Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or request leave

Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by bhupy on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:05AM (#22978172)

The difference is that the UK is a unitary State[1], and as such its COVID strategy is dictated at the UK-level. The sub-national units are not sovereign.

The US and the EU are federations[2][3], and their sub-national units are sovereign. Like the EU, the US’s COVID strategy has been left to the States[4].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_state

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation#Federations

[3] https://gizmodo.com/why-is-the-united-states-considered-a-co...

[4] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-stay...

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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by Johnjonjoan on Saturday April 25, 2020 @01:36PM (#22979706)

The post I was replying to clearly said that the issue was size not governance. But even with regards to that point I really don't understand how it affects what I said.

My point was that you can't say even a country is in a certain stage because the outbreaks are much more local than that. London is a month ahead of some parts of the country. So its just as incorrect to say the UK is at a certain stage as it is to say it about the EU and USA.

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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by bhupy on Saturday April 25, 2020 @02:35PM (#22980176)

I misunderstood you, agreed.

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