Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh...
by kds3 on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:04PM
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> because they probably interacted with Joe in produce at some point recently
> because I pulled a shift with him recently
It's more likely they are scared of their customers rather than Joe. Because Joe is just a person who contacted with contagious clients and they will never contact him again. They've probably already sanitized their store. But they will have to contact other clients who infected Joe and there is nothing they can do to avoid that.
Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh...
by DoreenMichele on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:08PM
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That may be true, but people tend to assess risk in a not entirely rational way.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200801/10-ways-w...
Then the entire store will be scared and it's not unreasonable because they probably interacted with Joe in produce at some point recently.
A lot of people aren't getting confirmation by testing. Most people will self diagnose based on symptoms. This means that official data undercounts deaths from the condition and unofficial data overcounts death from the condition, but this is a case of "which way do you bet?" And when faced with a pandemic, the way to bet is "That guy with that cough who is now dead probably died from the pandemic. No, I don't need official testing to be scared that I'm next because I pulled a shift with him recently."