Employer covered up part of a poster on virus prevention that advised people to stay home when sick.
As a result of this fact-check, The Other 98% Facebook page revised its post to state that the poster did not hide advice about staying home when sick., Variants of the post that have not been corrected\xa0state that the covered section said: “Stay home don’t go to work.” The photo was apparently first posted on March 9, 2020 on “Inhumans of Late Capitalism,” a Facebook page, and was also shared in Canada and Ireland., But on the original poster\xa0\xa0-- which AFP found using Google\xa0reverse image search --\xa0the section that was covered shows a crowd of people, and advises people to “AVOID large gatherings.”, The poster was designed for International SOS, a health and travel assistance services company. International SOS made other similar posters, none of which mention not going to work when sick., , Desiree Rosa, a spokeswoman for International SOS, told AFP by email that her company “is updating all materials, content and alerts frequently.”, Rosa added that although the posters do not explicitly mention it, "International SOS does recommend those with symptoms –- even mild ones -– not report to work. We also recommend working from home whenever possible.", “Members are free to access updated content, information and alerts as needed and can share it with their organization as they see fit," she said., AFP was not able to determine why part of the poster was covered in the photo., In their information guides on the novel coronavirus, Health Canada and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend practicing social distancing, defined by Health Canada as “approaches taken to minimize close contact with others in the community.”, This includes quarantine and self-isolation, but also avoiding crowding, school closures, and workplace closures., Recommendations of social distancing during the virus outbreak spawned a debate over the need for universal paid medical leave in the United States, where many workers in the gig economy have no choice but to show up to work despite growing risks of contagion., According to the Economic Policy Institute, 55 percent of workers in the US hotel and restaurant trade do not have access to sick leave, while health authorities recommend a 14-day minimum quarantine period for those potentially exposed to the novel coronavirus., On March 13, 2020, President Donald Trump declared a state of national emergency in the United States due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 5,000 people worldwide to date., AFP Fact Check has investigated more than 100 false and misleading claims about the novel coronavirus., , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
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