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Why would I want to come back into the office if I have to wear a mask?

• gpm 5y ago
  I'd like to think that the masks are just because they had to film these now, and that the actual plan for when people return doesn't include them.
• Animats 5y ago
  As soon as a coronavirus vaccine gets full FDA approval (expected soon for Moderna and Pfizer), companies should require immunization for employees. Then they can stop requiring masks. Every vaccine that has ever had serious side-effect problems has shown them in the first few months.[1] The FDA requires six months of data for full approval. Those six months have passed. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history....
  • ghaff 5y ago
    While that's long been common in some situations (schools, military, healthcare, certain limited international travel), it hasn't been the case generally in the past. Put such a requirement in, with appropriate medical exceptions, and expect to fire a non-trivial portion of your workforce who can't work from home and/or need to physically meet with other employees/customers/partners. Not making a judgment but just observing the reality.
    • asperous 5y ago
      I doubt that high of a percentage is so paranoid or stubborn that they would quit over it. My guess is almost everyone will either get vaccinated or a medical exception, and then just complain about it in the office.
  • vondur 5y ago
    This is what the Cal State and University Of California are systems are waiting for: https://csusystem.edu/csu-system-announces-covid-vaccine-requirement-for-fall-2021/ https://csusystem.edu/csu-system-announces-covid-vaccine-req...
    • ghaff 5y ago
      Colorado, but yes. There's no reason to think that there won't be widespread vaccination requirements on campuses as there are today.
  • tazjin 5y ago
    Each move like this creates more anti-vaxxers, but at this point I'm starting to think people are aiming for that.
  • hpoe 5y ago
    I have concerns with employers requiring a vaccine to allow you to return to work because of the dangerous precedent it can set that employers have some valid need to suddenly start knowing your medical status, and once they get their foot in the door I don't see them quietly giving up that power.
    • cma 5y ago
      Employers have always had a right to know communicable disease status (when it could be communicated feasibly at work, not for something like HIV/AIDS or other STDs). Vaccination status to such a disease is just a stochastic level above that and has been required in college dorms, etc. already before the pandemic.
      • cma 5y ago
        Flu vaccines are often required for certain medical and elder care workers as well.
  • throwawayboise 5y ago
    Since vaccinated people are told they still need to wear masks, why will this change if the vaccine is formally approved by the FDA? It's the same vaccine.
• benhurmarcel 5y ago
  > Why would I want You don’t want, they tell you to. It’s like this in most companies now.
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