Im talking worst case scenario, something like Station 11 or the movie Contagion

If the bird flu started spreading rapidly from human to human, and it devastated our population as it can in birds or marine life, how long would one have to hole up in seclusion before the virus burned through the population and it would probably be safe to come out.

Obviously, this is not the current situation, and this scenario is a long way from becoming any type of reality. This is just a hypothetical. If turds hit the fan, I dont want to waste time trying to figure this out in the moment while everyone’s ill, and can’t answer.

Move over B’s, I want first dibs on the tp!

Edit: I’m not thinking of a flu, as it behaves in the human population as we know it. I’m talking like zombie virus, without the worry of reanimation. Like, pretty much, everyone that catches it, dies, and it spreads fast and stealthily enough that the end result is a drastically lower population of survivors. How long would a person have to stay isolated to outlive the worst of it.

  • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Some people do actually need to physically be at work… in fact, it’s how most work is done. Just because some are devs/IT workers and see no need to actually show up to work, that doesn’t mean the rest of the world keeps on turning without maintenance.

    • themusicman@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      You’re ranting for no reason. “Return to workplace” obviously doesn’t refer to workers who had to be on site the whole time

    • Lmaydev@programming.dev
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      8 months ago

      It’s not just Devs. It’s essentially any office job.

      Accountants or lawyers don’t need to be in the same building anymore than Devs do.

      • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Basically, a fraction of the intellectual workforce. Everyone else has to: medical professionals, carpenters, builders, civil engineers, electrical engineers, server hardware maintenance staff (in some cases, also the IT personel’s job), plumbers, clerks, social workders, barternders… there’s a lot more that need to actually show up for work.

        • Lmaydev@programming.dev
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          8 months ago

          But no one is talking about them.

          Returning to work refers to people who left work lol

          It doesn’t make any sense to mention these people in a discussion about return to work.