temporal1 wrote:All free citizens are asked to shelter in place/self-prison; prisoners are allowed to go free.
(How many prisoners are in the high-risk group?)
I had a routine doctor appointment this morning. My brother's wife is a physician and also happens to be 8 months pregnant and is having a high risk pregnancy, and she requested I get my TDAP vaccinations up to date.
I have travelled extensively over the last 3 months. In December, I learned about this disease, which seemed concerning, but there wasn't much information and I wasn't sure what I could do. In January, I was concerned about this spread, and requested to limit my travel with work. After doing that for 2 weeks, I felt I was being a bit alarmist, or at least the coronavirus was not coming to the U.S. and Canada as fast as I expected.
I returned home at the beginning of March and had a sore throat and a cold and decided to limit myself to working from home and avoid going to the office, to church, etc. until I felt better. I reported my history to my doctor in advance of my appointment.
Today, all patients were being provided with a brand new N95 mask, provided at the door. Instead of the waiting room, we were requested to wait in our cars, and then a phone call or text message told us when it's time to come in. My doctor did a brief examination and then decided to collect a SARS-nCoV-2 test. I am not diagnosed with COVID-19 at this time. The test results are predicted to come back Friday, but may take longer. He took precautions with a face shield and face mask as well.
It seems the government, CDC, and health care industry has been very busy distributing tests, masks, and other equipment that doctors' offices need.
I live with an elderly couple, and so I decided not to return to my normal home, on the doctors' orders. Someone at church has a home under renovation that is currently habitable and which nobody lives in, and I am staying there from now on until the test results come back. If I am positive, I will need to stay there until I recover, and then an additional isolation period until my doctor tells me I am no longer at risk of spreading the disease.
temporal1 wrote:All free citizens are asked to shelter in place/self-prison; prisoners are allowed to go free.
(How many prisoners are in the high-risk group?)
Where are prisoners going free?
i am not following closely. but noticed: (believing others saw the same or more)
mike wrote:
And your company's truck has finally arrived with our order. I'm guessing it's a real madhouse in there.
When our VP of Operations is riding around on a jack in dress pants and a polo shirt helping to pick UPS orders.... maybe not a madhouse, but a circus for sure. Customers that already get two deliveries a week are coming in with their own trucks for additional orders. Good times....
UPS no longer sends in its regular delivery truck. We got a big straight truck today. I'm already getting returns. Skids of peanut butter in 5-gallon buckets. 40 of them. Customer ordered online and entered the wrong item number. I was told next week is gonna be my turn to play circus.
temporal1 wrote:All free citizens are asked to shelter in place/self-prison; prisoners are allowed to go free.
(How many prisoners are in the high-risk group?)
Where are prisoners going free?
i am not following closely. but noticed: (believing others saw the same or more)
This is public-health management to release non-violent and low risk offenders.
Prisons and jails need space for violent offenders, higher risk, as the police & government will need to be maintaining law and order. They will need to keep serious lawbreakers off the streets. This is not the time to worry about someone in jail for minor drug possession or someone who messed up their probation.
mike wrote:
And your company's truck has finally arrived with our order. I'm guessing it's a real madhouse in there.
When our VP of Operations is riding around on a jack in dress pants and a polo shirt helping to pick UPS orders.... maybe not a madhouse, but a circus for sure. Customers that already get two deliveries a week are coming in with their own trucks for additional orders. Good times....
UPS no longer sends in its regular delivery truck. We got a big straight truck today. I'm already getting returns. Skids of peanut butter in 5-gallon buckets. 40 of them. Customer ordered online and entered the wrong item number. I was told next week is gonna be my turn to play circus.
How's it feel to be part of what our nation considers essential, critical infrastructure?
This is public-health management to release non-violent and low risk offenders.
Prisons and jails need space for violent offenders, higher risk, as the police & government will need to be maintaining law and order. They will need to keep serious lawbreakers off the streets. This is not the time to worry about someone in jail for minor drug possession or someone who messed up their probation.
Josh. sweetheart.
i understand this to be a bit of a spoof thread. lighten up a bit.
Amazon has had serious health and safety issues with how they operate their warehouses; in one example, they had quite a few employees have heat related problems in the middle of summer, whilst a neighbouring warehouse of similar size that was unionised and had been around a long time (I think it was for a grocery store in Pennsylvania) had almost no such incidents. (If anyone cares, I'll try to find the news articles about that.)
They will need to revamp their operations, including more breaks, lower productivity goals for employees, making sure they offer adequate sick time so employees don't feel compelled to come in sick, and maintaining more social distance at the workplace. Fortunately, Amazon has access to plenty of money, the government is injecting cash all over the U.S. economy, and the government is encouraging these kind of work environment changes.
