Back to the office today after a 2+ year hiatus. Found a spider in my work shoes as I went to dust it off this morning
The global "covid response manager" is still not keen on everyone returning to the office and has placed a 50% cap. They like to set global policies rather than regional, so whilst we might be doing ok here, the policies take into account of other regions not doing so well. Not a problem though, cos our head office is only hitting about 20% cap. Return to office is not mandatory, so at the moment, I'm gonna do 1 day a week. Its good to see all the familiar faces again, doesn't feel like anything has changed, everyone still looks the same. I struggled to see past 2pm....the whole office environment makes me really sleepy. Left at 3:45 just so I could "beat traffic"...and yep...there was lots!
Interestingly, the local cafe said their business has boomed in the last 2 years, mainly cos residents in the area was flocking in during restrictions. We are situated just on the fringe of the CBD.
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Originally Posted by Charliewool
Can you imagine the panic 12-18 months ago if there were 53,000 odd new cases in a day?
Become quite blasé hasn’t it?
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Today's cases is very different to 18 months ago before vaccines and the less severe variants. If I recall, Victoria's 2nd wave topped around 700 cases a day, but took 800 odd lives in a very short time. Seems to be more acceptance than anything else. Plus there are other things to talk about and be scared of on the news.