Fun story: a friend of mine works as an engineer in critical infrastructure (for a large utility in Germany). He wanted to spend his vacation in northern Italy

Fun story: a friend of mine works as an engineer in critical infrastructure (for a large utility in Germany). He wanted to spend his vacation in northern Italy (which currently has a COVID19 outbreak). When his employer got wind of it they offered to pay him extra to choose a different destination. If he went, they told him, he couldn't come back to work for another 2 weeks after his vacation (unpaid leave).