[9YearLurker]

I am so sick of reading about people endangering others for fear of losing their careers. This includes most obviously doctors and academics, but as this story suggests it is spreading more widely.

Folks, there are always other lines of work out there—even if you won’t make us much in them and your current standard of living, including an oversized mortgage, need to be scaled down.

Are we really that ethically lost at this point?

[BiglyCommentary]

If you are healthy you can always make money. Once sick and/or disabled, that door is closed. So foolish to risk your health.

[Sarcazmo]

“Are we really that ethically lost at this point?”

I’m afraid we might be. It’s not just doctors and academics. It’s police officers, the military, state govts, business owners.

Not all of course, but enough to keep this ‘rona BS going. It’s hard to believe. Police arresting people in NY. Military officers breaking oaths, implementing clearly unlawful orders.

[Buttons12]

I am so sick of reading about people endangering others for fear of losing their careers...
Folks, there are always other lines of work out there—even if ...your current standard of living, including an oversized mortgage, need to be scaled down.
Are we really that ethically lost at this point?

Yes. A horrendous number of people will facilitate or directly commit murder rather than scale down their standard of living.

[Myrddin]

Employees with "comprehensive leave" policies i.e. paid time off is sick and personal time off rolled together. Many choose to come to work sick to avoid losing paid time off. My wife has a couple of those inconsiderate types working in her small police/fire/EMS dispatch office. The two most inconsiderate have enjoyed lengthy vacations, then came back to work sick. They refused unpaid time off due to sickness because they had burned all of their leave hours.

Taking down a dispatch office with COVID is bad news. It takes 15 weeks to train a replacement after weeks of recruiting to find an applicant capable of finishing the training.

Clearly having a pilot with the same attitude carries an even higher risk with a crash. The problem is broader than airlines or dispatch. Consider the consequences of an 18 wheeler driven by an impaired driver.