Well, the Governor of IL just spoke and we were expecting him to announce school closures across the state. Shame on me for thinking he would make his first wise decision since being elected. What a complete moron this clown is.
My brother who works in the LA county sheriff dept just told me they canceled all vacation time and told everyone who is patrolled trained to be ready to be back on the street to prepare to enforce mass quarantines.
So how does it work in the states - if one wants to get tested, is it free? Or does it cost, using ones own insurance or out of pocket if one doesn't have one?
And if you have to take time off work because of it, will you get paid in any way while on sick leave? Depends on the union's agreement with the employer? Or depends on your own health insurance? Or is there a state funded pay for people who have to stay home because of being sick with this?
I heard testing is free for this. Sick time depends on employer and the person. I get 10 days a year. I switched districts this year so lost all my banked days, I have about 3 left. I would assume if I get it I get unpaid time off after I run out. That’s probably the case for most, don’t see why the government or employer needs to pay you for being sick.
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Working with the public these days is so much fun. It's like playing Russian Roulette with a 50 shooter and their telling me one chamber is empty!
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Tried to stop at the supermarket for 3 items. It’s mobbed. People fighting, empty shelves, no Paper bags (plastic was banned 3/1), absolute chaos. So I’m thinking, what bought out the worst in people? a) covid-19 b) PJ lottery
So how does it work in the states - if one wants to get tested, is it free? Or does it cost, using ones own insurance or out of pocket if one doesn't have one?
And if you have to take time off work because of it, will you get paid in any way while on sick leave? Depends on the union's agreement with the employer? Or depends on your own health insurance? Or is there a state funded pay for people who have to stay home because of being sick with this?
I heard testing is free for this. Sick time depends on employer and the person. I get 10 days a year. I switched districts this year so lost all my banked days, I have about 3 left. I would assume if I get it I get unpaid time off after I run out. That’s probably the case for most, don’t see why the government or employer needs to pay you for being sick.
I received this email from my medical insurance provider:
If you are advised that you need to be tested for COVID-19, be assured that Medical Mutual will cover the test as long as it is ordered by a medical provider. In addition, we are waiving copays, coinsurance and deductibles for COVID-19 diagnostic testing.
I thought it was crazy at Costco a week ago. I can’t imagine now. It’d be like the level of panic if all losers of the pj lotto got injected with covid-19
BC being advised right now by our Health official not to travel out of Edit: country (not province) including US. Will have to isolate 14 days if we choose otherwise upon return home.
250 or larger gatherings must be cancelled.
Schools not closing yet, but our 2 weeks Spring Break starts this Monday
Widespread testing and case finding is crucial to manage a pandemic. There is no legitimate reason that anyone can come up with that testing would not be free.
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My cousin is Johannesburg Africa and I'm wondering upon her return will she be quarantined?
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This is what you get when you elect incompetents and incompetents hire people for key positions of importance. Team Trump Treason should have been pressed to direct Dr. Redfield to do what he ultimately agreed to do. Wake the fuck up America.
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Just got off the the phone with my GM of BJs where I'm a food specialist. He's says we have NO paper goods, bleach, detergent and lysol for days.
I haven't worked in a week (minor foot surgery, birthday). He said it's worse than when we have a major hurricane heading directly at us, was unaware that the situation was so out of hand.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
So how does it work in the states - if one wants to get tested, is it free? Or does it cost, using ones own insurance or out of pocket if one doesn't have one?
And if you have to take time off work because of it, will you get paid in any way while on sick leave? Depends on the union's agreement with the employer? Or depends on your own health insurance? Or is there a state funded pay for people who have to stay home because of being sick with this?
In Massachusetts there is no cost to the patient. Paid time off totally varies by person/employer. Many people have sick/vacation/flex time that they'd use.
Rudy Gobert will go down in the history books of mankind as the "Don't Be This Dumbass 'Guy'" for all future pandemics. Just be a picture of Rudy with the Ghostbusters strike thru him ... like mathematics, the picture will transcend language as a warning to future generations ...
His buffoonery actually may have saved a lot of lives. Started the sudden and drastic social distancing shift.
So how does it work in the states - if one wants to get tested, is it free? Or does it cost, using ones own insurance or out of pocket if one doesn't have one?
And if you have to take time off work because of it, will you get paid in any way while on sick leave? Depends on the union's agreement with the employer? Or depends on your own health insurance? Or is there a state funded pay for people who have to stay home because of being sick with this?
In Massachusetts there is no cost to the patient. Paid time off totally varies by person/employer. Many people have sick/vacation/flex time that they'd use.
I thought MA had passed a law whereas any employer with more than 10 employees had to pay or allow 5 paid sick days, track them and report it to the State on an annual basis? Did that not pass?
My cousin is Johannesburg Africa and I'm wondering upon her return will she be quarantined?
Peace
Where is she returning to? In BC it is not a quarantine it is a 14 day social isolation to lesson the spread to flatten the curve so to help the health care system with their anticipated high numbers.
What would declaring a National Emergency do? I'm not versed much in US or global politics, nor economics.
Myoung,
Might I suggest you flag my posts so we can determine if they are fishing/trolling.
