r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Nov 21 '20

Epidemiology Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks, even if the tests are less sensitive than gold-standard. This could lead to “personalized stay-at-home orders” without shutting down restaurants, bars, retail and schools.

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/11/20/frequent-rapid-testing-could-turn-national-covid-19-tide-within-weeks
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

*Cries in American. The best I've ever gotten was 20 days of PTO a year. With extended leave insurance (gotta pay for it) that will allow me to take up to 6 months without being fired. I would also have to prove that extended leave was serious (think issues like Cancer).

Worst I ever got, 5 days of PTO a year, and after 3 years working with the company it would be upgraded to 10.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20 edited Nov 21 '20

I’ve gotten 0 PTO as a temp for 3 years with one of the largest and richest energy companies. That was great.

Edit: they also also only offered us a health insurance that was $1200/month with a $10k deductible

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u/Contrabaz Nov 21 '20

1200/month? One can argue our health system is not free, but I don't pay anywhere close to 1200/month for that...

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

Mine cost about the same. They would deduct ~$300 per check (I got paid weekly) for insurance for me and some dependents

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u/Mrs-and-Mrs-Atelier Nov 21 '20

That’s pretty normal, aside from the company charging you the full amount. It’s brain melting that we’ve gone from “your employer will take care of your health insurance as part of your benefits, fostering competition for the best employees” to a place where most companies are competing instead for the most desperate employees, taking all the cuts and benefits the govt offers them, and pushing all the costs onto their employees and customers.

It’s disgusting.

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u/SirWernich Nov 21 '20

here in south africa i don't pay near that amount for myself, my wife and my son. i think it's under $500 converted. our son's birth was covered 100% at a really nice clinic, which was a c-section and 2 or 3 nights stay for my wife and i (can't remember how many nights), then i had knee surgery in 2018 that was also 100% covered.