Originally posted by scratchpaddy I work at a medium-sized manufacturing facility of a large company that mostly sells hardware. We never closed, though business in several of the company's segments collapsed almost completely in March. Most of the hourly workers were either laid off or had their hours cut in half. I'm still working full time, but for less pay, alternating each day between working from home and on-site. Customer service and other office workers have been working entirely from home for the past two months, but I can't do my job without being on-site at least some of the time. We're provided masks, along with cleaning supplies to sanitize our areas each day.
This morning (Tuesday) at work, management decided to announce, by the way, an employee who left sick on Friday was diagnosed with COVID-19 over the weekend. But not to worry, they sprayed disinfectant in most places Monday night.
I don't think they were planning on making the announcement at all until everyone started asking why the break rooms smelled so weird. They won't say who it was, and were reluctant to even admit which area he worked in (of course it was the most crowded area). No contact tracing, no extra distancing. Back to work, nothing to see here.
Among US states and territories, Arizona ranks almost dead last in testing done per capita. Deaths and confirmed cases continue to climb, but the state started re-opening anyway close to a month ago. Traffic on the roads is just about back to normal now. 433 people have died of the virus so far just in the county I live in.
But get back to work, nothing to see here.
That is quite a contrast to where I am. Restaurants are still not open for sit down meals, and when they are allowed to open, they will be at 50% or less capacity, masks are being encouraged in public when physical distancing is not allowed, and anyone who wants to be tested for covid-19 just needs to call 811 to arrange it. I help manage a construction supply center, we are still limiting customer numbers in the branch, and are still practicing physical distancing. We only take cash at one checkout desk, with that associate wearing gloves at all times and sanitizing them after each transaction.
Province wide, we have had 642 confirmed cases, 602 recoveries and 11 deaths. We have had only a handful of new cases over the past couple of weeks. We had a flare up in one of our remote northern communities, a community of people who are not especially well known for paying attention to good health habits had a member bring the disease in, and that accounted for something like 50 cases.
We are moving to the next stage of reopening next week, and that will be when restaurants will be allowed to have seated dining again, IIRC.