Post by: jb1842 on March 20, 2020, 07:46:56 AM
My wife works remotely from home in Ohio, but I have had to go to her office a couple times the past 2 weeks for stuff. Idiot talked to me while I was there. I didn't know at the time but he has been coming to work sick for over a week. Now I'm back in Ohio possibly passing it off to family.
My cousin is the charge nurse at local ER, so I'm waiting for her to call me back to see if I should get tested. My exposure to him was minimal, but the other people in the office helped me with paperwork. It's a small office, 5 people total.
I'm about to drive back to Milwaukee and beat them with some rubber hoses.
Post by: Rush on March 20, 2020, 07:55:47 AM
Post by: Anthony on March 20, 2020, 08:24:18 AM
Post by: jb1842 on March 20, 2020, 08:38:57 AM
As they said in the movie "Animal House", "drink heavily". You'll be ok. Hope you don't get sick!
I'm more pissed. One the coworkers is a cancer survivor and more at risk. And I see my mom daily, and she just started tests to see if she has MS.
Post by: nddons on March 20, 2020, 08:45:46 AM
As they said in the movie "Animal House", "drink heavily". You'll be ok. Hope you don't get sick!Not in Wisconsin!
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Post by: nddons on March 20, 2020, 08:48:13 AM
So my wife's idiot coworker had a son living in New York. Son gets sick, and mom convinces him to come back to Milwaukee 2 weeks ago. Retard gets on an airplane and flies back home. Coworker been sick over a week. Well, son comes back positive for Coronavirus yesterday. So these idiots have been in contact with untold numbers of people the past 2 weeks.Our CPA firm is quarantining all paper tax documents (or anything else) for 2 days before touching it, and then the admin staff touching it are wearing surgical gloves and scanning it.
My wife works remotely from home in Ohio, but I have had to go to her office a couple times the past 2 weeks for stuff. Idiot talked to me while I was there. I didn't know at the time but he has been coming to work sick for over a week. Now I'm back in Ohio possibly passing it off to family.
My cousin is the charge nurse at local ER, so I'm waiting for her to call me back to see if I should get tested. My exposure to him was minimal, but the other people in the office helped me with paperwork. It's a small office, 5 people total.
I'm about to drive back to Milwaukee and beat them with some rubber hoses.
Don’t know if that’s just one of these “abundance of caution” things or if it’s recommended by the CDC, but I’d presume handing paper could be a problem for you.
Post by: Anthony on March 20, 2020, 08:51:30 AM
Not in Wisconsin!
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LOL! Too funny! Yeah, they closed all the bars and the State liquor stores in PA. You can still get beer and wine at some supermarkets though.
Post by: jb1842 on March 20, 2020, 09:09:38 AM
Post by: Little Joe on March 20, 2020, 10:25:44 AM
I"m not much for mandatory anything, but in this case, I am all for mandatory CV testing of as many people as we can.
Post by: texasag93 on March 20, 2020, 06:34:48 PM
All of us will testify in your defense.
Post by: Steingar on March 21, 2020, 11:31:36 AM
In a way the OP is beyond lucky. After he gets all better he'll be immune, while the rest of us schlubs are still susceptible.
Post by: Little Joe on March 21, 2020, 12:43:29 PM
Stay home, drink lots of fluids and stay warm. The virus will do it's thing, if you're lucky it won't be too bad. Do keep your doc on speed dialWhat if the virus mutates, which it has a high probability of doing?
In a way the OP is beyond lucky. After he gets all better he'll be immune, while the rest of us schlubs are still susceptible.
Post by: Anthony on March 21, 2020, 01:17:24 PM
What if the virus mutates, which it has a high probability of doing?
It may mutate. And think of all the over use of disinfectant right now. What do we know about bacteria and viruses when that happens?
We can't mitigate against all risk. At some point us little gophers will have to come out of our holes, and deal with life, and the risks life impose.
