U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is sure why

Re:U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is s... by quadrifoliate on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:18AM (#33416851)

> Covid tests are paid for by government, but testing for all the other viruses costs hundreds of dollars? What a farce.

None of the other viruses have caused a pandemic, and changed the course of human history (except influenza, but that was almost a century ago).

Have people literally forgotten that entire countries' health systems were overwhelmed by this virus? Seems like it would be prudent to keep infected individuals out of our public school systems for a few more years.

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Re:U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is s... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @06:31AM (#33419271)

RSV is overwhelming some hospitals:

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/ydhvbs/how_are_my...

Although, the whole hospital volume thing is now wrapped up in pay shortages and rationing of healthcare, so do not really know how much the spread of virus is contributing and how much the lack of resources being put towards healthcare, and specifically pediatric healthcare is contributing.

> Seems like it would be prudent to keep infected individuals out of our public school systems for a few more years.

This is not possible unless you quarantine toddlers and young kids from each other for years, and I am not willing to pay the price of my kids’ development.

Not to mention that parents need to earn incomes to shelter and feed their kids.

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Re:U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is s... by quadrifoliate on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @03:52PM (#33426554)

> I am not willing to pay the price of my kids’ development.

I mean, sooner or later the people working in schools are going to be fed up with parents' constant refrain of "The whole world needs to sacrifice their health so I don't have to keep my kids at home for an extra week."

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