Ugh 😩 I met my new doctor today, had my yearly exam, and got three vaccines.

[wyatt_h_knott@vermont.masto.host]

@alice @benroyce @lispi314

my employer used to set up a tent just inside the gate and give away flu shots to anyone who would take them. Which was good.

They also ran a rewards program if you didn't take sick days. Which was bad. I had to fight with one of my direct reports once who was like no, if I go home I lose my incentive, and I was like I don't give a shit you just dripped snot on my desk I'm putting you in for a sick day no matter what you do, so go fucking home.

[davep@infosec.exchange]

@alice That reminds me, I've got to do similar. I'm a big boy now and hardly flinch despite my enduring fear of needles...

[patrickoftheg@mastodon.social]

@alice @benroyce @lispi314 There's a Ben and Jerry's truck that you can have visit you? I cry for my barbarian hinterland :(

[shdwdrgn@tech.lgbt]

@alice I mean, I'm 57 so really it's a killer at my age. Got my shingles vaccine several years ago too before it got too bad. I just don't get why any parent would *choose* to expose their children to the torture and possible death of these illnesses that can easily be prevented, especially knowing that they themselves have benefited from the same vaccines.

[fredrict@mastodon.opportunis.me]

@alice @Shdwdrgn Fortunately, these holes in the coverage don’t necessary have consequences: when a lot of other people are protected, the risk of contamination is low. But when an illness starts spreading again because of misinformation, danger arises…

[aprazeth@mstdn.social]

@alice

... Can I ... Can I have like a little taste?

Also, please ignore the comically large spoon I am holding. Has nothing to do with my request

[shdwdrgn@tech.lgbt]

@FredricT @alice I would counter that in the last 20 years or so those holes have gotten significantly wider. I live in an area where people consider themselves highly progressive, and yet school vaccine rates have dropped below 80% in some spots. It's the whole mentality of "I read it on the internet so I'm smarter than my doctor."

[joe_von_saporski@bunt.social]

@alice
science : D

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@gedvondur

Good for you!

@benroyce @alice

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@Wyatt_H_Knott incentives to come in to work sick are fucked up. Do folx not understand how communicable illnesses work?? 😮‍💨

@benroyce @lispi314

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@PatrickoftheG I used to work in the game industry—they'd do anything to keep us from ever leaving work to see our families.

- stocked fridges
- cereal dispensers
- unlimited soda/coffee
- daycare downstairs
- free ice cream days
- game nights
and so on.

I typically worked 70 hour weeks.

@benroyce @lispi314

[wyatt_h_knott@vermont.masto.host]

@alice They just didn't want people to take sick days. Same company got in trouble with the labor board because their "culture" was you worked 45 hours a week, even though your contract said 40. The designers sued them and got back pay, but we engineers just got dirty looks if we didn't clock OVER 40 hours every week. Very frowned upon to clock exactly 40.0 and I was always like WTF, that's what you PAY ME for.

@benroyce @lispi314

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@Wyatt_H_Knott more reasons we should outlaw capitalism. It's inherently exploitative (not to mention built on the back of women's free domestic labor).

@benroyce @lispi314

[lispi314@udongein.xyz]

@alice @Wyatt_H_Knott @benroyce I initially misread that as "built on domestic abuse" but actually yeah pretty much.

[wyatt_h_knott@vermont.masto.host]

@alice They also loved to send us on travel (to scenic Newport News Virginia or someplace equally glamorous) and then clock us 8.0 hours for the day. So you could be on travel from Monday to Friday, and still only clock a 40 hour week.

@benroyce @lispi314

[lispi314@udongein.xyz]

@Wyatt_H_Knott @alice @benroyce Travel for work is for work, it should be part of work hours and paid.

[wyatt_h_knott@vermont.masto.host]

@lispi314 tomato tomato

@alice @benroyce

[wyatt_h_knott@vermont.masto.host]

@lispi314 that was also my belief

@alice @benroyce

[w_b@mastodon.world]

@alice

I always get shots done separate days. That way if I have a negative reaction, I know which Jab done me dirty.

[nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de]

@benroyce @alice one day that sucks is better than being sick more than a week - *that* really sucks…