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As always, the devil is in the details. I'd imagine a heavily automated car factory is actually one of the safer places to work, compared to (say) a hog slaugh

As always, the devil is in the details. I'd imagine a heavily automated car factory is actually one of the safer places to work, compared to (say) a hog slaughterhouse or a massage parlor. In a sane world, we'd let workers choose between going to work and staying home without undue penalties either way, but that's not going to happen in 'Murica.

rasengan 6y ago
The problem is that coronavirus lives for days [1] on various surfaces. Is Elon Musk going to be on the factory floor everyday too? Additionally, social distancing doesn’t work [2] and is a suggestion being made by non medical professionals to non medical students. [1] https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/study-suggests-new-coronavirus-may-remain-surfaces-days https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/study-s... [2] https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200414/cdc-covid-19-can-spread-13-feet-travel-on-shoes https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200414/cdc-covid-19-can-sp...
- travisporter 6y ago
  Your second link is an interesting read. Even though the virus was found on the floor and >6 ft away in a Chinese hospital, fortunately no staff were infected. I am not a scientist but I think they just tested for viral fragments versus active infectable viral particles. It’s reassuring but caution is still warranted.
  - koheripbal 6y ago
    Moreover comparing a HOSPITAL with a factory is ludicrous as the viral loads are orders of magnitude different.
    - rasengan 6y ago
      Do you have scientific evidence of this?