This, exactly
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The assault fractured the victimâs jaw and damaged his teeth, requiring him to be hospitalized for a week at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, police said. A family friend started a GoFundMe to help cover the medical expenses for âdouble jaw surgery and the removal of a tooth.â
How is this not a workplace injury for which his employer must cover his expenses? He was injured trying to enforce their rules!
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Hopefully workmanâs comp will help, but I fail to see how itâs the employerâs fault that a customer turned out to be a violent idiot. The mask rule is the rule that the government recommends, itâs as much their rule as his. And itâs a rule designed to protect the employees. Itâs not like he was making employees follow a rule like âdonât let anyone wear a maskâ or âyouâre required to stick your hand in the slicerâ. It would be absurd to hold employers responsible for requiring both wearing and not wearing masks.
It would be the right thing to do, but not every employer has the financial means to do the right thing, especially now.
It isnât a question of fault. If an employee is injured carrying out his duties in the workplace, it is absolutely the employerâs responsibility. For sure they have more resources to go after the puncher or their insurance than does the employee. And the employer should also have insurance that covers a claim from the employee.
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If you were not paranoid enough already.
Influenza viruses can spread through the air on dust, fibers and other microscopic particles, according to new research from the University of California, Davis and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. The findings, with obvious implications for coronavirus transmission as well as influenza, are published Aug. 18 in Nature Communications
Yet little is known about which routes are the most important. The answer may be different for different strains of influenza virus or for other respiratory viruses, including coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV2.
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It is a stupid demand, and is simply fodder for conspiracy theories and the bully in chief, but EcoHealth is whining a bit. The list of things the NIH wants shouldnât be that onerous to provide, and they did give EcoHealth $3 million in funding. Lab funding isnât a right; it is pretty common to have grants rejected even when proposals score very high in the reviews.
One generally understands that itâs supposed to be free of being used as a political football, though. Thatâs why the NIH itself and not Congress is in charge of overseeing applications for grant money.
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Possible good news from, of all places, a Washington-based fishing trawler. A fishing vessel with a 100+ person crew took both nasal swab and blood tests prior to leaving port for a long voyage. Zero tested positive for acute COVID. 3 crew members had superficial antibodies for the virus and 3 had neutralizing antibodies. Upon return, due to a crew member ill with COVID and requiring hospitalization, an incredible 85% of the crew tested positive. The good news: the three crew members with neutralizing antibodies showed immunity. This is a pre-print, so reader beware and all that.
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And still.
âThere were no students on the campus at the time of the potential exposure, since all students opted for remote learning,â officials said.
Do you want to know why cases are plateauing, despite the complete absence of leadership in this country? Because of all of the individuals who have made significant personal sacrifices with Nowhere suppose or guidance from the government to stop the spread of this disease.
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I absolutely agree, though this is far from the first time this has happened (eg, downranking of bio grants with the word âevolutionâ in the title or abstract under W). And really all federal funding has a political component, in the sense of what disciplines get any money at all.
It is perfectly legitimate for us to complain about this aspect of the story, but the investigators should also understand that they have been extremely privileged compared to other equally good scientists (let alone academics in other fields, who donât get to pursue their research without paying for the privilege through teaching), and maybe be a little less entitled in their response.
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My local paper puts the number of cases at 623 (higher than this article does).
This is a different church than the South Korean church linked to the last big outbreak there.
Close the damn churches already. And the bars and the gyms. (In my town the gyms are open but hiking trails are closed. Sure, why not.)
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I am coming to the conclusion that this is just going to be an evolutionary teaching moment in human history. I think forcing people do what is necessary would end up in a civil war that would kill as many people as covid.
I am slowly resigning myself to masking up, stocking up, and riding it out. Itâs tragic.
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Like, I dunno, something like a crowded bar after skiing for example? Then off into a heated office /school / college / hospital with you to spread the good news.
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While this is true, there may be also another reason for decreasing number of cases:
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to;dr: If you are experiencing a loss of smell and taste, stay away from others. Get tested. If you are experiencing a loss of smell and taste, including differentiation between bitter and sweet, and/or without a blocked nose, stay THE FUCK away from other people. (No need really to differentiate, really, but emphasis added because, well, people.)
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Elementary school kids might be superspreaders
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The lack of leadership and general fuckery continues
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