Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by DrBazza on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:52AM
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> Rubbing down the door knob with bleach.
This article [1] implies the chance of catching COVID-19 from contact surfaces is 1 in 10,000 *at best* under lab conditions, and negligible at best. You're more likely to be struck by lightning or hit by a car.
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-r...
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:02AM
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The funny thing is bleach is what you need to stop noro and rota viruses, and those are actually very transmissible via surfaces, yet the protocol at my kids’ daycare (national chain) does not involve bleaching door knobs on the regular.
The same daycare that 2 weeks ago had an outbreak of noro or rotavirus which caused entire classes of toddlers to be infected and go home and vomit for a day and was spread to siblings and parents at home.
But they are still sanitizing pens. People’s risk profiles are crazy, and there is an insane amount of cover your ass for PR purposes.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by NationalPark on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:10AM
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Right, but NYC was hit hard relatively early on, and at the time there was a great deal of fear and uncertainty, especially because of the perception that the administration at the time had indicated it’s general hostility toward people in “blue” cities. People didn’t have the time or perhaps the perspective to step back and read whatever pre prints may have been available.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by crowbahr on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:05AM
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I appreciate your empathy here.
This advisory wasn't even available in March or April of 2020: there was nothing. The URL has only existed since April of 2021.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:33AM
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It says updated Apr 2021. I certainly recall reading that COVID transmission via surfaces was minimal sometime in 2020, earlier rather than later.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by crowbahr on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:01PM
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During the major outbreak in NYC from March - May we were actively told to wipe down surfaces.
I enjoy isolation, I love the intensity of coding that I can get done. I'm generally more introverted.
That doesn't make the pandemic fun and rainbows. It's still been psychologically the most difficult time for me because I live in NYC. Walking the dog twice a day on ghost streets empty of any pedestrians, devoid of the hum of traffic and hearing nothing but the wails of every ambulance in the area for the better part of a month was deeply disturbing in a way I still haven't come to terms with.
Rubbing down the door knob with bleach. Double masking and surgical gloving when going to the bodega on the block for fruit. A real and valid fear of death and maiming for multiple months isn't something you just bounce back from.
So yes: It's a subjective statement. However it's not like just being an introvert made the pandemic a walk in the park. Don't mistake your experience as speaking for all introverts.