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Yeah, we have guaranteed paid thankfully. We will still be planning experiments, reading papers, and having meetings from home.
I live in barrow county Georgia...have to travel thru Gwinnett to get to hall county to go to work. Right now, me and wife are fine. She works in a Dr office and says it is getting crazier every day..
Wouldn't count on it
My company shut down all of our offices (NJ, FL, RI and Montreal) - everyone is working from home until further notice.
The 1918 flu actually started early in the year with a very virulent yet similarly deadly strain and spread during the summer mostly aided by troop movements throughout Europe. So the European governments knew this strain was highly infectious but didn't want to impose a quarantine or even report about the flu out of fear it would hurt the war effort. This caused it to spread very quickly in the general populace which lead to it mutating into the incredibly deadly strain we all know about that killed a good portion of the world's population.
Great question Kasey. I think the real answer is no one knows. The speculation about warm weather is due to other Corona viruses like SARS did not spread as well in warm weather because in warmer, more humid weather, the airborne water droplets don't stay suspended in the air as easily thus reducing transmission.
The hypothesis is that it will be the same for Covid-19, but it is only through comparison to other viruses and not an analysis of Covid-19 itself.
Hope that helps.
While the warmer, humid air effect is true for seasonal viruses like the flu, we don't have enough data to say SARS behaved similarly. It did die down around June but that is mostly attributed to public health interventions and the fact people with SARS had very obvious symptoms and were easy to isolate. MERS is definitely not a seasonal virus. Also viruses that the population has no immunity for tend not to be affected by seasonal factors as much.
Was supposed to start a new full-time job with benefits on Thursday, having gone through a couple interviews. Then today, they now need to lower it to part-time work from home until it clears over. Yikes.
Be thankful that you still have your foot in the door. They will appreciate your "understanding" down the road....
America, will you please stop electing Republican presidents?
All they do is crash the economy, run up huge deficits and provide terrible responses to disasters which causes many people to die
Please don’t. Not again. Now is not the time. Just check in and let everyone know how you’re doing
Not the time or place for this.
F you.
Well , here is a report from being on the road.... I left sw GA early Monday morning for NE Arkansas and Bootheel of MO to call on customers .... if I had known what we know now , and my attitude has changed in the past 36 hrs.... I would have remained at home.
interstates about 40 % of normal .... hotels here are down to about 10-20 %occupancy , inside dinning closed at all major chain restaurants....local places remain open ....that’s where I’m going and leaving as generous tips as I can cause I know service staff is going to suffer
Headed back hopefully late tomorrow or Thursday ..
History tidbit - 1918 flu killed the Dodge Brothers .... the car guys ....
Let it go. Don’t escalate. Thanks for understanding
Ok.
UV for big tips. Help how you can. Little things matter.
In the Bay Area. We are on “Shelter In Place”. Grocery stores are a mess. I have to go to work being that I’m a Occupational Therapist working at a Nursing Home. My biggest fear is getting the virus and giving it to the elderly patients. Stay at home folks except for grocery store visits, needing gas, and pharmacy needs.
Yeah, I'm in Marin. The grocery stores were cleared out on Thursday, I haven't been since. And all the gun stores out here are out of every gun too.
I think you're right that you are not at risk, but the patients you care for are.