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To those who claim “we need to get back to work...”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...b23c90-7b4f-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html

The French Central Bank estimates its country’s economy contracted by 6 percent in the first quarter, the worst plunge since 1945, for instance. But so far, workers are largely protected. Many governments have stepped in with costly programs to subsidize their wages to avoid layoffs.

The consequences have been dramatic. Prominent German economic institutes anticipate a bump in Germany’s unemployment this year ranging from 0.2 to 0.5 percentage points. The Ifo Institute for Economic Research thinks the unemployment rate in Germany will peak around 5.9 percent midyear before subsiding.

Compare that with the United States, where JPMorgan Chase estimates unemployment could hit 20 percent in the second quarter.
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And they have universal health care. So few layoffs and no one is losing their health care. Compare that to us.

We certainly are “exceptional!”
 
Ron Mexico said:
While I didn't agree with those models and think they were way over you are misunderstanding some of them. They were based on people doing nothing. People and the USA have done something, a lot of something. Had USA done nothing and acted normal they would have been higher than other countries and it would have been exponentially worse.
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He has been told this multiple other times. He is a poor listener

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fishonjazz said:
Do you have a point or a disagreement with the content of the post you quoted? Just curious

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It's a comparison of apples and oranges. Largely irrelevant.

Countries with a population that is far lower than the USA, that don't have nearly as many production jobs, aren't a very good comparison in terms of labor.

It could be used as an argument for what the USA could/should change in the future, but in terms of getting back to work in the immediate future, it's a largely irrelevant argument.

It would be like you saying that your pickup needs that air dam tied up so that no further damage occurs, and me pointing out that my four wheeler doesn't have that, so you should be fine. It's just not a fair comparison.
 
RandyForRubio said:
It's a comparison of apples and oranges. Largely irrelevant.

Countries with a population that is far lower than the USA, that don't have nearly as many production jobs, aren't a very good comparison in terms of labor.

It could be used as an argument for what the USA could/should change in the future, but in terms of getting back to work in the immediate future, it's a largely irrelevant argument.

It would be like you saying that your pickup needs that air dam tied up so that no further damage occurs, and me pointing out that my four wheeler doesn't have that, so you should be fine. It's just not a fair comparison.
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Fair enough.
Thanks for clarifying

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Face Masks now mandatory in Los Angeles.

#About_Time

https://www.latimes.com/california/...rus-los-angeles-mandatory-face-covering-rules

Effective Friday, Los Angeles residents must wear a mask, bandanna or other type of covering over their noses and mouths when in grocery stores and other essential businesses under an order from Mayor Eric Garcetti. Workers at many businesses must also cover their faces.

It’s the latest step to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. It’s designed to protect employees and customers.
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I've checked out for the school year. I'm so used to remote teaching that if we ever have to go back, I'll be so unmotivated. It'll be cool to see the kids though.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
I've checked out for the school year. I'm so used to remote teaching that if we ever have to go back, I'll be so unmotivated. It'll be cool to see the kids though.
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Do you ever remote teach from the toilet?


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I get on Facebook this morning and see all these people posting pics of their Easter weekend packed together celebrating.
 
fishonjazz said:
Do you ever remote teach from the toilet?


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Ha. Honestly, I don't "teach" per se that much. It's a lot of posting the activities online and the kids completing them--tough **** too and @Thriller would appreciate this because he's likely read it, but as one example, my kids had to read an excerpt from Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies and over a few days, complete vocabulary activities, answer questions, and write an intelligent extended paragraph on it. That’s **** produced by The College Board that we use for our students who read at about a 6th grade level...I'll do a Zoom once or twice a week, a Screencastify once or twice, and maybe Speakpipe just for audio, but it's a lot of me just grading my *** off, fielding dumb questions from students, and reaching out to parents nonstop because their kids aren't doing the work, all while my wife tries to work here and we try to corral our three little ones. Not easy. I've probably woken up around 5:30am on average just to get grading done in peace and quiet and so I am not as stressed during the day. There's really zero sense in sticking to the normal school schedule because the students don't even wake up til around 1-2PM. Many are too busy living with parents who've been laid off, and/or in badly dysfunctional households, and/or watching their younger siblings during the day (this is many of them--watch them, cook, clean, etc.) so even if they do wake up on a relatively timely basis, completing work is often next to impossible. They're kids. In the middle of a pandemic. In the town in the county that's been hardest hit by it. Some teachers are doing a Zoom with all of their classes during the day and that's retarded. Literally 1-3 kids show up per class out of a class of 25. Others are having their work due by 3-4pm. Equally as retarded. Now's not the time to play tough guy. I swear, I work with so many cluelessly, incompetent people. These are adults with children at home who can't manage to submit their lesson plans on time but yet balk if a kid turns in work late in the middle of this. Complete assholes, frankly. I basically told the kids before we left. " Just find a way to get the work done. You have the internet and each other at your disposal. Get it done somehow. Effort is graded."
 
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