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'Just wear a mask and don't tell anyone': Workplaces are filling up with sick

55 points by prostoalex 5y ago

chris123 5y ago
- burner556 5y ago
  You know it’s funny I used to read them and give them credit. Then I moved to LA, saw how disastrous it was here and started ACTUALLY reading the LA times and dear god get me out of this place
mitchbob 5y ago
Archived: https://archive.ph/dZElO https://archive.ph/dZElO
pibechorro 5y ago
Its endemic.
throwaway984393 5y ago
> Two-thirds of service workers surveyed in the months leading up to the Omicron surge said they did not stay home when they were feeling sick and went to work ill. Guess I'm not buying fast food anymore D:
- xnyan 5y ago
  This is nothing new to COVID, in my first job (fast food, 14) I was told in training not to come to work sick, but whenever I was sick I was told to come in anyway unless I was visibly (to the customer) ill. Americans largely have no savings and must work to live. Until/unless we have mandatory paid time off for sick workers, you should assume that sick people are making your food.
brandrada 5y ago
I think it's happening everywhere. Not just in the US but also other parts of the world.
999900000999 5y ago
>24% of U.S. civilian workers, or roughly 33.6 million people, do not, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. (“Civilian workers” refers to private industry workers and state and local government workers combined.) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/12/as-coronavirus-spreads-which-u-s-workers-have-paid-sick-leave-and-which-dont/%3famp=1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2... This is just the tip of the iceberg, I imagine many service workers are going into work regardless because they can't afford to take time off. Even if you do have sick leave, you might have some miserable amount like 3 days.
- ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
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hogrider 5y ago
I can accept this would start happening after all hope of containing the virus is lost. I would have hoped there would be some organizing around it like making shifts of only sick people come in or something (when they don't have to be in contact with anyone to do their job).
- tinus_hn 5y ago
  A question would be if it is logical to take efforts to contain the virus if all hope of containing the virus is lost. Does it help anyone? Or is it just something that is done out of a desire to ‘do something’?

55 points by prostoalex 5y ago

chris123 5y ago

burner556 5y ago
You know it’s funny I used to read them and give them credit. Then I moved to LA, saw how disastrous it was here and started ACTUALLY reading the LA times and dear god get me out of this place

mitchbob 5y ago

Archived: https://archive.ph/dZElO https://archive.ph/dZElO

pibechorro 5y ago

Its endemic.

throwaway984393 5y ago

> Two-thirds of service workers surveyed in the months leading up to the Omicron surge said they did not stay home when they were feeling sick and went to work ill. Guess I'm not buying fast food anymore D:

xnyan 5y ago
This is nothing new to COVID, in my first job (fast food, 14) I was told in training not to come to work sick, but whenever I was sick I was told to come in anyway unless I was visibly (to the customer) ill. Americans largely have no savings and must work to live. Until/unless we have mandatory paid time off for sick workers, you should assume that sick people are making your food.

brandrada 5y ago

I think it's happening everywhere. Not just in the US but also other parts of the world.

999900000999 5y ago

>24% of U.S. civilian workers, or roughly 33.6 million people, do not, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. (“Civilian workers” refers to private industry workers and state and local government workers combined.) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/12/as-coronavirus-spreads-which-u-s-workers-have-paid-sick-leave-and-which-dont/%3famp=1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2... This is just the tip of the iceberg, I imagine many service workers are going into work regardless because they can't afford to take time off. Even if you do have sick leave, you might have some miserable amount like 3 days.

ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
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hogrider 5y ago

I can accept this would start happening after all hope of containing the virus is lost. I would have hoped there would be some organizing around it like making shifts of only sick people come in or something (when they don't have to be in contact with anyone to do their job).

tinus_hn 5y ago
A question would be if it is logical to take efforts to contain the virus if all hope of containing the virus is lost. Does it help anyone? Or is it just something that is done out of a desire to ‘do something’?