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| Survey: Increased Use Of Low-Contact Services May Prove Permanent |
| 2020-04-24 |
| [Hot Air] Americans’ expectations of whether their increased use of each of these services will continue after the coronavirus situation is over vary from service to service. For all six items, a majority of more frequent users say they will continue to access these services. 18% of Americans say they are having virtual visits with a doctor more often than in the past — an increase of seven percentage points from recent weeks. Moreover, 70% say they are likely to continue using telemedicine services — including 35% who say they are very likely — suggesting that more of these new users are being converted into permanent patients. Conversely, 7% of respondents report having medicine or medical supplies delivered more often than usual. Seventy-one percent of these more frequent users say they will continue to receive medical supply deliveries even after the coronavirus situation subsides. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 So now I mail my amigos a check instead of counting out cash by hand. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-04-24 14:42 |
| #5 Ryanair sounds like they won't put up with this lunacy: Ryanair Announces It Won't Fly Again If "Idiotic" Rules Eliminating Middle Seats Are Enforced |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-24 11:05 |
| #4 coach seats = steerage Steerage is the lower deck of a ship, where the cargo is stored above the closed hold. In the late 19th and early 20th century, steamship steerage decks were used to provide the lowest cost and lowest class of travel, often for European and Chinese immigrants to North America. With limited privacy and security, inadequate sanitary conditions, and poor food, steerage was often decried as inhumane, and was eventually replaced on ocean liners with third-class cabins. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-04-24 09:55 |
| #3 /\ Unless they remove 50 or more coach seats from each plane, the difference may go unnoticed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-24 09:05 |
| #2 My son-in-law, who has more American Airlines miles than ... anybody, said yesterday AA is considering removing some seats on their planes to make travel 'safer'. [giggle] I ain't holdin' my breath. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-04-24 09:02 |
| #1 The Economy is dead! Long live the Economy! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-24 04:54 |