Covid-19 discussion, continued...

posted by justincredible

My wife works at UC, and has been remote since March. Found out today she’ll be remote the entire fall semester. 

My husband works for U of A and so far has no idea how the fall semester is going to go.

posted by justincredible

My wife works at UC, and has been remote since March. Found out today she’ll be remote the entire fall semester. 

She cool with that or itching to go back?

posted by friendfromlowry

She cool with that or itching to go back?

I think she’d prefer to be back, but not with all the shit they were going to have to do when they were planning on going back. 

posted by Fab4Runner

My husband works for U of A and so far has no idea how the fall semester is going to go.

So do I.  Most of us have no clue if we’ll even have jobs lol.  

My unprofessional opinion is that we just let this thing play out.  With the uptick in cases, but the (so far) steady, and sometimes declining, death and hospitalization rates, I think this 2nd wave is OK.  I don't think we need to freak out and start closing shit, and start making Aug/Sept/Oct plans yet.  I think we can plan for July, but we shouldn't go any further out than that, and I think 2 weeks should be the max.

posted by ernest_t_bass

My unprofessional opinion is that we just let this thing play out.  With the uptick in cases, but the (so far) steady, and sometimes declining, death and hospitalization rates, I think this 2nd wave is OK.  I don't think we need to freak out and start closing shit, and start making Aug/Sept/Oct plans yet.  I think we can plan for July, but we shouldn't go any further out than that, and I think 2 weeks should be the max.

Sooner or later....herd immunity is happening now.  

posted by kizer permanente

So do I.  Most of us have no clue if we’ll even have jobs lol.  

Blessed times! 

posted by kizer permanente

So do I.  Most of us have no clue if we’ll even have jobs lol.  

My uncle works at U of A as well and he says the same thing. No idea if he will still be employed come fall.

Sucks to see my alma mater go down in financial flames.

posted by Fred Garvin

When my wife was tested it took 7 days for her to get the results. My results took 5 days.

They pharmacist who administered my test yesterday said 2-7 days.

posted by BR1986FB

They pharmacist who administered my test yesterday said 2-7 days.

Wonder if they’re super backlogged (and if so then why the demand for more testing if it’s taking up to a week to get results?) Even in the very beginning of all this it wasn’t taking more than a few days right?

posted by justincredible

My wife works at UC, and has been remote since March. Found out today she’ll be remote the entire fall semester. 

My wife works for one of the main medical distribution companies (they provide all the supplies and PPE to hospitals). She has been told she is working remote for the rest of the year. She has also been telling me PPE stock is still really, really, really low. Hospitals are still being allocated low ammounts and encouraged to save as much as possible. 

posted by friendfromlowry

Wonder if they’re super backlogged (and if so then why the demand for more testing if it’s taking up to a week to get results?) Even in the very beginning of all this it wasn’t taking more than a few days right?

This was at a Rite-Aid pharmacy drive thru. I'm assuming they have to ship it off somewhere for results but that is a bit long to wait.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

My wife works for one of the main medical distribution companies (they provide all the supplies and PPE to hospitals). She has been told she is working remote for the rest of the year. She has also been telling me PPE stock is still really, really, really low. Hospitals are still being allocated low ammounts and encouraged to save as much as possible. 

posted by Spock
Interesting........I saw a rack of about 1,000 masks for sale at the local speedway.  

I'm talking like N95 level PPE, additional gowns and sterilization equipment....not just masks you can pick up at speedway. 

posted by ptown_trojans_1

I'm talking like N95 level PPE, additional gowns and sterilization equipment....not just masks you can pick up at speedway. 

Some N95 masks, and even some cloth masks, have one-way valves that make them easier to breathe through. But because the valve releases unfiltered air when the wearer breathes out, this type of mask doesn't prevent the wearer from spreading the virus. For this reason, some places have banned them.

Quoted from the Mayo clinic. 

posted by Spock

Some N95 masks, and even some cloth masks, have one-way valves that make them easier to breathe through. But because the valve releases unfiltered air when the wearer breathes out, this type of mask doesn't prevent the wearer from spreading the virus. For this reason, some places have banned them.

Quoted from the Mayo clinic. 

WTF does that have to do with hospitals buying PPE from medical supply companies? 

posted by ptown_trojans_1

WTF does that have to do with hospitals buying PPE from medical supply companies? 

It's CC being CC. Best to just ignore him, since he probably doesn't even know what he's trying to say.

posted by jmog

My uncle works at U of A as well and he says the same thing. No idea if he will still be employed come fall.

Sucks to see my alma mater go down in financial flames.

I personally feel like it’s something the president has wanted to do and now has an excuse to get rid of professors  by invoking force majeure to bypass their union.  it’s typically tough to get rid of professors bc of their union. 

Dayton has 4pm press conference regarding mandatory masks. Let’s just get on with it and make it fucking mandatory already. 

posted by friendfromlowry

Dayton has 4pm press conference regarding mandatory masks. Let’s just get on with it and make it fucking mandatory already. 

You mean governors/mayors have the power to do this?  /sarcasm

We really need to stop electing people who's only talent is campaigning.