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> Are we really going to isolate or quarantine 4 out of 10 US adults and imagine the economy can get back on track? It's a good start. Also "encourage" is dif

• TeMPOraL 7y ago
  "Encourage" is different from "enforce", but very similar to "doesn't work". Once isolation becomes voluntary, the job market will make sure that people won't isolate even if they wanted to. A common thread of the current pandemic measures is that people get to protect themselves in ways that would destroy their careers if they weren't mandated top-down by the government.
  • imglorp 7y ago
    I wonder if it becomes an EEO issue (in the US). They can't compel a vulnerable WFH person to rejoin an open plan sardine office, nor can they fire them for not rejoining without attracting attention for discrimination. I know a tech worker who used to wheel an oxygen tank to the office: I imagine that person is more than a little concerned right now. It also implies that a partly WFH workforce cannot be sidelined: once one person is remote the whole culture needs to be organized around remote process.
  • cies 7y ago
    > Once isolation becomes voluntary, the job market will make sure that people won't isolate even if they wanted to. Depends on your labour laws, and facilities more than on the market IMHO.