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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
nctnico:
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--- Quote ---And government and businesses are slowly losing the ability to capitalise on people's fear, all this stuff isn't going to last too much longer, people's patience is already starting to wear thin.
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Maybe. I mean, you're right that people are getting restless and if it all blew over right now we'd be back to where we were pretty soon. But that assumes it will blow over. Suppose we all start going back to work and it blows up again, like it's doing in Singapore
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That's the 2nd time someone here has claimed it's flaring back up in places that have eased lockdowns. Do you have data for that? Because it looks like that's not the case, daily case totals have not increased.
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Just saw this picture in the news:
According to the article the lockdown was released on the 19th of March and 2 weeks later infections started to rise at a faster pace than before.
Just looking at a country as a whole is not a good idea. Even in small countries (like the Netherlands) the number of infections vary wildly between areas so the epidemic flaring up in one area can easely get lost in the noise of the country's total.
Generic disclaimer: you have to be very careful with trying to interpret Corona numbers yourself; it is easy to get to the wrong conclusions.
paulca:
--- Quote from: ixfd64 on April 29, 2020, 10:22:57 pm ---I work at a large tech company as a software validation engineer and have the luxury of working from home. However, I'm starting to miss my co-workers after being stuck at home for almost two months and counting!
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We do a morning video call at 09:15 everyday. It's completely informal, not project specific, just our wider team. It can help you stay feeling like you are in the loop. Some mornings it's a good laugh. Funny stories, banter, anecdotes, Netflix recommendations etc. Then a basic management "state of play update", basically company and project news which takes about 2 minutes.
If you don't have something like this already, throw some initiative at it and either set it up yourself or propose it.
Also, opening a group IM chat every morning with everyone in your team is always a good way to stay connected and team work.
I have basically been working remotely for the last 3 or 4 years as I have been working in one or more Belfast offices on a computer in London for an American company. If you include split region teams, it's more like the last 8 years.
coppice:
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 30, 2020, 06:33:38 am ---Just saw this picture in the news:
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According to the article the lockdown was released on the 19th of March and 2 weeks later infections started to rise at a faster pace than before.
Just looking at a country as a whole is not a good idea. Even in small countries (like the Netherlands) the number of infections vary wildly between areas so the epidemic flaring up in one area can easely get lost in the noise of the country's total.
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Very true. Look at New York compared to the USA. Hokkaido, being an island, has a certain amount of insularity from the rest of Japan. Its more rural (think of the famous Hokkaido cattle industry), which you might think would give them natural social distancing. I wonder of that second wave of covid-19 cases is actually concentrated in higher population places like Sapporo?
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 30, 2020, 06:33:38 am ---Generic disclaimer: you have to be very careful with trying to interpret Corona numbers yourself; it is easy to get to the wrong conclusions.
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You need to have fairly detailed local knowledge to make much sense of any of the available data. It tends to look puzzling when its about somewhere you don't know well. This is especially true when you don't know about some of the crazy recommendations people have been given by local short sighted politicians. When its about somewhere you do know well its easier to see a bunch of plausible reasons for the data.
james_s:
I'll be following the state of Georgia with interest, they've been the most aggressive at relaxing the restrictions recently and I think it will be a good indication of the result of doing so. I hope it all works out for the best and other states can follow however I am concerned that loosening up too early will result in a second wave and result in a second wave of lockdowns considerably more painful than just doing it all in one go.
The UW has recently developed what is apparently a fairly reliable antibody test which is now available to the public. I'm considering getting checked to find out if what I had a while back was a mild case of Covid or something else. I've now had several coworkers with confirmed Covid infections though none that I've been in proximity to in months and so far none with serious complications. One said he felt horrible for a week and a half and still isn't 100% back to normal but I'm pretty sure he'll be ok.
PlainName:
--- Quote --- find out if what I had a while back was a mild case of Covid or something else.
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Suppose it turns out you did have it. Would you be going back to work (although you don't normally, I think, so rephrase that to, may, hanging out down the pub)? I don't think there is confirmation yet that having it confers future immunity, so there is still a small chance you could catch it and/or pass it on again.
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