OT: Coronavirus XXI: School is Back in Session

[Dorian2]

I still work from home.

As do a number of us.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

So what were you doing in the States then? You're leaving out key details.

Also calling everyone else lazy liberals is a bad look. I still work from home.

I lot of us don't have that option
no wonder you don't mind the restrictions

 

[Raab]

You guys are funny. You're all worried about a disease that kills less then .1% of the total population, but not seriously worried about the coming economic collapse, and where that could lead.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Can you tell us every detail of what you do on a day to day basis? Acting as if some random person on the internet is obligated to tell you everything about their life is weird.

Sure thing. I wake up at 6:30, shower, go to my desk and work until about 4:30. Have supper, then chill out watching sports or playing video games until I sleep around 11:30.

He calls himself an essential worker then goes on about a vacation in the hotbed of the Coronavirus outbreak. If he was there because he had to work, then fine. If he was taking a leisurely vacation there then that's another issue.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

What did your 3 leisure jaunts to the US, the raging hotbed of a pandemic, have to do with work?

You put not only yourslf at risk but any family, cohort friends at risk. Least you isolated. Must be nice to have a job that affords time for 3 trips out of country and 2 weeks stay home each time just to jump some covid locations. Doesn't sound too working collar stiff to me. Sounds like entitlement.

how is it any risker than me going to work everyday?
he literally said he isolated

 

[Raab]

Sweden has had roughly twice as many deaths per capita as Canada, and their current death rate is only marginally less. This may be classic case of Zeno's Paradox here it seems. They are also seeing their per capita cases rise at roughly the same rate as in Canada. Since deaths are a lagging indicator you may want to hold off on this assessment for a while. This may be classic case of Zeno's Paradox here it seems.

Why not compare Sweden to Quebec, who had lockdown restrictions?

 

[LaGu]

why only compare Sweden to their neighbors? Belgium's numbers are worse and they locked down

Belgium?!
For one, it's 1 country (I said 9 out of 10...), not a neighbour of Sweden and not comparable at all. Why not compare with Andorra while you are at it?

Do you know Belgium? I have lived in Belgium. People kiss more than in Spain, Italy and France (cheeks).
1/20th the size of Sweden, but with more or less same number of inhabitants... Pop density through the roof. Then there is Brussels, capital of EU, the traffic of people going through there is insane.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Sure thing. I wake up at 6:30, shower, go to my desk and work until about 4:30. Have supper, then chill out watching sports or playing video games until I sleep around 11:30.

He calls himself an essential worker then goes on about a vacation in the hotbed of the Coronavirus outbreak. If he was there because he had to work, then fine. If he was taking a leisurely vacation there then that's another issue.

so what, if he's following isolation protocols?

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I lot of us don't have that option
no wonder you don't mind the restrictions

I miss going to the gym on a more regular basis, going out to eat, and just going out in general. I also certainly miss leaving this city for vacations that aren't just Edmonton or Vancouver.

With that said I certainly don't miss 2 hours of commute every day.

You guys are funny. You're all worried about a disease that kills less then .1% of the total population, but not seriously worried about the coming economic collapse, and where that could lead.

You know that just because you don't die doesn't mean there won't be any lasting effects, right?

Also in case you've been under a rock for the past half decade, our economy is already in the tank.

 

[DaGap]

what's it like in the US right now? I can only imagine it's thousands of sick people walking around coughing on each other while the hospitals have lines of patients around the corner pleading to get in...

Naw nice and normal

What did your 3 leisure jaunts to the US, the raging hotbed of a pandemic, have to do with work?

You put not only yourslf at risk but any family, cohort friends at risk. Least you isolated. Must be nice to have a job that affords time for 3 trips out of country and 2 weeks stay home each time just to jump some covid locations. Doesn't sound too working collar stiff to me. Sounds like entitlement.

Well Lousianna was for some offshore work
Baytown Was for a system upgrade
Mesa was to get my place set up for the canadian renters that went down in Oct

So what were you doing in the States then? You're leaving out key details.

Also calling everyone else lazy liberals is a bad look. I still work from home.

"Work" from home

So you mean that you didn’t die??? Thank god!

I must died a million times so far during this pandemic.

 

[Drivesaitl]

how is it any risker than me going to work everyday?
he literally said he isolated

An infection rate in the US 10X what was had here by just staying home or trucking around Canada?

I mean that for one. Or as mentioned the poor decision to fly right now in locked covid recirculated air cabins. lol. couldn't get me on one of those sardine tins right now.

Most people have family. harder for isolation to even be a possibility

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

so what, if he's following isolation protocols?

Why would you subject yourself to that if you don't have to? Sounds like it was essential work, so fine.

"Work" from home.

So accounting isn't a real job? I'll be sure to let every company on the planet know that.

 

[Raab]

Sure thing. I wake up at 6:30, shower, go to my desk and work until about 4:30. Have supper, then chill out watching sports or playing video games until I sleep around 11:30.

He calls himself an essential worker then goes on about a vacation in the hotbed of the Coronavirus outbreak. If he was there because he had to work, then fine. If he was taking a leisurely vacation there then that's another issue.

Has it ever occurred to you that he could be a trucker? I was at Cargill at the height of this in April. Had trucks coming in from all over the US. Hell, I was next to a guy from California. It's foolish to think you can stop the spread of a virus, without stopping the supply of goods. Remember they used blankets to spread small pox.

