I actually do have what you could call a bunker. That is what my neighbors call it. Underground room off a tunnel that connects my house basement with my garage lower level. Like to find a fancy old bank vault door for it. I told my kids that when I croak they will find it stuffed floor to ceiling with toilet paper.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 7, 2020, at 6:45 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > > If the weather stayed like it’s been this week, you could just put a comfy > chair out on the lawn for her. > > My neighbors got some sort of tentlike gazebo thing. It’s probably just a > gazebo, but I’ve wondered if it’s a quarantine hut in case one of them gets > infected. > > Chuck could quarantine in his Vienna Sausage bunker. > > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Steve Jones > Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 12:06 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: [SPAM] Re: [AFMUG] COVID Exposure and the real world > > 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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