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It's interesting that Switzerland has banned all events involving more than 1000 people but not all workplaces with more than 1000 people. I suppose the logic i
by fancyfredbot 7y ago
It's interesting that Switzerland has banned all events involving more than 1000 people but not all workplaces with more than 1000 people. I suppose the logic is that people travel further for events?
- jsnell 7y agoPeople are packed together a lot more closely at an event than at work.
- koheripbal 7y agoThis virus transmits most efficiently in a cool dry environment, like an A/C controlled office. That is why the hotel in Singapore and the cruise ship were such hotbeds for transmission. What Google is doing here is acting with complete idiocy - with ZERO regard for employee health and safety.
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- gowld 7y agoDepending on the event (arena concert vs outdoor festival), maybe not more closely than at a tech company open office
- ghaff 7y agoMore travel, more mixing. There's probably also more of a short-term optionality with events (although cancelations affect lots of people in various ways) than with basically telling companies to send everyone home.
- praptak 7y agoBanning events is also cheaper.
- lawl 7y agoI just watched the press conference where someone from the swiss federal council was asked this exact question. The reasoning given was that a) an office is less packed b) it's easier to follow hygiene procedures, such as regularly washing hands or using sanitizers in an office setting. But frankly, the real reason is probably just: economic damage.
- hocuspocus 7y agoFor now the federal government's priority is not to lose track of the infection chain. They also believe it's a lot easier for people to be cautious and apply protective measures at workplaces (and public transportation, but I'm a bit skeptical here) compared to big public events like the Geneva motor show, concerts, carnivals, sports games, ...
- timwaagh 7y agothe logic is they don't want the economy to shut down just yet, whereas they wouldnt like unnecessary things like parties to infect people that could then force them to enact measures that would shut down the economy.
- Leherenn 7y agoThe problem also is that Switzerland is way smaller than China. China could shut down a whole province and have the rest of the country help them. Switzerland is much smaller and realistically would have to shut down the whole country. Then you're depending on foreign countries, which is outside the government reach. This is a much more difficult choice, if they decide to keep their food or medical supplies for themselves there's nothing you can do.