my company stopped travel in/out of China before Christmas, extended the ban to Korea, Malaysia, etc around Lunar New Year.
Now policy is that if you travel from SE Asia, you're supposed to self-quarantine (WFH) for two weeks.
Any travel to/from China at this point requires approval from Executive Leadership Team (basically the Board of Directors).
But I contrast that with the two couples in my dad's retirement community who just got back from 2 weeks in S Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam...supposedly they were going to self-quarantine for a couple weeks when they got back, but one of the couples was down at the pickleball court for a couple hours the other night...after being back for ~ 3 days.
I used to think they were a really nice couple. Now I think they're assholes.
That's a good policy. All companies should have done the same.
How old are you to be hanging out at a pickleball court? Also, what's pickleball?
i don't play pickleball, I assume it's like shuffleboard or bacci ball. Old people 'sport'.
Selfish assholes. I don't care how old you are, that is so out of order considering the majority of deaths have been with elderly people. A retirement community is going to be a hot bed for it.
I'm lucky that I got my SE Asia trip done with in December and the UK in January. I load myself full of vitamins before getting on a long haul flight anyway, sod travelling now.
Did I just enter the twilight zone?
I'm just kidding. The only impact it will have for me is if they start quarantine if it gets to brugges. If work stops I don't get paid. I've had about every shot possible a few times. If it gets me I'm gonna spread it, just because I'm a cunt. If I go we all do.
Knokke isn't a big town really. There is a possibility van damme has it by now. Just fyi
i don't like Chinese food or markets, never go to Lion. I even stay away from Korean markets these days. I love Mitsuwa though, bit expensive but their ramen and green tea ice cream is fire~
should go on a date with your hubby
I see. But besides the wasted resources, it still protects more than it doesn't?
Weirdly we think not. none unless you're going to actively be next to the sick person for an extended period And they are not wearing a mask.
And studies of people who are well wearing a mask, we actually see more transmission and they get sick more. We think this is because they fiddle with the mask and touch their face more often. In a well person the mask will get wet pretty quickly from your breath moisture and it's not doing very much as a barrier. The main usefulness of a mask is to prevent the spread of respiratory droplets from the sick person.
All of this is accurate for a disease that is spread by respiratory droplets like most cold viruses like this Corona virus.
This is not true for airborne diseases like tuberculosis where you would want to be wearing a fitted mask like an n95. For airborne diseases well people need to be wearing mask of a special type because you can get the disease by just breathing the same room air.
Allergies kicking up in this valley right now.
Easy to confuse symptoms right now, I am a bit sniffly in the AM and slightly rough throat...but that is somewhat common for me this time of year because I inhale certain tree pollens from rare trees(aka not from this area/region) that I do some work on.
Will keep y'all posted.
Easy to confuse symptoms right now, I am a bit sniffly in the AM and slightly rough throat...but that is somewhat common for me this time of year because I inhale certain tree pollens from rare trees(aka not from this area/region) that I do some work on.
Will keep y'all posted.
I will try, the throat thing comes and goes...possibly due to pollen exposure.
I think it has been everywhere for months already, that is my gut feeling on it.
Pollen i really bad on the west coast at the moment, ABC 7 weather are talking about it loads.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=84&v=gmqgGwT6bw0&feature=emb_title
This guy is pretty solid
I think we all should be the most concerned with@Filthy. This is a virus that kills old people, and his social club centers around the pickleball courts of his retirement home.
Filthy, please keep us updated on your status.
RIP
