<story><title>Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/google-employee-diagnosed-with-coronavirus.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>notlukesky</author><text>Not condoning Google but the mortality rate increases with every age bracket and is much lower under 50 years of age. I would assume that the Google office is quite young.</text></item><item><author>koheripbal</author><text>They aren&amp;#x27;t even telling employees which group or floor the employee was in, so employees cannot even gauge their risk level.&lt;p&gt;Imagine going home to your family without knowing if you&amp;#x27;ve been exposed to a disease that has a ~2% mortality rate.&lt;p&gt;...and then the company asks everyone to come back into work the next day.&lt;p&gt;Google&amp;#x27;s response here is shocking.</text></item><item><author>Johnny555</author><text>&lt;i&gt;We have taken — and will continue to take — all necessary precautionary measures... as we prioritize everyone’s health and safety&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Google’s Zurich office will remain open&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;So they&amp;#x27;ve taken all necessary precautions except the one  that would actually prioritize health and safety by asking all employees in that office (or at least those on the same floor&amp;#x2F;seating area as the infected employee) to work from home and self-isolate.&lt;p&gt;I thought the germ theory of disease was already well accepted and we had a pretty good idea of how pandemics spread.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>odorousrex</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a good thing none of those young google employees have parents, siblings, or friends over the age of 50!&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2F;s (in case it isn&amp;#x27;t obvious)</text></comment>
<story><title>Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/google-employee-diagnosed-with-coronavirus.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>notlukesky</author><text>Not condoning Google but the mortality rate increases with every age bracket and is much lower under 50 years of age. I would assume that the Google office is quite young.</text></item><item><author>koheripbal</author><text>They aren&amp;#x27;t even telling employees which group or floor the employee was in, so employees cannot even gauge their risk level.&lt;p&gt;Imagine going home to your family without knowing if you&amp;#x27;ve been exposed to a disease that has a ~2% mortality rate.&lt;p&gt;...and then the company asks everyone to come back into work the next day.&lt;p&gt;Google&amp;#x27;s response here is shocking.</text></item><item><author>Johnny555</author><text>&lt;i&gt;We have taken — and will continue to take — all necessary precautionary measures... as we prioritize everyone’s health and safety&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Google’s Zurich office will remain open&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;So they&amp;#x27;ve taken all necessary precautions except the one  that would actually prioritize health and safety by asking all employees in that office (or at least those on the same floor&amp;#x2F;seating area as the infected employee) to work from home and self-isolate.&lt;p&gt;I thought the germ theory of disease was already well accepted and we had a pretty good idea of how pandemics spread.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>capableweb</author><text>Sure, but as its morality rate is bad in some age brackets, we should protect those people in the age brackets, meaning self-isolating is a good idea to avoid spreading it further.</text></comment>