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Re:Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus by outside1234 on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:05PM (#22446359)
It might be a medical privacy thing - it is a hard thing to balance the privacy needs of the individual with the needs of the group in situation like this.
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Re:Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus by dave5104 on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:09PM (#22446393)
Seems like you can avoid the privacy issues by just telling the entire office to work from home in this exceptional case.
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Re:Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus by aquadrop on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:17PM (#22446457)
I think it pretty simple to balance it in this situation - you need to tell. And need to test everyone who could have contact.
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Re:Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus by tomjen3 on Saturday February 29, 2020 @04:48AM (#22449844)
It is not AIDS, you aren't going to out someone this way. Just get their permission, 99% they won't mind.
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