I do believe the ones who are reckless should be held accountable and why I believe we are having such lock downs. A minority are actually causing all of this as common sense should prevail. I just think the wrong people are being treated harshly and the whole thought process is upside down. We are out of lockdown over here now but it may as well still be on for me and my business as everything is on hold until February now. Most companies have been mothballed until January and the ones that are open are in survival mode. Very few are doing well and the economy is touch and go right now. I hope you get sorted out as I know exactly how you are feeling as this has been my life since March. Only seeing new customers again in February is 1 month short of a year wasted.
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Hey, @cryptoandcoffee.
Man, that's rough. I certainly hope things turn around soon. I wish I could be more positive about that happening, since the numbers here as far as cases go have basically quadrupled now off their highs during the late Spring.
I was laid off in the latter part of March, but managed to get five or six weeks of the enhanced unemployment before going back to work about mid-May, only with reduced hours, similar to what's happening now. However, I made too much just in 12 hours to receive UC because I didn't have enough quarters of work prior to that (I'd been previously unemployed for nearly 6.5 years) to continue receiving it while underemployed.
But since then, I've been working enough hours to actually keep us afloat, and as I mentioned, my wife's job has been pretty solid.
re: held accountable
There's been a couple of different articles I've read over the last several months that point to a lack of evidence that people are getting the virus based on a short, one point of contact. In other words, one is less likely to get the virus from just one individual in a one minute time span. The potential to get the virus increases substantially, however, with more people that you're in contact at once, and the less the health protocols are followed. The superspreader events.
Well, in densely populated areas like New York, you don't need a party or concert to create such event. It's literally built in, and that's why NYC was hit so bad early on, and may be again. In my state, we don't have any one city that approaches that size, in fact, the entire state has just over 4 million residents.
So, I don't know. I don't think the burden should be placed on the business. It could be they realize that it would basically impossible to not only police all of the potential violations, but also enforce it. Law enforcement here has already had pushback in that regard even though there's plenty of support for the sanctions in some sectors.
And of course, government officials have been involved in some of these potential super spreader events, as well, so the same folks who have been chiding us about how the rest of us need to follow the mandates have decided the rules don't apply to them. Do as I say, not as I do.
So, yeah. There are those who won't follow the rules because they don't believe in some aspect of them, and no, they don't help, but the authority over that area is more than willing to come in and take over, too. So, you've got useful idiots and you have overzealous power grabbers. It's a horrible combination, and it ends up ruining things for everyone.
The whole thing is ridiculous and it is not just your country, but many of us have been dealt a rough deal. My household has had covid with 2 members of the family and it was rough. In South Africa we have the Thai strain which attacks the nervous system and the brain and it is not fun and is genuinely dangerous. My wife need an operation on her eye now as these are the side effects that do more damage.
I haven't taken a salary since February and wont until everything is back on track. they have unemployment here but that is $20 per month. I won't be queueing for that and we will make it through ok. My customers who are open are still ordering from me but the numbers are way down and I even wonder why they are open and how are they coping. I have some new clients which i have been courting over the phone for the last 6 month and they are decent but looks like everything is on hold until February now. One company will only consider after Easter letting their staff return to their offices. The social distancing is too expensive on head offices with over 500 employees so I cannot blame them for this type of thinking.
Lets hope and cross fingers and toes that the New Year things change, but I cannot see it if I am honest with myself.
I'm so sorry to hear about your wife. I hope the surgery happens soon and that all goes well with it. We found out a few days ago that the mother of my younger son's wife has COVID-19. And for a while, we thought we could have it because the other daughter-in-law was in a meeting with someone who tested positive. Her test came back negative, and she, along with the rest of us that came in contact with her have any symptoms. So, it's definitely making the rounds.