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FALSE ALARM!
Well I’m glad it wasn’t the alternative but still, talk about a disruption.
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Well I’m glad it wasn’t the alternative but still, talk about a disruption.
Also, this:
First, the only reason that Red Lobster is one of the largest restaurant employers is because places like McDonalds are franchises. That means that while we can try to force mega employers like Red Lobster to give paid sick leave, people that work at franchised restaurants where the owner is usually technically a "small business owner" are probably going to be exempt from having to provide paid sick leave.
But, really, with Omicron as contagious as it is, y'all realize that if you go get your food prepared from someone else, the probability that that person has Covid is very high. The probability that your cashier, waiter/waitress, short order cook are economically forced to work while sick is very high. If you are immunocompromised in any way, please don't go sit down in a restaurant and eat right now.
First, the only reason that Red Lobster is one of the largest restaurant employers is because places like McDonalds are franchises. That means that while we can try to force mega employers like Red Lobster to give paid sick leave, people that work at franchised restaurants where the owner is usually technically a "small business owner" are probably going to be exempt from having to provide paid sick leave.
But, really, with Omicron as contagious as it is, y'all realize that if you go get your food prepared from someone else, the probability that that person has Covid is very high. The probability that your cashier, waiter/waitress, short order cook are economically forced to work while sick is very high. If you are immunocompromised in any way, please don't go sit down in a restaurant and eat right now.
Dtknuckles
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Just got an email that the return to work policy remains the same despite the current waive.
At the end of October, the office opened back up on a voluntary basis. Maximum capacity of 30%. You must be vaccinated or provide a negative covid test from the previous 48 hours to come into the office, and book a socially distant desk in the system.
They kept pushing this phase of return to the office back. But now that they have done it, they have no intentions of going fully remote again.
Those that come into the office are social butterflies. And go out of their mind working from home. They need the interactions with other people in the office everyday and the plan is to continue to allow them to come into the office should they choose too.
I'm surprised though, that they didn't roll back the open in office progress. With how cautious they have been. Sounds like a case of "Vaccinated and done".
At the end of October, the office opened back up on a voluntary basis. Maximum capacity of 30%. You must be vaccinated or provide a negative covid test from the previous 48 hours to come into the office, and book a socially distant desk in the system.
They kept pushing this phase of return to the office back. But now that they have done it, they have no intentions of going fully remote again.
Those that come into the office are social butterflies. And go out of their mind working from home. They need the interactions with other people in the office everyday and the plan is to continue to allow them to come into the office should they choose too.
I'm surprised though, that they didn't roll back the open in office progress. With how cautious they have been. Sounds like a case of "Vaccinated and done".
wmeugene
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And there are so many counterfeit masks out there, it is ridiculous
Finally was able to line up an appointment to get my booster on the 20th
She had kids but they were grown, so she conveniently forgot, I guess.
Dogs are better at identifying corona than some tests....not even kidding....
Dogs are better at detecting Covid-19 in humans than many fast lateral flow tests (LFTs), according to a French study which could see canines more widely deployed for mass virus screening in crowded places including airports.
The trial, conducted in March and April by France’s national veterinary school and the clinical research unit of Paris’s Necker-Cochin hospital, showed dogs were able to detect the presence of the virus with 97% accuracy.
The dogs were also 91% correct in identifying negative samples, the study showed. A recent review of 64 studies found LFTs correctly identify on average 72% of people infected with the virus who have symptoms, and 58% who do not.
Dogs can better detect Covid in humans than lateral flow tests, finds study
French trial shows dogs were able to detect presence of coronavirus with 97% accuracy
www.theguardian.com
Dtknuckles
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She had kids but they were grown, so she conveniently forgot, I guess.
Dogs are better at identifying corona than some tests....not even kidding....
Dogs are better at detecting Covid-19 in humans than many fast lateral flow tests (LFTs), according to a French study which could see canines more widely deployed for mass virus screening in crowded places including airports.
The trial, conducted in March and April by France’s national veterinary school and the clinical research unit of Paris’s Necker-Cochin hospital, showed dogs were able to detect the presence of the virus with 97% accuracy.
