Covid19:New rules from work
This is scary. My workplace(a sprts bar) just decided they would start doing some new precautionary procedures. The servers are to wear gloves when taking money and they are to sanitize the booths and chairs wvery 20 minutes. The cooks/prep/ect are to wash thier hands every 20 minutes. There is talk that we may switch to ‘to go’ orders only.
Here is the scary part. If any worker shows symptoms we are to be sent home immediately and cannot come back until we have been tested. We must bring back a doctors note proving to not be infected. We can get fired if we have covid19 or if we don’t get a doctors note.
The only place that supposedly has tests is about an hour drive away. It won’t be free and it won’t be paid for by the company. I can’t afford to get one even if I did catch it. I would be out of the job.
If we can, we need to do something fast. Healthcare for all is a step! That won’t be fast enough though. I’ll take my freedom dividend though. That way I can pay my rent if I loose my job. Wish me and my co-workers luck!
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There's talk that Trump might enact a travel ban to California. How the fuck am I supposed to get home if that happens?
Trump needs to be punched in the face right now. 
For a trip to Canada (another country Trump hates) but yeah it is fucked up. 
Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213081464
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Findings mean that isolating people once they start to feel ill is less effective than hoped
Read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/mar/12/coronavirus-most-infections-spread-by-people-yet-to-show-symptoms-scientists
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An analysis of infections in Singapore and Tianjin in China revealed that two-thirds and three-quarters of people respectively appear to have caught it from others who were incubating the virus but still symptom-free.
The finding has dismayed infectious disease researchers as it means that isolating people once they start to feel ill will be far less effective at slowing the pandemic than had been hoped.
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The finding confirms recent comments from Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the World Health Organization’s emerging diseases and zoonoses unit, who said preliminary data showed patients shed more virus in the early stages of the disease, including when presymptomatic. A separate study that tracked nine patients in Germany found that levels of the virus might already be in decline when symptoms come on.
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Rowland Kao, who studies infectious disease dynamics at the University of Edinburgh, said: “One of the factors that has distinguished this coronavirus pandemic from the Sars epidemic in 2003, is that Sars was infectious only after the development of clinical signs, which made it relatively easier to control. For the current pandemic, from very early on it was suspected that a substantial number of transmissions were arising before clinical signs appeared.
Although the internet is awash with false and misleading info right now, there's a number of professional, authoritative sites that describe how this thing spreads, that detail virus residence time on surfaces and the best techniques for prevention and cleanup.
In your case, it's ironic that ethanol (high-power booze, otherwise known as PGA) is the go-to killer of this virus (and other corona viruses) according to WHO and other top-line sources.
I only regret that all Americans are not in the know like members of DU are today.
Best of luck and work safe!........
Thank you for the information. I’ve been trying my best to keep up and check the WHO website for any updates. 
