Coronavirus - Will drivers have any way to get out of a city quarantine if their not sick?

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  1. HopeOverMope

    HopeOverMope Road Train Member

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    China has been successfully treating with vitamin C shots!
     
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  3. Sirscrapntruckalot

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    Some are. Some peoples jobs are making exceptions to absence policy an working from home.

    Was reading Walmart implementing an a policy to deal with this on the retail side. You drivers for them will have to chime in on that side.

    From article:
    "The retailer will also pay employees for up to two weeks if they or their workplace is placed under quarantine, and such absences won’t count against attendance, it said. And if employees can’t return to work after that time, “additional pay replacement” may be provided for up to 26 weeks for both full-time and part-time hourly associates, Walmart said."

    Whole article is here. More an more places are being pro-active on it, rather then risk spreading it at work.
    Walmart creates emergency leave policy for workers, with an eye on coronavirus

    Walmart, Uber and Others Tweak Sick-Leave Policies as Coronavirus Spreads

    An, no...I still don't think it's a world ending, everyone become a mole hide underground. I think it's the flu with a good hype machine. :)

    That said...NBA and a couple other sports are holding events in empty arenas.

    Stay safe, an don't inhale.

    Sirscrapntruckalot - You've herd of hurricane parties...the new thing is plague parties...
     
  4. Mattflat362

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    Ohio just killed all fun and closed schools. This #### has to be more that meets the eye. Unprecedented things going on. Friggin nuts!!
     
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  5. Rocks

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    77 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in Brasil but there's no panic.... no change on the shelves of the supermarkets... nobody wearing masks.... :biggrin_25512:
     
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    Mattflat362 Road Train Member

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    I just went to the store for bread and it was cleaned out!!

    I can't believe what is going on man...
     
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  8. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    The shelves are well stocked in every truck stop I've been too. Bread and all.
     
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  9. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Aren't we going to be labeled as heroes or something for braving the Coronavirus and keeping America moving?
     
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    Just watch. Some poor trucker will be delivering something needed, get stuck in a blizzard in WHY-OH-MING, headlines will read, "Heroic first responders Brave Coronavirus to rescue stupid truck driver."
     
  11. Cat sdp

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    Guy I know that went across the cross Brox today at 5 ish pm at full speed... almost no traffic he said....
     
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