Vitamin D. 5,000 iu a day. Zinc 100mg/day
Vitamin C (2,000-4,000 grams/day Melatonin. 10mg at night. Quercetin - it helps the zinc get into cells. > On Aug 7, 2020, at 1:06 AM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You geeks are pretty smart. > I was thinking, there's nothing stopping me from making her room and our > upstairs bathroom negative pressure rooms with some 6 inch duct and duct fans > in a plywood and styrofoam cutout in the window. If I put a hepa furnace > filter on and a baffle it should keep any heat and bugs out of the house. May > help keep our upstairs cooler blowing heat out and drawing cool air up from > downstairs. Laying the duct to the floor should cause down draft and get any > potential airborne bugs out of the air. > I'm thinking if I run humidifiers it should give any covid creatures > something weighty to attach to. > My 15 year old opted to go stay with my neice because I gave him and the 12 > year old girl the current known political statistics and let them define > their own risk tolerance. If wife doesnt get symptomatic I'm letting him go > through with his baptism Sunday since he wont be exposed when she would > become contagious. But then again, church is the only place it spreads. > The girl opted to stay > The two littles dont have brain pan capacity to decide, since neither of > them talk yet. > The fat baby is still on boob juice and CDC and who political recommendations > are to continue breast feeding but for mom to wear a mask... odd to see > common sense prevail from either of those places. > Probably making a poor choice somewhere in all this but when you're offered > the option of a shit sandwich or a turd burger, the outcomes wont be all that > different. > > Boss was pretty cool, we are on the same page as far as risk exposure and > mitigation at work. This wont be her last exposure at work, though I hope > it's the last high risk one. And if she does test positive, then we dont have > to worry about them anymore. If I catch it and dont croak out then we are > riding on the golden ticket. We are both smokers and apparently this > particular disease that's a good thing since the vascular impact is mitigated > by our constant constriction, no covid toe for us. > > Looked like a hypochondriac at the store stocking up on vitamins for 3 age > ranges and normal cold/flu meds for 3 age ranges. Learning a ton about > vitamin D, C, potassium and Zinc tolerances. This sucks because something in > multivitamins cause me to get tinitus so the ringing will start here in a > couple days. But at least we will walk away in the habit of adjuncting with > vitamins. Probably something we should have been doing all along. > > I'm guessing if I werent treating this like any disaster mitigation at work > I'd be freaking out like the wife. Hopefully I dont get to the point I have > it handled and have time to sit and think. Might result in a bit of a brain > bubble. > > Going to find out shortly just how accurate the "experts" are. Should be an > interesting week. According to CNN, since we are a right leaning household, > we are all going to die because of our guns. > >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020, 11:34 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This guy is a definite initial false negative. It technically wasn't an >> initial rule out, it was a confirmation test, that's why the doc immediately >> ordered second test. Since my initial post there's been a lot of policy >> activity at the facility. A lot of staff exposure occurred. >> >>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020, 4:56 PM Matt Hoppes >>> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: >>> 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 > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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