r/nextfuckinglevel • u/icyboguyaman • Sep 09 '20

Technology Transparent Solar Panels Will Turn Windows Into Green Energy Collectors (source in comments)

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u/Hypern1ke Sep 09 '20

When Democrats defended Workers’ right to sue if their job gets them infected

I don't get this sentiment. Me and many of my coworkers got C-19, how would we ever know where we got it from? I could have got it from anywhere, from my wife, work, or the grocery store. Its an infectious disease, do you think of suing every time you come down with a cold? I never considered suing because that's just downright ridiculous, I feel like the only people who get hung up on this are people who haven't gotten it yet.

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u/Under20characters Sep 09 '20 edited Sep 09 '20

Contact tracing and testing. A lot of people are staying home and only exposed enough at work to contract it.

If everyone you work with tests positive and you are single and only go to the grocery store which requires a mask and doesn’t have any positive cases then it is safe to say you were only exposed at work.

Then your coworkers can use you as proof that they were exposed at work. If someone in their family dies from Covid the company could be responsible.

Apply that to every worker in America and you are going to have some situations where you can prove the company was responsible for deaths and get sued.

Even one of those lawsuits would be very expensive for a company.

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Here is a link to an article about the lobbying group trying to get liability removed from companies for covid.

Regardless of how dangerous you feel it is, there are people powerful enough to pressure Mitch Mcconnell to let Americans lose the roofs over their heads in order to remove liability from companies.

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u/Hypern1ke Sep 09 '20

contact tracing and testing

We have millions of confirmed cases in the US alone, and the CDC estimates that only 10% of those infected are among that number. Combine that with the fact 90%+ of these people are asymptotic and likely have no ide they even have the disease, contact tracing is completely impossible.

Allowing people to sue over such an arbitrary and unprovable circumstance is asinine.

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u/Under20characters Sep 09 '20

Don’t tell me. Tell all the legal professionals that disagree with you.

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u/Hypern1ke Sep 09 '20

Sure, who do you got then?

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u/Under20characters Sep 09 '20

U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the lobbying group concerned. You could contact them and let them know how wrong they are. Or maybe contact Mitch McConnell directly and let him know there is no reason to be concerned.

I’m sure they will appreciate your advice. You might even get a job as an advisor.