Russia announced a week of holidays to combat the coronavirus. Idiots.
To defeat the virus, we actually need to increase work, not decrease it. We should offer “work from home” positions to those who are idling without any holidays. Give tax discounts to companies that manage to open such vacancies during the quarantine. After the quarantine is over, the country will have a million new jobs and employers who have better figured out how to handle remote work.
This is beneficial from all sides. So that there’s no time to even walk to the fridge, let alone stroll through empty cities. So that a typical company, already suffering losses, doesn’t shut down completely in a month.
Otherwise, not only will the economy suffer (since employers will have to pay from reserves for such a forced holiday), but people will either overdrink or relax. And try telling them that they should drink alone while in self-isolation.
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 