xp well, these were workers at the Louvre, the ticket agents and guards etc., not the admins in the government. the gov closed the Salon de l'Agriculture today, an event I normally go to each year but was too lazy this year. the idea in France is to get ahead of the spread enough so that people hospitalized for flu will be discharged by the time people start needing en masse to be hospitalized for covid-19. even buying a couple of weeks will help because the flu season is almost over.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 1 March 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
What percentage of men do you reckon wash their hands after going to the bathroom? Gauging from public toilets I would reckon 10-15%
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
i don't really pay attention to what other people are doing in the bathroom but i feel like i would notice if it was really that low
― ciderpress, Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
Yeah idk where you're pissin if I see a guy go straight from urinal to door I go 'hm'
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
Where I work the bigger problem is guys not giving thenselves more than a token 5 second scrub
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
I always assumed there was fecal transmission with all viruses? I guess I was wrong since they are now confirming it for covid.
― Yerac, Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
i'd heard that about Hep A before, and of course norovirus but there are a LOT of diseases that spread fecal-orally from protozoans and bacteria.
then there's the people that wash for a few seconds and don't dry. just grab the filthy door handle with their wet hands. drying is important!
― medicate for all (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
My mom will just keep insisting going out in 40 degree weather with no jacket will get me COVID
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
That and not giving her grandkids
i'd heard that about Hep A before, and of course norovirus but there are a LOT of diseases that spread fecal-orally from protozoans and bacteria.then there's the people that wash for a few seconds and don't dry. just grab the filthy door handle with their wet hands. drying is important!
― beard papa, Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
I've been to a few places that have a little wedge at the base of the bathroom door to make it easy for you open it with your foot. I'm surprised I don't see that more often.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link
My office actually put a trash can near the door for people to put paper towels after they use them to open the door, and a sign suggesting they do that
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
Fortunately i work at home now so not around sick. We have a bit of a more liberal PTO/sick policy yet when swine flu was bad we still had a few people who could have used a paid sick day and were symptomatic still come in anyway.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
I had an HR person who would rail against the ‘mucus troopers’ coming in when they were sick to spread things around. That company was pretty good at sending people home and encouraging them to stay there when they were sick. It does suck though that some sick/pto polices force people to choose between vacation days, being ill and caring for a sick relative; so it’s no wonder people soldier on and get people sick.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
Yea I've had a few friends have jobs threatened just for suggesting they weren't feeling well enough to come in a single time.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
My bestie got the flu thanks to that
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
I will never stop opening doors with my hand
― Last night I dreamt I watched The Mandalorian (wins), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
Use ur ~mind~
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
just stay away from bailing machines and table saws then
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
― medicate for all (outdoor_miner), Sunday, March 1, 2020 2:04 PM (forty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
If all that's available are air dryers I think you're better off just wiping on your pants
There's a restaurant around here that only has filthy Dyson dryers but also the foot wedge on the door. So close yet so far
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Sunday, 1 March 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
sad lol will dyson dryers be the death of us all, i feel the banter timeline is telling us yet :|
― mark s, Sunday, 1 March 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
or maybe YES who knows i am tired
we should all just live under a blacklight.
― Yerac, Sunday, 1 March 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
Come to Australia, thanks to the ozone hole we pretty much do.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 1 March 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
they at least passed something in chile where places can only charge a maximum of ~$24 USD for the coronavirus test.
― Yerac, Sunday, 1 March 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
I honestly doubtful such a bill would get passed in the US
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 1 March 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
They'll probably set a minimum cost
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 1 March 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
this is a generalization that has some validity, possibly. but how can you be sure an airborne droplet from somewhere didn't land on your pants at some point during the day, though? are you washing and sterilizing your pants everyday? not trying to be ridiculous byu pathogens are mother**ckers.
one other thing i've been thinking since i did ride alongs with restaurant inspectors last month is that restaurant management (at least according to California food code) is responsible for, and is supposed to send sick workers home. in general this doesn't happen
― medicate for all (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
byu=but
can't be held responsibleshe was touching wins' face
― mookieproof, Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
lol i've had that song in my head all day because of wins' face
― forensic plumber (harbl), Sunday, 1 March 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
lol dammit me too
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 1 March 2020 23:54 (four years ago) link
feeling slightly concerned about going into work tomorrow, given that I'm pretty sure i work with people who have been visiting the nursing home that may have an outbreak. oh well!
― JoeStork, Monday, 2 March 2020 00:07 (four years ago) link
Considering working remotely until further notice, on my own authority
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Monday, 2 March 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
is there an ilxor coronavirus pool
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 2 March 2020 00:18 (four years ago) link
Shotgun
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 March 2020 00:20 (four years ago) link
msnbc reporting Butti-Biden negotiations in recent days, endorsement possibly forthcoming
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 2 March 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
whoops
coronavirus has endorsed biden!?!?!?
― forensic plumber (harbl), Monday, 2 March 2020 00:25 (four years ago) link
the long-awaited Joey Corona endorsement
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 2 March 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
Shoulda known Big Disease would back Biden
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 March 2020 00:36 (four years ago) link
are you washing and sterilizing your pants everyday?
YES
― j., Monday, 2 March 2020 00:55 (four years ago) link
scene report: runs on various staples and nonperishables in Seattle, people just buying a bunch of stuff in general. Big Asian supermarket was nearly cleaned out of ramen and rice, no TP left at the Safeway up the street.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Monday, 2 March 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
Scene report London: Harringay Green Lanes Sainsbury's out of 500ml semi-skimmed milk as of this afternoon. Not sure that's corona-related mind you. Will let Matt Hancock know anyway.
― the ball comes in, we're like this *grabs assistant coach* (Matt #2), Monday, 2 March 2020 01:13 (four years ago) link
I much prefer staying home when I'm sick too, but that's hard to do for a long, lingering illness. This January I was sick for about two weeks, and I stayed home about three days total, when I was feeling the worst, but I couldn't stay home every day. My whole family was sick, and my wife actually thinks it might have been coronavirus, although the idea that it was circulating in the NYC area as early as late December wouldn't really fit with the timeline as it's been reported. She did have the fever and cough, and our son had a milder case. He had it first, and a few parents of his classmates had been in China in November. Anyway, it's hard to even mention this without sounding crazy, I guess.
― o. nate, Monday, 2 March 2020 01:21 (four years ago) link
Australia seems to be decidedly not panicking. Japanese market was a bit low on rice but that could easily just be Sunday. The Chinese and Vietnamese markets a full of the stuff. Didn’t go into Woolworths but my local organic store is out of the tea I like but this has been the case for weeks. They never seem to get their heads round the fact that black tea is more popular than green or herbal and never order enough.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 2 March 2020 01:29 (four years ago) link
We made a few servings of lentils, so we're good until Tuesday, probably.
Movement afoot to cancel SXSW ...
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 March 2020 02:26 (four years ago) link
"Harringay Green Lanes Sainsburys" hey I've been in this market!
― akm, Monday, 2 March 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
not going to cancel my plans to travel to San Miguel de Allende this month
― Dan S, Monday, 2 March 2020 03:01 (four years ago) link
welp it's in FL now!
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/2-coronavirus-cases-presumptive-positive-in-the-tampa-bay-area/67-793f2e15-f24f-4e35-af5c-02857cea4a83?fbclid=IwAR3rCdoc3PdSUAs_yXU36WPa1iM5hbv5Bx84hD0VW1QyKQXROxIo4UN3evI
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 March 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link