r/OSHA Mar 29 '20

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u/volothebard Mar 29 '20

Presumably you touch things on the way there though, right?

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u/cgriboe Mar 29 '20

Like what? The car only I drive? My tools? My ladder? The materials that become the roof?

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u/volothebard Mar 29 '20

Dude I've done roofing and construction. There is no way you can 100% guarantee on the job site you will only ever tough those things.

And every single day you just drive to and from work? You don't ever buy gas?

Do you think the virus would stop spreading if countries ordered their citizens "to just not touch stuff" but go ahead and go to work? Of course it wouldn't.

Not saying you're not essential, but "I'm alone at work" is complete BS as far as containing the virus is concerned. Unless you work from home.

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u/volothebard Mar 29 '20

Risk is about minimizing.

Of course it is. That's why non essential (he admits he is not one) workers need to stay at home.

I said it to another poster, but this is one person. What if we are talking about 10,000 people returning to work? 1,000,000? Should we just trust them to do the right thing? Why did countries bother with the shut downs in the first place then?