Post by CassieMy country refuses to do a complete lockdown like most countries do,
these days. I find that good. You do not want sad and/or rioting people
in your country.
Yeah, I've read that Sweden is also just sort of keeping things running and not taking too many authoritarian steps that might be hard to walk back later or prove to give governments too much power *after* this all passes.
Whatever "passed" is going to look like. I think there are a lot of things that are changed way more permanently than it looks.
Our always entertaining right-wing bigot party leader is calling for immigrants to be sent to work on farms and other areas that are suffering due to the slow-down and loss of native workers. If things get better and his party get into power, it will not be good.
Post by CassieSchools are closed, most people have to work from home, restaurants and
pubs are also closed. Everybody has to comply to the 1,5 meter rule.
Fines up to 400 euro's can be given for people who don't maintain enough
space. Also all Covid-19 related crimes will be severely punished. Last
week a guy was sentenced to 10 days in prison because he spit on a
police officer and said that he had the illness. Normally this would
result in an sentence of around 40-60 hrs community service.
Oof, that's rough. I don't know if we've got that happening, I went to the supermarket to get food yesterday and it was about as crowded as always. Still, good idea to have steps like that in place.
Our capital region was sealed today, with roadblocks put in place to stop people escaping Uusimaa.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/uusimaa_closes_borders_after_late-night_vote_in_parliament/11280719
Post by CassieAll sports are cancelled and leagues are still or abandoned.
The government is working on social plans for companies and employees.
Companies can get up to 90 % compensation for salary payments and they
have a three months exemption of taxes.
Not sure what's going to happen with us, right now work is carrying on as usual and we're hoping this is just a few months of an anomaly. But I guess we'll see. I'm sure we'll be feeling the economic impact for a long time to come.
Post by CassieI still can go to work. My company is a company that works 24/7 and is a
steel mill. We produce steel for many companies around the world. I work
at the department outgoing logistics so that has to be kept running :)
Ahh, well you have my respects sir, but take care of yourself!
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