she went out and mowed and trimmed the yard, shes planning on sweating this out if she gets it
On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 7:45 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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