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It's an incredible class divide: * Essential workers (who make less) required to work and get infected at higher rates, both at work and from their essential w
by usaar333 7y ago
It's an incredible class divide:
* Essential workers (who make less) required to work and get infected at higher rates, both at work and from their essential worker housemates.
* We permit anyone (even non-essential workers) to hire a nanny, but let no one drop their kid off at a friend's house.
* Deep pocketed businesses like Broadcom can just declare themselves an essential business and mandate employees perfectly capable of working from home come into the office.
- vkou 7y ago> * We permit anyone (even non-essential workers) to hire a nanny, but let no one drop their kid off at a friend's house. This is hyperbole. The KGB isn't going to come and arrest you if you do so.
- usaar333 7y agoLegal enforcement is weak but it is absolutely against the rules (I actually verified this with the health office) and social pressure (neighbors, each other) encourages parents to comply.
- vkou 7y agoYour neighbours must be incredibly shitty people, then. I think the problem in this case are not the rules, but the neighbours. As for against the rules, so is going over 60 on an interstate... Yet four fifths of my regular morning commute would be doing it. Back when I had one.
- dehrmann 7y ago> Essential workers (who make less) required to work and get infected at higher rates Honest question: has anyone published infection rates by occupation? Obviously medical staff reusing face masks in NYC are more likely to contract it, but I'm not as sure about grocery store workers, delivery drivers, pickers at Amazon, etc. Some essential workers in food production (think farmers) are probably pretty low-risk.
- hajile 7y agoNot to play devil's advocate too far, but falling behind in the semiconductor industry is death. If they shut down and others don't, they lose.