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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What happened to all the paranoia and hysteria about Covid?  Funny how that suddenly disappeared with RTO. What a scam. [/quote]

management doesn't care about covid, they want to pretend its gone. there is no more covid leave, but folks that are immunocompromised or have an immunocompromised close family member can apply for the temporary medical telework program which will cover 20 weeks of in-office hours. SEC will probably decline TMT for family members after the emergency order is withdrawn in may.

i'm not happy about the covid risks, but currently i just go in when others are not and mask the entire time.[/quote]

In your mind will Covid ever be "gone" in a sense that we don't have to have special rules because of it, or do you think the world has permanently changed?

And as far as Covid risks, are you really that cautious in your personal life that you avoid all but the most essential indoor functions and then only masked?

I have a colleague like you who is outraged at having to come in to the office based on perceived Covid risks, but is willing to travel, eat out in restaurants, and pretty much live normally outside of work at this point.  I wouldn't be shocked if she tried to get TMT, but at least in her case it should be declined.[/quote]

Why mischaracterize what I said? I said I was not happy about the covid risks, not that I am *outraged*. I understand based on a close reading of the law that the SEC does not want to be obliged to cover travel time and expenses for all of the staff that are actually required by their jobs to be in the office, and so they won't increase telework past 8 days per pay period. But yes, the world has permanently changed. I'm not sure why anyone wants to sign up for extra helpings of the vascular and neurocognitive damage covid causes, though perhaps like toxoplasmosis it changes the behaviours of its host to promote greater exposure/spread. But I make my living, and support my family, by thinking. I cannot risk that.

I don't eat in restaurants, I will occasionally eat on patios, I wear eye protection and mask when indoors or in crowded places (grocery shopping, office buildings, farmers markets). I test before/after any gatherings, and basically am only ever indoors unmasked with a very small group of people who take similar precautions. I have traveled twice in the last year for specific reasons that i felt outweighed the risks-- helping my mom through cancer surgery was a big one. I had covid once in 2022 and really do not want to get it again. i'm also lucky to be an introvert, I guess, but this is my life now. [/quote]

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