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I've never been a big proponent of remote work. I've always had bosses who were "butts in seat" (with accommodations every now and then) and that's how I've always been. But the past 9 months I've been working from home and I've enjoyed it. But as soon as the vaccine is widely available and I've taken it, my butt will be back in my office seat, provided it's still there.

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Provided the company you work for still exists. In your case that might be a given but overall I think the coming six months will be written about in history books a century from now. Of all the crises that I've seen in my life to date (Oil crisis (73), black Monday (87), .com bust (2000), Global financial crisis (2009) and this one I think this one is by far the most disruptive and serious. We'll see how it plays out but so far the experience here in NL is absolutely surreal. And the worst is yet to come by all indicators.

The worst in terms of health or financial effects?

all those are financial, so i would assume financial.

Very likely both.

I'd love to hear your precise rationale on the financial side.

The real hit to the ecomony will happen next year, when fiscal 2020 is closed and cards are on the table. So far, everybody is still rolling on 2019.

It will be tough.

Massive increase in unemployment, massive subsidies required to keep companies afloat, a smaller tax base to support it all. Entire industries that will no longer be able to recover if this lasts > another 6 months (and it likely will). Travel, leisure, festivals, conferences, hospitality, and all of their supply chain as well as infrastructure providers (for instance: air plane manufacturers, vehicle manufacturers) will be hard hit. This will cause a recession that it will be very hard to rebound from.

What most of the population doesn't realize: There is no such state of "it being over".

I mean, human rights prevent forcing people to vaccinate. Especially given the facts that there was/is no time for a standard timeframe of human trials and verification of a potential medication.

The next decade will be very, very challenging for all of us. And mostly because of the stupid ones that insist on going to their effing vacations.

The question of vaccinations is very interesting. I'm curious which countries the employer can legally require it and which they can't.

*edit - make clear the legality I'm talking about is wrt the employer.

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