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Re:Washington governor announces shutdown of restaurants, bars by listenallyall on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:41AM (#22590806)
> most people will continue to go to work

Virtually all white collar workers, tech, administrative, managerial - work from home. Teachers, school admins & university workers - home. Entertainment (shows, sports, movies, concerts) - home. Apple - home.

Shitty jobs that nobody cares about except during a crisis: janitorial/sanitation - work despite the risks. Cooks/food prep - work despite the risks. Grocery store/Walmart - work despite the risks. Truckers - work despite the risks.

(Trucking isn't necessarily a shitty job but a lot of people seem gleeful that technology may render them obsolete in the near future.)

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Re:Washington governor announces shutdown of restaurants, bars by widowlark on Monday March 16, 2020 @02:11PM (#22595525)
How do you work from home as a janitor?
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Re:Washington governor announces shutdown of restaurants, bars by listenallyall on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:49PM (#22596814)
That's obviously the point -- while everyone else stays safely at home, people in those jobs must come to the site and get up close to germs, other people, and possibly the virus itself. Who do you think is going to do all this "deep cleaning and disinfecting"? The CEO?
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