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Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by timr on Thursday August 05, 2021 @03:06PM (#28078093)
Fully vaccinated, and I don't care in the slightest. The vaccines provide nearly perfect protection against serious outcomes.

I am far more upset by the idea of continuing this indefinitely. Desperately want to be back in the office.

People who want to return to work should be allowed to do so. Those who do not should be allowed to do so. May the most productive employees win.

Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by ragona on Thursday August 05, 2021 @04:10PM (#28079008)
Not if you have children under 12.
Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by rajup on Thursday August 05, 2021 @08:00PM (#28081624)
I don't understand how after nearly one and a half years into this pandemic, people still keep parroting "but what about the children!". There is close to 0 (zero, nada, zilch) risk to children from COVID-19. You're much better off worrying about the other more dangerous things that can kill children.
Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by timr on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:34PM (#28080216)
Children are at exceptionally low risk from Covid. The data is simply overwhelming.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28041775

Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by sciprojguy on Thursday August 05, 2021 @04:05PM (#28078922)
Already you sound adversarial, like this is a battle of work cultures and you want your side to win. You say things like "return to work", as if the people who are working from home aren't already working. Did you mean your comment to come across this way?
Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by timr on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:33PM (#28080207)
No, you're reading into it.

I think that both sides of this issue should be allowed to do whatever they want to do, and we'll find out what the result is.

Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by gregory144 on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:23PM (#28080064)
"The vaccines provide nearly perfect protection against serious outcomes."

I am vaccinated, however, my young child is not. If I get a breakthrough case, I don't want to spread it to my kid. I know this is anecdotal, but... my wife's office just closed because of a breakthrough case, and another friend was recently exposed to someone with a breakthrough case.

Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by timr on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:32PM (#28080193)
Children are at exceptionally low risk from Covid. The data is simply overwhelming.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28041775

Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by ghaff on Thursday August 05, 2021 @03:14PM (#28078184)
"Nearly perfect" is doing a lot of work there. I am perfectly fine with offices, conferences, etc. mandating vaccines for people. ADDED: People do have a choice, especially at companies not requiring people to come back to offices.
Re:Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 by scatters on Thursday August 05, 2021 @03:42PM (#28078561)
Nearly perfect protection for you, maybe. Catching it when vaccinated is still unpleasant for many, can wreck social plans if you have to isolate, and puts you at risk of passing it on to someone more vulnerable.