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dhodo said:
According to this site, PTO is not guaranteed anywhere unless it's in your contract. Sick time is in some states.



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That all is true for manufacturing. But corporate office jobs and office jobs for service / retail jobs generally don't shut down for a week or 2 if things are slow. When it comes to manufacturing, you absolutely wouldn't see businesses asking employees to use PTO instead of shutting down. But this does happen in the corporate office space.

I think we are just both looking at it from a different industry perspective. And my focused was more on the logic of explaining the mindset of why they would make this decision verses explaining the industries where these types of decisions actually happen.
 
Got an Emergency Alert late yesterday on my phone about an increase in new cases seen in my area. Also got confirmation that my company will be working remotely through at least sometime next year now.

Looking at the state days, Salem is now Red. Haven't heard why as of yet, but Halloween tourism has started so there is that.

There are also a few other Boston area towns that went red in the last week. I know one of those towns has an outbreak cluster tracked back to a house party. The majority of the party goers, 30+ have tested positive.

Meanwhile, I texted my father back yesterday after he asked how I'm doing and give him an update on COVID in my area and that I'll be working remotely for the atleast the rest of the year. And this is what his reply was:

Getting close to the election. They're going to run up the numbers to try to control the virus scare narrative. It's all they got to try to prevent President Trump from winning. From now to the election things are going to get busy and Interesting. Don't be surprised when shit happens, just stay safe and out of the way.

They don't care who they hurt. It's about control of the narrative, control of the people and removing Trump at all costs.

This shit will continue till the election is over. It's all about stopping Trump from winning a second term despite the harm or costs to anyone.
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RenegadeMonster said:
Got an Emergency Alert late yesterday on my phone about an increase in new cases seen in my area. Also got confirmation that my company will be working remotely through at least sometime next year now.

Looking at the state days, Salem is now Red. Haven't heard why as of yet, but Halloween tourism has started so there is that.

There are also a few other Boston area towns that went red in the last week. I know one of those towns has an outbreak cluster tracked back to a house party. The majority of the party goers, 30+ have tested positive.

Meanwhile, I texted my father back yesterday after he asked how I'm doing and give him an update on COVID in my area and that I'll be working remotely for the atleast the rest of the year. And this is what his reply was:
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Man I can't believe people think that way.

What do you think the rationale will be if Trump loses and the virus numbers remain elevated?

Good for you for taking this seriously despite your family. It must be pretty hard honestly. I don't know how I'd handle it.
 
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Man I can't believe people think that way.

What do you think the rationale will be if Trump loses and the virus numbers remain elevated?

Good for you for taking this seriously despite your family. It must be pretty hard honestly. I don't know how I'd handle it.
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I think the issue is they aren't "thinking" about it, at least not in a critical sense. They are just believing these things because they want to.
 
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Or they have been brainwashed by QAnon
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For sure. I was trying to kind of include that in the "want to" since I don't really understand how someone could subscribe to that who didn't inherently want it to be true. But I suppose believing in cults and the like is a little more complicated than that.
 
Apparently contact tracing isn't working in the United States. Who didn't see that one coming

There are reports out of PA and NJ that more than 50% of the people contact tracers contact refuse to cooperate. They don't want to talk to the contact tracers let alone tell them any personal information such as where they have been and who they may have been in contact with.

Their rights, their privacy, they don't want the government tracking them.

That's scary when you think about it. They test positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing staff reach out so they know where that person has been and who they have been in contact with to try to mitigate spread. And people are refusing to cooperate with them.
 
Northeastern University in Boston may be expelling several students and rescinding their admission.

Students returning to campus had to sign a terms and conditions contract that included rules that stated no parties because of covid and social distancing.

A student on Instagram conducted a poll asking incoming freshmen if they plan to party despite restrictions.

The majority of freshmen who participated in the poll answered "Yes".

A student journalist saw the poll, took a screenshot and wrote an article about it.

North Eastern has reached out to every student that had answered yes to the poll. North Eastern is going over their terms and conditions again with these students and making sure they agree with the rules. If they don't, they will not be able to attend Northeastern Next week. If they do agree, and then found to attend a party they will be immediately expelled.

Students are accusing the student journalist for leaking their names and receiving threats. Both Northeastern and the student journalist say that's not true. The names of who answered yes to the poll were handed over by the student who posted the poll.
 
Just heard an update to the story on the 9:00am news hour.

There were a total of 115 students who responded with yes on the poll on Instagram. Northeastern has reached out to all 115 students.
 
My wife was a bridesmaid in a wedding this weekend. About 100 people in attendance. I'd guess maybe 15 total wearing masks. I am very concerned that we were exposed. Would not have stayed if we were just normal attendees.

My grandparents have their 60th wedding anniversary celebration next weekend. All precautions will be taken there, but we may not go because of this stupid wedding.
 
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New Hampshire's recent mask mandate for events of 100 people or more, which was specifically enacted to target Bike Week in Laconia does not seem to be being followed whatsoever. It's like playing "Where's Waldo" to try to spot a mask. Who here can spot more than 1 mask?
 
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Vroom Town: Scaled-down Laconia Motorcycle Week still drawing a crowd in N.H.

Bike Week in Laconia, New Hampshire, was pushed back from June to late August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and opening day was less attended than in previous years -- although the sidewalks were still packed Saturday. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images Postponed from its traditional June...
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New Hampshire's recent mask mandate for events of 100 people or more, which was specifically enacted to target Bike Week in Laconia does not seem to be being followed whatsoever. It's like playing "Where's Waldo" to try to spot a mask. Who here can spot more than 1 mask?
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I've got 3, but yeah the rest are just asking for it considering people congregated there from different places.
 
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Another COVID-19 Medical Mystery: Patients Come Off Ventilator But Linger In A Coma

Doctors are researching why some patients remain unconscious for days or weeks, even after sedating drugs are withdrawn. They also worry that these patients aren't being given time to recover.
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After the removal, it typically takes hours, maybe a day, for the patient to return to consciousness. The body needs that time to clear the drugs that keep the patient sedated and comfortable — able to tolerate intubation and mechanical ventilation. But doctors across the U.S. and in other countries have noted a troubling phenomenon associated with some COVID-19 cases: Even after extubation, some patients remain unconscious for days, weeks or longer. There's no official term for the problem, but it's being called a "prolonged" or "persistent" coma or unresponsiveness.
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