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Imagine you are a tradesperson and get hired for some job. You go to the house, complete the work, only to later find out the owner of the house (who was there
by giarc 5y ago
Imagine you are a tradesperson and get hired for some job. You go to the house, complete the work, only to later find out the owner of the house (who was there the whole time) was legally required to self-isolate due to risk of having COVID. How would you feel? What if the tradesperson lived with elderly parents or had kids or someone they were in touch with that was high risk?
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoWhat if they found out before, not later? The story doesn't say he failed to inform. In fact, it was someone whom he informed who informed on him.
- giarc 5y agoPeople don't get to make the rules.
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoHe's being accused of endangerment by the GP comment, which assumes he lied and omitted his status. That's speculation and has nothing to do with the law he supposedly broke.
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoI guess stating facts is beyond the pale.
- giarc 5y agoI said people don't get to make the rules referring to your comment about what if the homeowner informed the tradesperson first. Well that's the thing, you can't break the rules just because everyone is in agreement that it's ok. There were many documented parties that occurred during the pandemic and just because everyone was aware they were breaking rules, doesn't make it legal.
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoBy the story, we don't have enough information to determine that, and it wouldn't make it moral if so, but even questioning this is taboo.
- throwaway894345 5y ago7 months in prison is an insane punishment for "you could possibly have COVID and your contractor could possibly not be able to get a vaccine or wear a mask or etc and he could also have immunocompromised family members". Note that Western Australia has a 7 day average of 1 covid case and not a single death since May 2020 (9 total COVID deaths) [0]. The maximum term for drunk driving in Perth is 18 months[1] and that's for a repeat offense with a BAC in excess of 0.15. Is our contractor scenario really ~5 times more dangerous than multiple driving-while-absolutely-hammered offenses? [0]: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=covid+cases+perth&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=covid+c... [1]: https://www.gotocourt.com.au/drink-driving/wa/dui-penalties/ https://www.gotocourt.com.au/drink-driving/wa/dui-penalties/
- jobigoud 5y ago7 months is not five times 18 months, did you misread this as 7 years?
- kadoban 5y agoThe number of possible deaths is _far_ higher. The chance is almost certainly lower. I would not be at all surprised if on the balance it's way worse than 5 times more dangerous, in terms of expected lives lost (in statistical terms).
- psychedelican 5y agoThe point is we're now at the point of jailing people based on conjecture and projection and statistics instead of them committing an actual crime. What is the statistical likelihood that any person of a specific religious group will commit an act of terrorism? Should we find that number and then jail a random swath of their population?
- kadoban 5y agoIt is an actual crime. This person risked many people's lives for their own convenience. He did actual actions, not possible future activity. If I fire a gun into a building blindly, the chance I kill anyone is low. Should that be legal?