# Work from home????

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-from-home/849759>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-from-home/849759 "2020-03-18T21:52:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-from-home/849759/1 "2020-03-18T21:52:59Z")

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What about the large percentage of the working public that actually has to go somewhere to work or go with out a paycheck? those of us in the blue collar world or the service industry have to show up to work to get paid.

How many small businesses will fail in the next two months? How many restaurants and bars will survive this?

I am pretty sick of hearing all of these politicians tell us to just “work from home”

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-from-home/849759/2 "2020-03-18T22:46:58Z")

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Obviously, not all of us can work from home, but the more that do work from home, the fewer social interactions and the less the infection is transmitted.