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Diamond_Dog

(31,929 posts)
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 01:40 PM Oct 2021

Just found out

My best friend’s aunt (60 y. o. and unvaccinated due to being anti vax) had been going to her job at Subway for several days while feeling ill (cough and severe fatigue). She did not believe she had Covid because she and a neighbor had recently gotten some Ivermectin and taken some. Not sure how long ago that was.

Long story short, she collapsed in her car after working her last shift, was later taken to the hospital, tested for Covid, got a positive result. Her pulse ox was 70.

She’s at home now, and doing better. Still in denial that she had Covid.

But I can’t get over how irresponsible it is to go to work feeling ill in a place where you’re handling food. I dearly hope Subway made the employees wear masks. No wonder we can’t make better progress with the pandemic here.

And yes I get it that people are afraid to call off sick from their jobs for fear of being penalized or fired. I hate this virus!

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Just found out (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 OP
The Subway should have sent her for a test when she Haggard Celine Oct 2021 #1
What! and lose a worker when they're probably already short staffed?! Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #7
And the media wonders why so many job openings are unfilled. Why risk the exposure to these folks Raven123 Oct 2021 #2
Argghhh! Subway in STLMO is one of my favorite places to go sometimes for their tuna sandwitches! SWBTATTReg Oct 2021 #3
Tuna? Maybe it depends on your franchisee.... erronis Oct 2021 #13
Snopes rated that claim as "unproven." ShazzieB Oct 2021 #19
Tastes like tuna cannabis_flower Oct 2021 #22
A ridiculous claim ... I have ordered quite a few sandwiches from them and never any problems SWBTATTReg Oct 2021 #25
THE reason why I haven't had take out or fast food during this whole pandemic! oregonjen Oct 2021 #4
This Ferrets are Cool Oct 2021 #15
You beat me to it. I have not been inside a restaurant wnylib Oct 2021 #17
Many people are allergic to NUTS Taraman Oct 2021 #5
... littlemissmartypants Oct 2021 #8
haven't been to a subway since this pandemic hit orleans Oct 2021 #6
Irresponsible. She may well have passed it on to several people. brush Oct 2021 #9
With delta, likely more than several. LisaL Oct 2021 #12
It was not irresponsible to her bc she didn't think she had it. ananda Oct 2021 #10
Unbelievable. LisaL Oct 2021 #11
Please provide details James48 Oct 2021 #14
What about reporting them to the local health dept wnylib Oct 2021 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #23
This is why I have dined out only a few times since all this started. lpbk2713 Oct 2021 #16
A lot to be said for vaccine mandates. PatrickforB Oct 2021 #20
My thought exactly. Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #21
We've had generations of people going to work sick... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #24

Haggard Celine

(16,838 posts)
1. The Subway should have sent her for a test when she
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 01:51 PM
Oct 2021

showed up sick for work. It's her fault too, of course, but it seems like a restaurant should have an obligation to make sure their staff isn't passing around any potentially fatal viruses while they're making those $10 sandwiches. I hope that word gets around about that store and their business suffers greatly.

SWBTATTReg

(22,077 posts)
3. Argghhh! Subway in STLMO is one of my favorite places to go sometimes for their tuna sandwitches!
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 02:06 PM
Oct 2021

What is wrong w/ people?! Working while sick, denying it all in the meantime, and then they collapse, near death and still don't admit that they are wrong, that they are sick, that they are NUTS!

ShazzieB

(16,291 posts)
19. Snopes rated that claim as "unproven."
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 03:48 PM
Oct 2021

I'm not a Subway fan, but I'm also not a fan of spreading unproven rumors.

Just saying!

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
22. Tastes like tuna
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 04:10 PM
Oct 2021

At least the kind you get when you open a can and add various things to it to make tuna salad. I would possibly also expect mayonnaise, pickle relish, chopped eggs and onions to be in the tuna on a tuna salad sandwich.

SWBTATTReg

(22,077 posts)
25. A ridiculous claim ... I have ordered quite a few sandwiches from them and never any problems
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 01:19 PM
Oct 2021

but I guess you had to share your concerns with me and others, or also you have had issues w/ Subway in the past and have a grudge perhaps.

wnylib

(21,347 posts)
17. You beat me to it. I have not been inside a restaurant
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 03:31 PM
Oct 2021

or had take out since March 2020. I do not even go to outdoor restaurants because the ones in my area have seating that is too close.

orleans

(34,042 posts)
6. haven't been to a subway since this pandemic hit
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 02:17 PM
Oct 2021

the fast food i take out gets nuked at home before consumed

brush

(53,743 posts)
9. Irresponsible. She may well have passed it on to several people.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 02:39 PM
Oct 2021

It's just crazy how many bought into the orange turd's bullshit...and still do.

ananda

(28,837 posts)
10. It was not irresponsible to her bc she didn't think she had it.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 03:04 PM
Oct 2021

She believes in all the hoaxes, conspiracies, and wack treatments.

LisaL

(44,972 posts)
11. Unbelievable.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 03:12 PM
Oct 2021

I guess they are convincing themselves that ivermectin can prevent covid? Covid is not a parasite.

James48

(4,428 posts)
14. Please provide details
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 03:16 PM
Oct 2021

Of the specific address of the Subway where she worked. People have a right to know when they are victims of a criminal act like this. And they have a right to sue that particular Subway for fsiliring to maintain a safe work environment for their employees, and/or a safe eating establishment that meets health department standards.

Name names.

Response to James48 (Reply #14)

lpbk2713

(42,744 posts)
16. This is why I have dined out only a few times since all this started.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 03:30 PM
Oct 2021


You have no way of knowing who has contact with your food.

Wounded Bear

(58,605 posts)
24. We've had generations of people going to work sick...
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 10:39 AM
Oct 2021

because "it's just a cold." It's why the cold/flu season is so damaging, everybody goes to work sick.

We've been trained to think that the job is the most important thing in our lives, and because so many of us are in survival mode it has worked.

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