injuries-in-dust: elfwreck:likorys-shimenawa:selectivegeekwithstandards:pati79:ignescent:k
injuries-in-dust: elfwreck: likorys-shimenawa: selectivegeekwithstandards: pati79: ignescent: kyraneko: whetstonefires: trveroman: saint-ambrosef: sapphicconservative: I’m a cashier and the plexiglass shield has baffled me sense the beginning. We’re still exchanging money with one another that can easily transfer covid-19 and we’re already required by law to wear face masks. The glass makes it hard for me to easily scan items and has served more so as an inconvenience than a good protector. To me, it’s a case of “good intentions, but had execution” pretty much every visible protection is about placebo. masks, plexiglass shields, schools staggering class days, it’s all about making people feel safe but they don’t do shit. Pretty sure the plexiglass is for the worker’s sake, not ours, boys. We may only interact with them once, but they have go through entire shifts dealing with dozens, if not hundreds, of people who may or may not be infected. They’re ina riskier position than most, and this is for their benefit. Yeah, what if someone comes through checkout not wearing a mask, like an asshole? What if someone sneezes?The masks are ABSOLUTELY not placebos, they reduce your germ cloud to a small percentage of what it would otherwise be. Don’t put that shit out there.Also the potential virus on the clerk’s hands is a way smaller amount than what’s going to be coming out in their breath, if they’re infected, by reason of the virus lives inside you not on the surface of your body. And by the time you get home a large percentage of any microbes will have died of exposure. As opposed to the ones in their breath on your face, which is definitely still live.This isn’t magic pollution, guys. Just because it’s invisible doesn’t mean it’s not following physical laws. Also, since I’ve seen it complained about, the plastic they tape over the touchscreen or the number pad or what-have-you at the checkout? Not to replace the surface everyone touches with a different surface that everyone touches, but because the plastic handles being sanitized a lot better than the touchscreen does, and is cheaper to replace if repeated sanitation degrades it. This. The barriers are so the cashiers aren’t getting breathed on by every customer, not so the cashier isn’t breathing on you. And the plastic covers on the card readers can get replaced every day, unlike the readers themselves. It’s there for the worker’s sake not yours. NOT 4 U Do. Do you not have the plexi glass in your doctor’s offices for the exact same reason…? Every bit of shielding helps. The goal isn’t “don’t be touched by any COVID-19 molecules.” You won’t catch it from 1 molecule. The goal is “reduce 10 million molecules to half a million, and maybe to a few scant thousand molecules.” And the shields WILL do that. A plexi shield means nobody sneezes directly into your face. Means when somebody runs away to grab something from a kiosk and runs back, they’re not panting extra-hard right into your face. Means that if someone wearing too much perfume rushes by and everyone caught in the cloud sneezes, they’re not sneezing on each other. Every type of barrier and distancing helps prevent spread of the virus. Some only help a little bit, but a little bit is better than none. If the cost of a barrier is a few dollars, pay the cost. If the cost is a bit of delay, cope with the delay. If the cost is difficulty in communication, allow extra time, and expect to repeat yourself a bit. These are costs we can bear. We pay them to avoid the costs we can’t. Think of it like a sneeze guard at a buffet. The sneeze guard is there to protect the food from you, not you from the food. -- source link