The dogs were also 91% correct in identifying negative samples, the study showed. A recent review of 64 studies found LFTs correctly identify on average 72% of people infected with the virus who have symptoms, and 58% who do not.
Dogs can better detect Covid in humans than lateral flow tests, finds study
French trial shows dogs were able to detect presence of coronavirus with 97% accuracy
And cats are just generally useless.
Rather, they choose to be useless.
Cat's could detect Covid, but training them to do it for you would have you butting heads with them..
Max Sterling
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Cats can already detect COVID, they just don't care if you have it or not.
Bennnnn
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co-worker has been mildly sick all week and refuses to get tested. none of the kids are sick. Except last week when we got a message about a kid having a 106 fever! And the parent said “are there any fever sicknesses spreading right now? He was tested for flu, but it was negative.” Are you fucking kidding me? He hasn’t been back since though but he barely even comes to school anyway. The other center has one classroom open out of 8. At ours, we don’t have any staff or kids out with Covid at all. Just sitting here waiting for the worst… But so far…nothing has happened. Which is shocking considering our county case rate these past two weeks.
About a week and a half ago, my husband felt very bad--I had felt bad the day before but got over it quickly. He had fever and chills and stayed in the bed for a full day. He's had brain fog now for the past week. He lost his sense of taste and smell and he's got intense fatigue. So we pretty much figure he had Covid. His booster is scheduled for next week. I'm guessing it's okay for him to get the booster? What I read says that it should be fine. I just hope it doesn't make him sick again. He's really been through it.
Turbo
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The guidelines here are that it's ok to get your booster "after symptoms are gone". You'll have to decide what that means in the context of the lingering symptoms like lost of taste/smell, fatigue and brain fog. I'd think it's ok.
And here comes the fun with CVS and United Healthcare.
I scheduled my booster for 1/20. When scheduling online I had to provide my insurance information or say I'm uninsured.
Just got contacted by CVS that my insurance is declined and I have 48 hours to update my info to retain my appointment.
I assume this is the same BS with United Healthcare saying CVS is no longer in Network. But CVS is my only option within 20 miles where I could make an appointment to get a booster.
Just changed the form to "I'm Uninsured". I hope I don't have any further problems..
I scheduled my booster for 1/20. When scheduling online I had to provide my insurance information or say I'm uninsured.
Just got contacted by CVS that my insurance is declined and I have 48 hours to update my info to retain my appointment.
I assume this is the same BS with United Healthcare saying CVS is no longer in Network. But CVS is my only option within 20 miles where I could make an appointment to get a booster.
Just changed the form to "I'm Uninsured". I hope I don't have any further problems..
AnthonyI
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Walgreens is stating something similar I believe, they'll take BCBS, but not Aetna..............it's all BS for a shot that,s supposed to be provided to everyone easily.
The Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden's vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to go into effect nationwide.
The ruling blocking the rule for large businesses was based on the argument that Congress has not given the Occupational Safety and Health Administration the power to enact such a mandate.
"Although Congress has indisputably given OSHA the power to regulate occupational dangers, it has not given that agency the power to regulate public health more broadly. Requiring the vaccination of 84 million Americans, selected simply because they work for employers with more than 100 employees, certainly falls in the latter category," the unsigned opinion says.
Liberal Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented.
Developing story. SCOTUS just blocked the vaccine mandate for most people.
This is a direct repercussion of CVS buying Aetna.
As someone who is in the industry and watching carefully, we are seeing the start of mega health monopolies. Providing healthcare is becoming a more and more expensive endeavor. Due to this, I can see more and more health chains succumb to market pressure and allow themselves to be bought by these much bigger entities and we will end up with more and more consolidation in healthcare. The easiest way to control costs as a health insurer is to have favorable contracts or own the facility. Contracts are the bread and butter of insurance companies, but you can't write favorable contracts...or it seems any at all...if you are also the main competitor of the place you want to contract with. When CVS bought Aetna, there was going to absolutely be no way that Walgreens would ever contract with Aetna on anything because CVS is Walgreen's main competitor. United is the largest health insurer in America. I could see United refusing to contract with CVS given that they own one of their major competitors.