Keep in mind that that could be a false positive as well there are a lot of both false negatives and false positives on the test. Unless they perform several more tests you will never know for sure.
> On Aug 6, 2020, at 4:06 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So, the wife has a good probability of infection. She works at a hospital as > PCT (used to be CNA before PC). Patient came in with high likelihood of > COVID, Isolation protocols were put in place, initial test came back > negative, they pulled precautions. Still using basic surgical masks and > gloves (says right on box that it doesnt stop COVID-19). Patient is on > assistive ventilation, aerosolized secretions. > Doctor snaps and orders new test, of course it comes back positive. > So now multiple staff are exposed, the bad kind with aerosolized secretions, > thats the healthcare exposure they warn about. > Of course today the hospital changes policy to mandatory eye protection (bit > late knuckleheads) > inept > > I could co on about how pissed I am about this, and the fact that theyre not > offering testing to exposed employees, and that the WHO recommendation is > healthcare staff continue coming into work until they show symptoms, and the > fact that staff wear the same mask for 12 hours and are scolded if they want > to change them even though mask production is sufficient to support anything > that comes at healthcare now. but thats a whole other rant. > > Moving forward we are treating the household as probably infected. Sons > baptism sunday is postponed. But trying to figure timelines and how to handle > exposure risks at my job. Trying to read up on all the current politically > motivated data is a joke. Best I can tell is transmissibility minimum is 3 > days, based on the newest harvard study. So assuming wife did get it, we have > 3 days from initial exposure for her to infect me and 3 days after that that > in transmissible, so working on a minimum 6 day window until I have to shut > down contact. > > I already notified everybody that If I come in for anything (primarily > working remote anyway) that ill be masked and gloved (lol, cloth masks from > her insurance provider) and wont be within 6 feet of anybody. > > After the 6 days until she is cleared, I wont be making in person contact > with anyone. If I enter the office, masked and gloved, sanitize everything as > i come out. We already have staff separation, with different entrances for > everyone. No one inside at the same time as me, ill try to limit in office to > after hours. Any equipment I touch will be masked and gloved, will be placed > in out non air conditioned garage (gets hot) for 24 hours before any other > staff touches it and will be sanitized. > > My site work (assuming no positive tests or symptoms in my house) will be > limited to me only and exterior work only, unmanned locations only, If any at > risk climbing is required of me, a second ground 911 man present, in vehicle > only. I I have to supervise any work, It will be from an isolated location. > Any site area I am in is not to be entered for 24 hours. > > Any symptoms or positive tests in my house and we go on full quarantine. > > Ive made it abundantly clear that I think this whole thing is blown out of > proportion, the masks are nothing more than something to make people feel > like theyre doing something, even though theyre really not effective and come > fall theyll be massive bacterial breeding grounds. But there is due > diligence, and I think this plan of attack is pretty reasonable. It mitigates > any risk while allowing us to maintain productivity (assuming no symptoms or > positive tests). It feels like its something with minimal major company > impact and id easy to replicate given that my spouse works in healthcare and > this likely wont be the last high risk exposure. But I still am not matt > hoppes level. > > At this time, I havent had any "exposure" but there is a probable looming > exposure. I'm personally relieved that its probably in my house now, and we > have time to prepare for the inevitable. Im high risk because of COPD, so > theres that, but Ive already made right with that. Id rather just get it over > with, I had planned to get exposed a while back to get past it but got that > plan taken out from under me. > > We may "luck out" and this exposure was a near miss, but if transmissibility > is anywhere near what the politics say it is, this ones all but certain. > > I think the 6 day window is a logical one to increase precautions until we > are past it. I think the non contact addresses any risk to coworkers. I think > the timeframe between shared surface/inventory contact is reasonable and > "science based". and after 14 days from the last exposure (she was exposed > over two consecutive 12 hour shifts) is a good window for increased > precautions to be in play, with a review and swap test at the drive through > site nearby. > > anybody but matt have any thoughts on this plan. I really think its more than > what is actually needed, but meets the abundance of caution threshold > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