 

[DaGap]

Why would you subject yourself to that if you don't have to? Sounds like it was essential work, so fine.


So accounting isn't a real job? I'll be sure to let every company on the planet know that.

Can be replaced with simple AI

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Why would you subject yourself to that if you don't have to? Sounds like it was essential work, so fine.

because most people like to visit other places?
if people wanna go on Vacation and have time to isolate for 2 weeks afterwards, I don't see a problem with that

 

[Drivesaitl]

Has it ever occurred to you that he could be a trucker? I was at Cargill at the height of this in April. Had trucks coming in from all over the US. Hell, I was next to a guy from California. It's foolish to think you can stop the spread of a virus, without stopping the supply of goods. Remember they used blankets to spread small pox.

Works in a plant or industry. Poster has divulged this before.

For truckers, and we have a few here on the board I have every sympathy because its a necessary part of their employment and they don't often get to pick and choose so much.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

An infection rate in the US 10X what was had here by just staying home or trucking around Canada?

I mean that for one. Or as mentioned the poor decision to fly right now in locked covid recirculated air cabins. lol. couldn't get me on one of those sardine tins right now.

Most people have family. harder for isolation to even be a possibility

no one is telling you what to do...if you feel its unsafe to fly...don't fly

not everyone feels the same way as you

 

[DaGap]

Has it ever occurred to you that he could be a trucker? I was at Cargill at the height of this in April. Had trucks coming in from all over the US. Hell, I was next to a guy from California. It's foolish to think you can stop the spread of a virus, without stopping the supply of goods. Remember they used blankets to spread small pox.

Let me tell you about me and trucking.

So when I was a wee lad all of the ripe age of 18. I went up to Jean lakes to do some scada work. I had a chance to play with the water truck the plant used for the Ice roads for the field. Well when I backed up to the water hole to fill up I went a little to far back. Needless to say a operator had to bring the cat to pull me out..... So im really not cut out for trucking lol

Yeah we did a start up in May/June that had people from the UK TX DEN on site for the commissioning of so systems

 

[DaGap]

Uh Im A Control System Engineer with my Red Seal In Electrical and Instrumentation as well as my 3rd Class

 

[Drivesaitl]

no one is telling you what to do...if you feel its unsafe to fly...don't fly

not everyone feels the same way as you

Its not a feels thing. Flying in a packed recirculated air cabin for hours is not an ideal thing during a pandemic. It's not an opinion, its not a "feels"

I mean everybody gets to make their own decisions but some of which impact us all. The pandemic of course being introduced to this country and around the world through global flight.

Air pandemic as it were. Been saying for a longtime its time to rethink that whole industry in pandemic era.


Anyway, enough of this. Points were stated. I'll drop it.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I miss going to the gym on a more regular basis, going out to eat, and just going out in general. I also certainly miss leaving this city for vacations that aren't just Edmonton or Vancouver.

With that said I certainly don't miss 2 hours of commute every day.

that sucks
I was on part-time duty for 4 months due to the lockdowns
my brother is a plumber and is out of work for 7 months due in large part to the lockdowns...he'd love to "risk" going into work everyday in order to get a full-time paycheck

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

because most people like to visit other places?
if people wanna go on Vacation and have time to isolate for 2 weeks afterwards, I don't see a problem with that

I do too, but I'm not going. I can wait.

Can be replaced with simple AI

...Right, so why hasn't it been then?

Come on with this.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Naw nice and normal



Well Lousianna was for some offshore work
Baytown Was for a system upgrade
Mesa was to get my place set up for the canadian renters that went down in Oct



"Work" from home





I must died a million times so far during this pandemic.

Thanks for clarifying. Sorry for calling you eat. Moving on.

You couldn't pick a more solid skillbase. Guaranteed employment anywhere, I imagine.

 

[Raab]

I miss going to the gym on a more regular basis, going out to eat, and just going out in general. I also certainly miss leaving this city for vacations that aren't just Edmonton or Vancouver.

With that said I certainly don't miss 2 hours of commute every day.


You know that just because you don't die doesn't mean there won't be any lasting effects, right?

Also in case you've been under a rock for the past half decade, our economy is already in the tank.

And you don't realize that the effects of economic collapse could have a significantly higher death rate, and long term effects for the vast majority of people. Theres a direct correlation between youth unemployment and revolution. So you might find yourself sitting in the middle of a war zone, if things don't change quick. Also worth mentioning that Canada has almost doubled its money supply since March basically. If we look back in history increases in the money supply, with a decrease in productivity usually leads to inflation. Enjoy the decline... https://sites.insead.edu/facultyresearch/research/doc.cfm?did=47411

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

that sucks
I was on part-time duty for 4 months due to the lockdowns
my brother is a plumber and is out of work for 7 months due in large part to the lockdowns...he'd love to "risk" going into work everyday in order to get a full-time paycheck

I won't deny that I'm fortunate, but I'm also still going to be patient until it's more safe to travel.

Every year since 2005 I went to NY to visit a friend of mine and we'd travel around the eastern States. Easily the highlight of my year. But we had to cancel this year, and he was previously asthmatic and has already lost two family members to Corona, so we're going to bide our time and see what 2021 brings.