Jon Favreau, Obama's speechwriter, complaining about the tweet...

Didn't realize this brand of person is still at it on here. Impressive stamina.

Just to follow up: the brand of person I was referring to is someone who tells people to fuck off if they choose to work from home while sick. I don't find that persuasive, I find it unhinged.

Long Covid is real, tragic, and deserves more attention (I had a post-Covid condition myself - not fun). Covid is still dangerous for a lot of people, especially older and immunocompromised. If you get even a mild case and feel too sick to work from home, you absolutely shouldn't have to. But advocacy for any of these issues isn't coming on this platform to swear at strangers for perfectly reasonable statements and actions.

It's counterproductive and absurd and I won't pretend otherwise. People suffering deserve better advocacy than this shit.

Nitter

  • MF_COOM [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    What? Fuck Bernie for other things but fuck him for working from home when he has mild covid? Naw.

    • Monsieur_bleu [none/use name]
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      11 months ago

      fuck bernie for pushing the idea that it's reasonable to keep working when you have covid, paid sick leave or bust.

      • EatPotatoes [none/use name]
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        11 months ago

        The best workers are replaceable. They set aside their egos and self importance to create culture of knowledge sharing and trust that empowers those around them to carry on without them for whatever reason. Of course this is considered a bad idea under capitalism.

    • Venus [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      Nah, the tweet is correct. Continuing to work while you have covid is unhinged and advertising to others that you're continuing to work while you have covid thus normalizing the idea of working while you have covid is evil

      • macabrett[they/them]@lemmy.ml
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        11 months ago

        Yeah, one of the biggest things we know about long covid is that you should take things INCREDIBLY EASY for weeks after your infection or your chances rise. The propaganda to get back to work is only going to make people's lives worse.

    • TheModerateTankie [any]
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      11 months ago

      A lot of people who developed long covid after a "mild" infection are warning people to get as much rest as possible, because they believe they ended up with long covid by trying to go back to normal too soon, or trying to push through it.