The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers

Re:The effects of remote work on collaboration among informa... by kongin on Saturday September 11, 2021 @05:36PM (#28496273)

They should do a follow up study on how many people will die from Covid by working in the office. I rather wonder how preventable deaths impact innovation in teams.

From Israel we can see that that death rate per million with 90%+ of adults double vaccinated is ~4 per day. In the US that works out to ~1300 deaths a day. This is the new normal until everyone susceptible dies.

The office doesn't sound so good when it's sold as the place which ensures you can't live past 70 for your line managers convenience.

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Re:The effects of remote work on collaboration among informa... by runamok on Saturday September 11, 2021 @10:54PM (#28498231)

Just guessing deaths from commuting the average amount would dwarf that number and it never stopped them from wanting you in the office before.

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Re:The effects of remote work on collaboration among informa... by technofiend on Saturday September 11, 2021 @06:00PM (#28496465)

Anecdotally I've seen reports of people getting Covid more than once. So even the assumption that if Delta runs rampant through the unvaccinated population at least we'll gain full herd immunity that way is perhaps not true. Plus you always have people too young to be vaccinated or immunocompromised that will be a reservoir. I'm not an epidemiologist and claim no expertise but it certainly appears we may always have the threat of this virus in the background. Bleh.

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Re:The effects of remote work on collaboration among informa... by Sanguinaire on Saturday September 11, 2021 @07:31PM (#28497094)

Nature is correcting for our artificially enhanced lifespans thanks to modern medicine.

Life, uh, finds a way.

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