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walkitoutI have been a little frustrated with the lack of certain kinds of news coverage about the pandemic. I feel like if there were better news coverage, there would be better policy and better understanding and compliance with policy. This is asking a lot, given All the Things!
Anyway.
Here are a couple of examples of what happens when people misunderstand why things are not allowed.
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/10/15/cruise-lines-met-with-pence-but-they-could-be-looking-to-biden-for-guidance
The cruise industry pushed insanely hard to get the no-sail order to not be extended / to lapse. They sort of succeeded, and Redfield took a huge reputation hit as a result. And despite all that effort, the cruise industry still canceled November. Because it turns out, negotiating with the government is sorta pointless when the real issue is what is the virus gonna do.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgxwe4/why-are-employers-still-acting-like-offices-will-reopen-soon
I have wondered a bit about why anyone who can get their office workers functioning remotely at all would even want to reopen offices. (I get that there are machines that require operators if everyone cannot come in and touch the machine and I get that there are classified / secure systems that cannot or have not yet been deployed to remote workers homes.) And a lot of big tech seems to be thinking along similar lines. And yet, other companies keep stringing along employees. I do not get why, but it seems to come down to misunderstanding what the opposition is — thinking it is people who can be bullied, and failing to realize it is a virus.
Anyway.
Here are a couple of examples of what happens when people misunderstand why things are not allowed.
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/10/15/cruise-lines-met-with-pence-but-they-could-be-looking-to-biden-for-guidance
The cruise industry pushed insanely hard to get the no-sail order to not be extended / to lapse. They sort of succeeded, and Redfield took a huge reputation hit as a result. And despite all that effort, the cruise industry still canceled November. Because it turns out, negotiating with the government is sorta pointless when the real issue is what is the virus gonna do.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgxwe4/why-are-employers-still-acting-like-offices-will-reopen-soon
I have wondered a bit about why anyone who can get their office workers functioning remotely at all would even want to reopen offices. (I get that there are machines that require operators if everyone cannot come in and touch the machine and I get that there are classified / secure systems that cannot or have not yet been deployed to remote workers homes.) And a lot of big tech seems to be thinking along similar lines. And yet, other companies keep stringing along employees. I do not get why, but it seems to come down to misunderstanding what the opposition is — thinking it is people who can be bullied, and failing to realize it is a virus.