How will you handle getting Corona virus while OTR?

Now wait a minute??? Are you saying the virus is discriminatory???

 

My sister just mentioned to me how we truckers are much more appreciated now due to this virus.
Not from her so much, but people she talks to.
Because we are still on the job and delivering the loads that people need so much.

But from her end she is grateful as well.
IKEA is shut down except for a small staff in the store to support their own, and internet sales with delivery.
Trucks still come in every day making deliveries so they can deliver to customers, which keeps the store solvent and she does not lose her job - along with everyone else there.


If you simply must panic over a new little virus, then do so. Run and hide if you will.
But unless you die from it...
Whatever doesn't kill you just makes you stronger.

 

No the CDC is.

 

Oh Lord!! its Chinas gift to the world !!

 

Right now my terminal is hundreds of miles from home. A few months ago it would have been 20.


But really?
Try to infect others for vengeance?
Despicable.
That is truly the product of a sick mind.

 

Of course not, being facetious. Maybe if they are not understanding the seriousness of the pandemic and your being in the most vulnerable group, it's time to find another employer when all this is over.

 

I’m taking a different approach to this question. The likelihood of an otherwise healthy driver under 60 experiencing serious symptoms from this illness is relatively small. Meanwhile, nearly every other sector of the economy is closed for business. No money or jobs for workers, and many bills that still have to be paid. What you’re likely to see is an insurgence of new and returning drivers, all flocking to a private sector that still needs just as many drivers as ever, if not more. Companies that once begged drivers to stay will be more than likely to have their pick of drivers. For drivers, the old “I need this or I’ll quit” routine won’t get you anywhere anymore. In other words, demanding an action plan or time off from your mega or even your mid size probably won’t get you much except for an “if you don’t like it, there’s the door” kind of response. This’ll be great for companies, not so much for disgruntled or sub par drivers. But that’s just my two cents

 

What he said above my post. And that influx of new or returning drivers who left for greener pastures in the past are what will keep rates and wages low. Thus I call them “scabs”.

I guess this is the point in this thread where we get off topic!! Lol

 

I tried to keep it as close to topic as possible, but for me this is a lot more concerning than what might happen on the very off chance I get seriously ill on the road. Unlike Covid complications, these economic depressions aren’t hypotheticals, they’re really happening to almost everybody. Those newbie drivers who quit after 60 days because they wouldn’t team and couldn’t afford 600 a week will gladly come back and work for half that if that is their only option. I’m surprised the only two advocacy groups we have in trucking have largely stayed silent about this. It could easily turn the industry on its head, especially for O/Os who simply can’t afford to move cheap freight...