Bernie Sanders said that he thinks the President should declare a National Emergency. This will invoke special powers. I think this would allow more power about situations over ships that fly non-US flags, such as Disney, who are not cancelling trips amidst social-distancing.
The cruise industry is quite relevant to the Covid discussion. I have learned that if Vancouver/Victoria shuts it's ports, that many US sailings cannot get to Alaska. This is why my upcoming US sailing (which will be postponed if it can't get cancelled) will stop in Mexico.
I think most people here have pretty much said you should shutter the cruise. It seems foolish.
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My children's school cancelled for two weeks, into spring break, so effectively 3.
I don't know what's taking NOVA so long. I have to go in tomorrow with students and then Monday for a teacher workday "training" on how to implement online learning (like one day will make me an expert). Then there's a plan to get all the kids into the library on Tuesday to check out two books each (like maybe 1/4 of my students will read them) . . . and then they'll cancel school, maybe? They're being really tight-lipped and coy about it, but all signs point to that direction.
I'll be glad when it happens. I'm tired from spending my days teaching middle schoolers to quit touching each other, to sneeze in their sleeve, to stop licking their fingers and leaving their Hot Cheeto trash behind in their desk. Today I finally had to stop this year's chronic nose picker from putting the booger in his mouth. Seriously, I've been watching this boy eat his boogers all year long, discreetly offering him a tissue, but today I finally flipped. "KYLE!! USE A TISSUE!!" Then Kyle wipes his nose and booger finger with the tissue I gave him and PUTS THE DIRTY TISSUE IN HIS DESK. So, yes, I'm ready for school to close.
At this rate, it's really a matter of time before I find out I have Corona.
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My children's school cancelled for two weeks, into spring break, so effectively 3.
I don't know what's taking NOVA so long. I have to go in tomorrow with students and then Monday for a teacher workday "training" on how to implement online learning (like one day will make me an expert). Then there's a plan to get all the kids into the library on Tuesday to check out two books each (like maybe 1/4 of my students will read them) . . . and then they'll cancel school, maybe? They're being really tight-lipped and coy about it, but all signs point to that direction.
I'll be glad when it happens. I'm tired from spending my days teaching middle schoolers to quit touching each other, to sneeze in their sleeve, to stop licking their fingers and leaving their Hot Cheeto trash behind in their desk. Today I finally had to stop this year's chronic nose picker from putting the booger in his mouth. Seriously, I've been watching this boy eat his boogers all year long, discreetly offering him a tissue, but today I finally flipped. "KYLE!! USE A TISSUE!!" Then Kyle wipes his nose and booger finger with the tissue I gave him and PUTS THE DIRTY TISSUE IN HIS DESK. So, yes, I'm ready for school to close.
At this rate, it's really a matter of time before I find out I have Corona.
I can't help laughing at this! I think you need a Covid induced vacation.
So you know im in Henrico (Glen Allen). Richmond did the same but Chesterfield and Hanover have not. Im surprised because they're usually aligned. I bet you guys are closed by next week. NOVA should be worse than us due to your airports and metro alone. We don't have that public transportation.
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That's just a given.
SANDERS/GORE Y2K
"We're gonna have a situation. where it's quite possible that you are gonna be able to track clusters [of infected] around the viewership of Fox News"
So... for people who were gonna pick Trump over Sanders... would Bernie Bae do something on the level of this if he was in charge during an outbreak?
Because this is like, being on the level of being impeached (again) ?!
And should be a surefire win for Biden, if true(?)
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Sick time depends on employer and the person. I get 10 days a year. I switched districts this year so lost all my banked days, I have about 3 left. I would assume if I get it I get unpaid time off after I run out. That’s probably the case for most, don’t see why the government or employer needs to pay you for being sick.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
a) covid-19
b) PJ lottery
If you are advised that you need to be tested for COVID-19, be assured that Medical Mutual will cover the test as long as it is ordered by a medical provider. In addition, we are waiving copays, coinsurance and deductibles for COVID-19 diagnostic testing.
250 or larger gatherings must be cancelled.
Schools not closing yet, but our 2 weeks Spring Break starts this Monday
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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I haven't worked in a week (minor foot surgery, birthday). He said it's worse than when we have a major hurricane heading directly at us, was unaware that the situation was so out of hand.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/09/21/est_faq_1.pdf
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I'll be glad when it happens. I'm tired from spending my days teaching middle schoolers to quit touching each other, to sneeze in their sleeve, to stop licking their fingers and leaving their Hot Cheeto trash behind in their desk. Today I finally had to stop this year's chronic nose picker from putting the booger in his mouth. Seriously, I've been watching this boy eat his boogers all year long, discreetly offering him a tissue, but today I finally flipped. "KYLE!! USE A TISSUE!!" Then Kyle wipes his nose and booger finger with the tissue I gave him and PUTS THE DIRTY TISSUE IN HIS DESK. So, yes, I'm ready for school to close.
At this rate, it's really a matter of time before I find out I have Corona.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
So you know im in Henrico (Glen Allen). Richmond did the same but Chesterfield and Hanover have not. Im surprised because they're usually aligned. I bet you guys are closed by next week. NOVA should be worse than us due to your airports and metro alone. We don't have that public transportation.