers by the thousands claimed that those who went to the beaches had signed their own death certificates. I think so far, the number of early beachgoers who've died of COVID is hovering right around zero.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieThe lockdown was shown to be a complete overreaction by week 2. There was nothing to justify it beyond that, except that the people who enacted it had too much ego involved to reverse course.
..but over 100k Ohioans had it in March, and by April there was going to be 10k new cases PER DAY in Ohio.
Anyone see this news?
The study, by researchers from Harvard medical school, Boston University of Public Health and Boston children’s hospital, looked at images captured between January 2018 and April 2020 and found a “steep increase” in vehicle counts starting in August 2019 and peaking in December 2019. Between September and October, five of the six hospitals observed had their highest daily volume of cars in the period analysed.
posted by thavoice..but over 100k Ohioans had it in March, and by April there was going to be 10k new cases PER DAY in Ohio.
They gave themselves the ultimate out - "if we're accused of oveerreacting, then we know we did our job successfully". Instead, they could have said, "Imperfect information led us to error on the side of caution and shut things down for a couple of weeks. Once we realized hospitals weren't going to be overwhelmed (not even close), we decided to adjust our strategy." In reality, all they've done is keep doubling down. Crazy.
