Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are asking staff to work from home

Re:Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are asking staff ... by cm2187 on Friday March 06, 2020 @03:35AM (#22501920)

I am not either. I see a disconnect between the numbers published by the WHO and the alarmist reaction of the mainstream media. Earlier this week there was a speech from the director of the WHO on the front page of hn suggesting the virus was less contagious than the flu, I don’t see any mention in any major newspapers. It feels like one of these “facts that don’t fit the narrative will be simply omitted”.

I am concerned however about the overreaction to the virus. Like I am not concerned about catching it, but I am having second thoughts about a holiday trip in south Asia I wanted to make next month as I don’t want to find myself jailed for weeks in a military barrack for some unnecessary quarantine. And my biggest concern is the economic impact.

Hopefully this thing will go away in 2/3 months as the northern hemisphere gets warmer.

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Re:Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are asking staff ... by rsynnott on Friday March 06, 2020 @06:10AM (#22502680)

I mean, "less contagious than the flu" is a bit like saying "less poisonous than cyanide"; the flu is very contagious. If you have something that's less contagious than the flu but much more lethal than the flu, that's pretty scary.

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