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Simpler idea: stop paying the extra $600/week once deemed safe to return.

by pb7 7y ago

vkou 7y ago
Is it safe to return? What makes it any safer today than it was a month ago, when we were seeing exponential growth all over the country? Most workplaces do not allow social distancing. Many minimum wage employees take transit to work, which does not allow social distancing. Many of them would be completely ruined by medical bills if they catch COVID-19 - even if they don't need to be hospitalized. A single doctor's visit can run you hundreds of dollars in this country. Many of them live with vulnerable people, who would die, if they catch it. Many of them are currently taking care of children. Are you ready to pay for their medical bills? Their transportation? For rebuilding their workplaces in a manner that allows social distancing? Are you going to watch their child while they are at work? If not, don't be in such a hurry to send them back to work.
- pb7 7y ago
  >Is it safe to return? Nope and that's why the $600/week increase is already guaranteed to stay through at least July.
  - slenk 7y ago
    But who gets to decide when its safe? State governments are pushing to open back up (Georgia) when the public doesn't seem to want it.
    - vkou 7y ago
      I would figure that the people who get to decide whether it is safe are doctors. Politicans can choose if they want to re-open, but they don't get to declare a re-opening safe. They aren't qualified to do that. Just because the Kremlin said that there was no radiation risk at Chernobyl didn't make it true. If I take my car to a mechanic, and he tells me that my brakes aren't working, I can drive away without choosing to pay for repairs. But I can't go around telling people that my brakes are fine.
- RandomThrow321 7y ago
  > once deemed safe to return. I don't think the person you've responded to is implying what you seem to think.
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Simpler idea: stop paying the extra $600/week once deemed safe to return.

by pb7 7y ago

Simpler idea: stop paying the extra $600/week once deemed safe to return.

vkou 7y ago
Is it safe to return? What makes it any safer today than it was a month ago, when we were seeing exponential growth all over the country? Most workplaces do not allow social distancing. Many minimum wage employees take transit to work, which does not allow social distancing. Many of them would be completely ruined by medical bills if they catch COVID-19 - even if they don't need to be hospitalized. A single doctor's visit can run you hundreds of dollars in this country. Many of them live with vulnerable people, who would die, if they catch it. Many of them are currently taking care of children. Are you ready to pay for their medical bills? Their transportation? For rebuilding their workplaces in a manner that allows social distancing? Are you going to watch their child while they are at work? If not, don't be in such a hurry to send them back to work.
- pb7 7y ago
  >Is it safe to return? Nope and that's why the $600/week increase is already guaranteed to stay through at least July.
  - slenk 7y ago
    But who gets to decide when its safe? State governments are pushing to open back up (Georgia) when the public doesn't seem to want it.
    - vkou 7y ago
      I would figure that the people who get to decide whether it is safe are doctors. Politicans can choose if they want to re-open, but they don't get to declare a re-opening safe. They aren't qualified to do that. Just because the Kremlin said that there was no radiation risk at Chernobyl didn't make it true. If I take my car to a mechanic, and he tells me that my brakes aren't working, I can drive away without choosing to pay for repairs. But I can't go around telling people that my brakes are fine.
- RandomThrow321 7y ago
  > once deemed safe to return. I don't think the person you've responded to is implying what you seem to think.
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