Post by: Old Crow on March 21, 2020, 01:46:08 PM
Post by: Bob Noel on March 21, 2020, 01:56:09 PM
https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-has-mutated-at-least-once-second-strain-detected-study
oh of course. Peking school of life sciences.
Post by: Jim Logajan on March 21, 2020, 03:13:53 PM
What if the virus mutates, which it has a high probability of doing?
It already HAS mutated HUNDREDs of times! It is the biochemical nature of viruses to mutate. When a cell replicates its DNA it has molecular repair “machines” that insure low error rates. But when a virus uses some of the replication machinery, it is RNA that is being replicated and there is no repair machinery available to it, so mutations happen to RNA a million or more times greater rate than cellular DNA replication.
Here is a neat site that shows the phylogenetic family tree branches of SARS-CoV-2 of sequenced samples:
https://nextstrain.org/ncov (https://nextstrain.org/ncov)
You can click on the Play button on the map to watch the spread. Color-coded by inferred subfamilies.
This person attempts to provide an explanation:
https://dna-explained.com/2020/03/12/phylogenetic-tree-of-novel-coronavirus-hcov-19-covid-19/ (https://dna-explained.com/2020/03/12/phylogenetic-tree-of-novel-coronavirus-hcov-19-covid-19/)
The mutations create “family resemblances” that are used to infer origins. They can of course yield false inferences. Quoting from the above article and linking a family tree image:
“The strain in western Canada originated in Iran, as did the strain in New Zealand and one in Australia. Of course, the Iranian line originally came from China. Some infections in Australia came directly from China, as did most of the European pockets. South America and Mexico both arrived from Italy, as did many of the UK infections, although some appear to have passed through the Netherlands and Belgium first.”
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Post by: jb1842 on March 21, 2020, 03:24:03 PM
Stay home, drink lots of fluids and stay warm. The virus will do it's thing, if you're lucky it won't be too bad. Do keep your doc on speed dial
In a way the OP is beyond lucky. After he gets all better he'll be immune, while the rest of us schlubs are still susceptible.
Drinking rum and waiting for hot tub to get to proper temp right now.
Post by: Lucifer on March 21, 2020, 04:01:55 PM
Drinking rum and waiting for hot tub to get to proper temp right now.
Sterilization inside and out.............
Post by: Anthony on March 21, 2020, 04:06:07 PM
Sterilization inside and out.............
So the hot tub will be at a temperature of 212 F, or he'll be in an autoclave. Sounds toasty.
Post by: Rush on March 21, 2020, 04:31:30 PM
So the hot tub will be at a temperature of 212 F, or he'll be in an autoclave. Sounds toasty.
No, Kramer said it’s superheated water, nothing can live in that!
Post by: Anthony on March 21, 2020, 04:37:06 PM
No, Kramer said it’s superheated water, nothing can live in that!
That's true. I forgot the Seinfeld protocol. Good catch.
Post by: Steingar on March 22, 2020, 06:51:05 AM
What if the virus mutates, which it has a high probability of doing?It won’t escape immune surveillance. For the mutations to render the virus undetectable to your immune system it would need major changes and lots of mutations. It is more likely to have small changes that alter a coat protein, for example. Your immune response is polyclonal, it involves lots of different plasma cells reacting to lots of different epitopes. One may change on a coat protein, but lots will stay the same and be recognized.
Influenza can change as it does because it has multiple chromosomes. The viruses can mix and match and change wholesale. I believe coronaviruses have bit one chromosome, so they can’t do that particular trick, thankfully.
Post by: nddons on March 22, 2020, 08:34:28 AM
Stay home, drink lots of fluids and stay warm. The virus will do it's thing, if you're lucky it won't be too bad. Do keep your doc on speed dialIs that immunity a lifetime immunity, like for Chickenpox?
In a way the OP is beyond lucky. After he gets all better he'll be immune, while the rest of us schlubs are still susceptible.