On Oct 26, 2020, at 2:57 PM, Steve Jones
<thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
Its almost like nobody listened to the science, they clearly said
that the natural progression of any novel virus is 3 annual
seasons, with this one in particular being predominately in fall.
this is season 2. We have treatments now that are effective, we
quit killing people with ventilators the way were were in the
beginning, healthcare isnt overwhelmed and theres no shortage of
PPE. We only have 8 days until reporting on this changes to be
less terrifying.
Healthy people are being exposed, beating it, and innoculated, 3
months permanent, no one knows if this is different thatn 99
percent of other viruses. but of the well over 30 million people
who were verified positive via testing and have since recovered,
less than 20 globally have been reinfected, so odds are the vast
majority are immune.
Knowing what we know now, we have permanently moved all positions
that can be remote to remote. techs dont go any further than the
garage if they dont have to. Its techs choice to mask up and glove
up, and as long as they choose to mask up and glove up, it will
continue to be there choice. This is only applicable to interiors,
theyre not required to mask outside, thats simply ignorant to
require and its not "following the science" . ut the tech can
choose to do that if they want. hell, if they want to wear a
condom all day, its none of our concern.
Our state positivity numbers are a joke, they simply base it on
the percentage of total tests that are positive, its gotten
colder, so people arent getting tested on a whim and we are back
to primarily people with risk factors getting tested, the
positivity rate went up as would be expected, but not as high as
anticipated.
If legitimate numbers start going up like hospitalizations
(luckily I have ins in healthcare so i dont have to rely on media
reports and politically charged public health departments, i am
privy to internal census reports in healthcare) then we will look
toward lower contact solutions, and no contact if our coverage
area sees a legitimate surge.
We dont do stupid stuff, like my contractor who was infected, we
cancelled him for his quarantine period. We dont have in person
company meetings. When we are together on project work we dont
ride in the same vehicle, we just dont take any unnecessary risk,
but we also dont let risk avoidance unnecessarily impact operations.
I quit worrying about exposures with the wife working in a
hospital, we are exposed constantly. (the low incidence of
healthcare transmission is an oddity that after the politics of
this thing are over I hope they do some deep diving into, its
either going to boil down to we still dont actually know how its
primarily transmitting or healthcare has such a high incidence of
low viral load exposures that theyr innoculated without actually
catching it, similar to how some allergies can be beaten through
very low dose exposures to the allergen, will be interesting
research when the politics of it are over)
Every single "look at this country, look at that country" has
turned out to be wrong on both sides of the argument, even WHO
says lockdowns are the wrong solution now.
Im still waiting for the fed money that went out to put a bunch of
people in prison, even in this industry there will probably be
some prison sentences handed out, the money came with
requirements, it wasnt just free cash to grow a company.
I can tell you there is something going around thats causing chest
xrays to look exactly like covid damage, but no testing method is
identifying the presence of covid or history of its presence,
thats concerning, keep that in mind when relaxing policies. Its
flu season, and given the disruption of interaction, this years
flu vaccine is not going to very effective, its worth keeping
covid policies in place regardless to not have staff out with a
wild flu.
And remember, the media frenzy is only just beginning its 8 days
of hell,
On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 3:40 PM Jaime Solorza
<losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote:
We are so bad we were featured on ABC News.... people just
want to fucking party...
On Sat, Oct 24, 2020, 1:25 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com>
wrote:
Numbers here in Illinois are bad again today, all we can
say is “at least we’re not Wisconsin”.____
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I no longer roll my eyes at my daughter choosing to live
in Maine, where “social distancing” was already the norm.
(bike photo was actually from a ride a month ago up to the
Quebec border)____
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*From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Jaime
Solorza
*Sent:* Saturday, October 24, 2020 12:17 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and
counting____
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On Thursday our techs had to stop wiring up panel and
stuff because two electricians would wear masks...I wasn't
there , I would have made them step outside ...our boss
complained to water utilities because we are on a schedule
with several people. ____
The control room is small. ____
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On Sat, Oct 24, 2020, 10:19 AM Matt Hoppes
<mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote:____
We are doing normal installs for now. Watching our
local county info in internal tracking systems I
developed. ____
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So far we’re staying fairly isolated. If things
severely spike this winter we will shut down installs
again. ____
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At this point we are not masking nor requiring
customers to wear masks - but we do ask customers to
stay 10feet away from techs. This point will be driven
home even more as we go into the winter months. ____
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On Oct 24, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Ken Hohhof
<af...@kwisp.com> wrote:____
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So 8 months in, numbers are getting worse not
better, and despite what anybody says the end is
not just around the corner.____
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I remember at the beginning some WISPs were not
sending techs inside customer homes, maybe pushing
a cable through the wall and having the customer
plug in the POE and router. Is anybody still
declining to do inside work? Installs, repairs?____
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Also, what about the FCC requested “pledge” not to
disconnect customers for nonpayment during the
pandemic. How many are still doing that, and
assuming things won’t be back to “normal” until
well into 2021 or even 2022, how long do you plan
to continue? Are you taking any additional steps,
like downgrading their speed or declining to do
upgrades, or requiring proof of hardship? I know
this wasn’t mandatory, but if we did it
voluntarily, should there be a time limit? And if
at that point they are 6-12 months behind, do we
write that off rather than expecting they will
catch up?____
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It’s also interesting I see on cable company
forums issues about mask refusal, both by techs
and customers, and even of customers who have
Covid but still want their Internet fixed. I
hesitate to bring this up because it has become a
political or “freedom” issue in a way that
seatbelts or smoking or wearing a yellow vest at a
grain elevator or even picking up after your dog
isn’t, and I’m tired of being caught in the
middle. But take the extreme case of a customer
who recently tested positive or the tech gets
there and strongly suspects someone in the house
is contagious, is this really happening, and what
is your response? At the beginning I would ask
when setting up every appointment, has anyone in
the house tested positive, but I’ve come to
believe that’s pointless.____
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