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> Plus, why not have people choose themselves whether they're healthy enough to take chances and go out to work? Three reasons immediately spring to mind: 1.
by jedimastert 7y ago
> Plus, why not have people choose themselves whether they're healthy enough to take chances and go out to work?
Three reasons immediately spring to mind:
1. It's a very well established fact that C19 can transmitted by asymptomatic people. "Healthy enough" does not mean "safe"
2. Ignoring that fact, I know can personally name several people who would absolutely go to work sick.
3. I've have several employers who would say "Do totally have a choice...come in or you're fired and I'll find someone else who will do it". This includes a very vivid memory of a manager telling one employee that she doesn't not have a valid excuse to miss her shift while she was still weeping because her grandmother had died.
- icebraining 7y agoI think they're saying about "healthy enough to withstand the virus", not virus-free. (3) is still a valid concern. Government policy could help, but it'd be weird (and provoke a major public backlash, no doubt) if us fat people got a stipend for being fat.
- jedimastert 7y ago> I think they're saying about "healthy enough to withstand the virus", not virus-free. People who aren't virus-free shouldn't be in the general public. That's kinda the point.
- bluGill 7y agoLegally you won't be fired for not coming in. You might be laid off with no severance, but that is different legally. When someone asks they will not give a bad reference and you will be eligible for unemployment, both of which are useful. If the above is not true for you there are many lawyers who would love to talk to you, as it is an easy buck for both of you in court.