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Thread: Coronavirus is at my job
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2020-04-28, 01:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-04-28, 03:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Coronavirus is at my job
Nah, it fits tight, I checked that. It just seems to be made of pretty thick material.
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2020-04-28, 07:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Coronavirus is at my job
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2020-04-29, 02:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Coronavirus is at my job
I'm reminded of how at some point there were questions about everybody using masks, of some kind, (naturally at a point where there was a massive shortage) and the answer given back was "yes, but most ppl can't use them effectively anyway so we want to save them for the ones who really can use them ie medical personnel".
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2020-04-29, 06:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-04-29, 08:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Coronavirus is at my job
I've read that, in fact, that is a mistaken assumption. That what the mask does is redirect the breath away from the person you are speaking to. For a full filtering, it would need to be a fully hermetic mask, and that is not something that a folded cloth and a couple of rubber bands are going to accomplish against the power of the human lungs expelling air (a speed of about 1 m/s, google tells me).
Not sure what it the "correct" answer, mind you - it might be that I am doing it wrong, but if so, not sure how I could fix it. I cannot mold the cloth around my nose so that the air doesn't escape around it, short of super-gluing it in place.
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2020-06-01, 09:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Coronavirus is at my job
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2020-06-01, 10:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Coronavirus is at my job
LOL, thanks.
“Flattening the curve” seems to have helped. The hospital has plenty of cases, but we’re not overwhelmed anymore.
My unit is slowly going back to what it’s supposed to be like. We were housing Covid + patients for a while and My unit was not built for that. That being said, we didn’t have a choice. We were literally overrun with patients and the hospital had nowhere else to put them.
2 of my coworkers on my unit had tested positive, which made our work much harder for the two weeks they were gone.
Today is the first day in a long time that things really feel like they’re getting better. We have a less-than-usual patient load, but we’re here doing the type of work we’re supposed to. We have a full staff for the first time in almost a month.
Even better: this Friday should be the first time I see my daughter since early March. I miss her so much and can’t wait to spend the weekend with her.
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2020-07-07, 08:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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corona virus fears
I know there's a corona virus thread about the science of it, but I wanted to start this as a "I'm scared/nervous" thread, where we could talk about how nerve-wrecking the direct or indirect effects of the pandemic or lockdown has/have been.
I've been relatively very fortunate. I still have my job, and I am able to work from home; it's stressful and harder than working in the office, but at least I don't have any major financial concerns, and I'm trying to appreciate the benefits of time with the family. Except very recently, nobody close to me has gotten the virus, and still nobody in my close family has it.
But, like, yesterday I went out to do a grocery run, and felt like crying afterwards from the fear of "what if I catch it". I'm not very afraid of dying from it, or even the direct discomfort of being really sick. BUT the idea of my kids suffering from getting sick, or being removed from me or my wife if we had to go to the hospital, or just being left alone if we died--that's terrifying.
Also, that riots are happening downtown sometimes is scary. I don't have to go downtown currently, and I live close but not in downtown, but it's something when I hear ambulances or police almost every night. (Most of that is likely there's a hospital nearby, but in light of riots having happened, it makes the sound a lot scarier.) That's not really related to the virus, but the idea of "if I have to go back to work, don't know if I'd feel safe traveling home at the end of the day" is an added stress.
So, anyway, I know I'm a lot better off than a lot of better in the present situation; I hope my mentioning my minor issues isn't offensive to anyone who is a lot worse off than I am. But I felt like it might be helpful to post something where folk can vent or just say something like "yeah, I feel that".
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2020-07-07, 12:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: corona virus fears
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2020-07-07, 05:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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I hear you. I'm an 'essential' worker, so I've been working nonstop since this whole thing started. And my anxiety has been through the roof. It's become 'normal' for me to have a panic attack a couple of times a week. Eventually, being under so much stress for so long, I just sort of became numb to it. It's weird how well we can acclimate to just about any kind of scenario if we have to deal with it long enough.
So far, I've been lucky. I try not to go out unless I have to, and when I do, I always wear a mask. I keep a safe distance from everyone. And I wash my hands regularly. But it's been quite nerve-wracking. My state has been hit hard and they recently mandated wearing a mask in public, so hopefully that will help.
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2020-07-07, 07:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: corona virus fears
Getting an "essential worker" job is a big part of what's pulled me out of my own head and allowed me to be somewhat functional again.
Now I'm just watching other people stuck in a downward spiral. I want to help, but I don't know how. Especially since I can so rarely be there for someone in person.
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2020-07-07, 10:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: corona virus fears
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2020-07-08, 11:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: corona virus fears
As I mentioned in another thread:
My third test came back negative, my cough is minor now (nowhere near as bad as my late March/April one, or the cough I had last October and November, my sore throat is still bad, no fevers though.
I worry about catching and bringing the disease home to my wife and her sons (most of my work has been in a jail that has had some positive tests of deputies and inmates), my Mom has long had poor lungs and I worry about her.
So far [Lankhmar] has faired comparatively well (we had "shelter-in-place" earlier than most) but there's massive flare ups in the nearest State Prison, and a big increase in cases down State in [Imrryr, Melniboné] and that's worrisome.