Re:Amazon fires worker who led strike over virus
by jonny_eh on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @12:44PM
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The incubation period is 2 to 14 days, with 5 days being the median.
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Re:Amazon fires worker who led strike over virus
by rumanator on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @01:10PM
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> The incubation period is 2 to 14 days, with 5 days being the median.
However, there are reports of cases with an incubation period of up to 27 days.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-incuba...
Re:Amazon fires worker who led strike over virus
by three_seagrass on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @02:12PM
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>there are reports of cases with an incubation period of up to 27 days.
There is only one report based on one case of a 70 year old man in Hubei province, based on contact testing, and did not rule out that he contacted it later.
Re:Amazon fires worker who led strike over virus
by JamesBarney on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:55PM
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And this would be a total reasonable defense if they quarantine any worker who has any contact with anyone who is infected for any amount of time for 27 days.
But that' isn't a policy the company follows. Also they let him work during the 2 weeks he was most likely to be contagious.
Re:Amazon fires worker who led strike over virus
by throwaway2048 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @01:33PM
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What do you think is more likely, that after more than 2 weeks of not giving a shit about quarantining an employee, suddenly Amazon was worried about a 0.01% outlier of 27 days before symptoms showed, or that this was a retaliatory action for the worker attempting to organize a strike.
I sure know what I'd be placing a large amount of money on if I was a betting man.
Re:Amazon fires worker who led strike over virus
by lonelappde on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:47PM
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Tangent: would you make a bet on a question of fact where there is no authority you and your betting partner mutually trust to decide?