My wife, who is an administrator in a local school district, had two coworkers who had been scheduled to be tested. They didn't make it in to be tested, but sure enough some time later they were told the tests came back positive. Take from that what you will. I could be spewing complete bullshit for some political agenda, but as far as I see it COVID has been more politics and people's inability to admit they have been had than anything truly threatening.

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Look at "daily cases" and "daily deaths" in NY. Note that when most everywhere else had large increases due to the "peaceful protests" NY did not. Were there no protests there? No, there was serious unrest. Did they get a vaccine? No, no one has yet outside of a study. Did they stop testing people? No. Did they stop recording deaths? No. Curious, isn't it? Does anyone have any ideas to explain this unexpected data?

I have to disagree. The subset of those who worked at IBM who were involved with that particular deal put money over humanity. They were not selling machines to monsters in an effort to avoid politics. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a case of them overlooking genocide because they felt murdering people on a massive scale was merely a political concern, and that they wished to remain politically neutral so their staff could work in peace.

History is full of people doing terrible things for personal gain.

That is what I tend to do these days. It is much less tedious then trying to guess what they want to hear, but does risk that since the unique identifier in the link was not used that you are "participating". That can have a negative effect in theory as well, but that a chance I'm willing to take. Besides, if you do get terminated for something like that were you truly in good company?

This seems more an argument for why politics shouldn't be in the workplace. In both cases political divides led bigotry, prejudice and ultimately violence. We can see this sort of garbage starting up in the riots here in the US today.

Pardon me if I don't want some nutter burning my cubicle down because I didn't agree with some fringe thing they heard on FOX, CNN or NPR on their way to the office.

Have you never lied on an "anonymous" poll at work? I try to avoid them as it should be obvious when you can't share that link with your coworkers it is far from anonymous and will be used against you if you give the wrong answers.

Thank you. My job is hard enough with out some blowhard bigot always running their mouth distracting everyone from their jobs. I don't care what their political stance is, even if I might agree with it, the office isn't a person's political pulpit.

"Is it really so hard to keep one's personal politics and religion outside of your workplace?"

Amen to that! :P

Bigots are a blight in the work place. I've seen it from both sides, but the left has taken it to a new level. Even as a long time registered independent they tend to make the assumption that I am not only a republican, but thus a racist, sexist, homophobic, blah blah blah more batshit blah.

This is where I work. Not a place I want to be abused by aggressive, deeply prejudiced, hate speech by my coworkers. I'm glad to see a company step up and return sanity to the work environment.

quickly. :)

Meh, play it on a computer or console. I would think only a small subset of people are going to be truly upset they can't play it on a tiny little screen with terrible controls. While I game quite a bit I've given this particular game a complete pass as being particularly uninteresting. Overall I don't care about mobile gaming at all anymore due to the control limitations. In fact the only thing interesting about this article is that some demandy little company throwing a tantrum might get a well deserved spanking. I do love watching a good welping. :)

This is what I was thinking as I was reading. While I must admit I'm particularly distrustful of technology from mainland China given my experiences with said technology, until we see it actually perform, they are as full of it as any company in the world who make such grandiose claims about the product they are selling. Simple as that.

Apparently you've never heard of NPR. It is amazing how many frequencies they can be found on in multiple bands. I personally find NPR to be as obnoxious as the religious content you can also find scattered throughout the EM band. You know, that prosperity gospel bunk and the like selling pure uncut Jesus to the masses, "please send your worldly money". It is funny too, with a name like National Public Radio you would think that the general public was nothing more than a bunch of lefty loonies. Truth is that it really isn't public access. I also find it odd that people call the left "liberal". As a registered independent voter in California it seems to me more often than not, at least these days, it is the left who is trying to constrain what people can and cannot do.

Effectively what twitter is doing is like someone being able to interject into the NPR broadcast and offer their opinions backed up by likely biased studies in a way where they appear to be more of an authority on the matter. That they are actually providing definitive facts when it is clear, in truth, they are not. Twitter as a private company has the right to refuse service to Trump. They should probably start there and not play these silly "fact check" shenanigans.

"So tired of this car accident/terrorist attack argument. CAR ACCIDENTS AND TERRORIST ATTACKS do not spread from person to person."

So stay at home if you are this worried about getting infected. Do what is right for you. No one is forcing you to do anything. You can live forever in your home and never leave the door if you like. Go for it, we wont stop you.

Just don't try to force everyone else to do the same. Some of the other people in this world want to get on with their lives. It is their risk, let them make their own choices.

Yes, perhaps I should have lurked a bit more before asking. I appreciate your responding to my question so thoroughly despite that fact.

Well, that is at least uncomfortable enough where it might work in most places, and most people wouldn't want to live like that, granted. However, to give you an idea of what I'm on about, a person can get a somewhat inexpensive sailboat (https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sailboatlistings.com%2Fview%2F84615) and make use of a public mooring for free in places as wonderful as San Diego harbor. You can either carry water in on a dingy/kayak or distill it onboard with propane and some equipment. Fish are obviously available in this case, but a license is about 50$ for a year. There are ways to rig the boat to make life easier and cheaper such as setting the septic system to allow for illegal dumping. Solar panels and free wifi can bring entertainment. The rest you can use for food and little else, but I worry this life would appeal to some. Myself, I couldn't be without a dram of Islay whiskey from time to time, but for those with a less demanding palate I'm sure there are alternatives.

I'm sure there are other ways to make improper use of such a benefit. I've heard of people working in other countries while collecting benefits here, and I'm sure that sort of thing would go on. I guess success would really depend on how well the government can find ways to discourage people from abusing the system. Thank you again for taking the time to lay things out for me.