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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 14, 2020, 03:07:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 14, 2020, 03:46:09 am ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 13, 2020, 03:27:18 pm ---Over here they are allowing a limited number of people inside shops to adhere to governments rules. Works pretty well and it is enforced legally. The same can work for gyms, etc. And don't forget: people who work from home can create their own schedule. They are no longer bound to a '9 to 5' rythm. From a biological standpoint there is no rule which says humans (like to) work best from 9 to 5.
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Most people do not work from home and will not in the future. Things aren't going to be that radially different. Yes some business will realise work form home isn't that bad and will move a bit in that direction. But I'm willing to bet that in a few years time when this has all blown over, the world will on average look and work very little different to what it did 3 months ago.
Do you have kids?If not then you likely won't understand why a lot of the daily/weekly routines exist.
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I have kids for over 2 decades. The youngest is getting on-line lessons. I've also been working from home for nearly a decade. The only reason to adhere to a strict schedule is when people really need to work together on the same item at the same time. Now think hard of where that is really really true. In the end the answer is likely meetings and team sports.
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There's also the element of "random conversation by the water cooler" that can be quite important...
boffin:
--- Quote from: blacksheeplogic on April 14, 2020, 04:29:01 am ---Take a look at how some other countries like Switzerland have dealt with it. Placing everyone under house arrest is unnecessary, it's not the ONLY way. For countries that have gone that way, now the question is how do you roll it back.
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I'm not exactly sure that Switzerland is a shining example. For a tiny country with a tiny population (8.6M) they still have 26,000 cases. I'm pretty sure if you do the math, you'll find the infection rate per 1000 people is higher in Switzerland than it is in the USA (which isn't exactly a example of how to do things).
Countries that have adopted early, wide-spread stay at home orders have done much better.
bd139:
Half my family is Swiss. And they'd be quite happy to piss on the graves of people from another canton. Never use the Swiss as an example for anything other than being pricks as a whole.
nctnico:
--- Quote from: boffin on April 14, 2020, 04:26:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: blacksheeplogic on April 14, 2020, 04:29:01 am ---Take a look at how some other countries like Switzerland have dealt with it. Placing everyone under house arrest is unnecessary, it's not the ONLY way. For countries that have gone that way, now the question is how do you roll it back.
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I'm not exactly sure that Switzerland is a shining example. For a tiny country with a tiny population (8.6M) they still have 26,000 cases. I'm pretty sure if you do the math, you'll find the infection rate per 1000 people is higher in Switzerland than it is in the USA (which isn't exactly a example of how to do things).
Countries that have adopted early, wide-spread stay at home orders have done much better.
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Nonsense. It is general knowledge that the infection numbers say nothing because they depend on the amount of testing done. And not every country is testing to the same extend. The number of hospitalisations is a much better indicator but still doesn't paint a complete picture.
Just be prepared that social distancing and working from home is going to be the norm for at least another year.
SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 14, 2020, 04:30:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: boffin on April 14, 2020, 04:26:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: blacksheeplogic on April 14, 2020, 04:29:01 am ---Take a look at how some other countries like Switzerland have dealt with it. Placing everyone under house arrest is unnecessary, it's not the ONLY way. For countries that have gone that way, now the question is how do you roll it back.
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I'm not exactly sure that Switzerland is a shining example. For a tiny country with a tiny population (8.6M) they still have 26,000 cases. I'm pretty sure if you do the math, you'll find the infection rate per 1000 people is higher in Switzerland than it is in the USA (which isn't exactly a example of how to do things).
Countries that have adopted early, wide-spread stay at home orders have done much better.
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Nonsense. It is general knowledge that the infection numbers say nothing because they depend on the amount of testing done. And not every country is testing to the same extend. The number of hospitalisations is a much better indicator.
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The number of deaths is probably the most serious indicator... there is a time lag, of course.
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