Coronavirus
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Talk about a Friday news dump, looks like my job will be severely curtailed until the end of April. Most everyone we work with cancelled in the last hour and looks like the university directive is towards online learning for most of spring term. I do think these are the right measures. But damn.
Thankfully I have a huge backlog of paperwork I can do from home.
Thankfully I have a huge backlog of paperwork I can do from home.
News from France, where they're a bit farther along the curve than most of the US: https://translate.google.com/transl...t-plus-grave-que-prevu-12-03-2020-8278890.php
I had to post cause there is so much bad info out here right now.
My good friend is a scientist at one of the companies in San Diego working on developing test kits for this virus. They are having serious problems developing a reliable test kit that doesn’t give false positives. They have been working non stop along with other companies in San Diego. She said they could have kits on the market tomorrow but they wouldn’t be reliable at all. Unfortunately her lab group was quarantined at their homes because one of her group got sick so they are out of commission for the time being. This entire situation is a mess.
My good friend is a scientist at one of the companies in San Diego working on developing test kits for this virus. They are having serious problems developing a reliable test kit that doesn’t give false positives. They have been working non stop along with other companies in San Diego. She said they could have kits on the market tomorrow but they wouldn’t be reliable at all. Unfortunately her lab group was quarantined at their homes because one of her group got sick so they are out of commission for the time being. This entire situation is a mess.
I live in the mountains, which most of you know. It's an hour to the closest real stores. When we go shopping, we normally stock up - especially in the winter when snow could cause us to be homebound for days or even weeks at a time. Thus, I've usually got enough dry goods, personal items, etc. to last a couple of months. Right now, I feel like I'm one bunker away from being a doomsday prepper. Being isolated from the vast majority of humanity has never felt more reassuring. I filled all my gas cans for my generator just in case and I've got tons of firewood in the woodshed. I just wish I had sports to watch. Instead, I'm probably going to catch up on a bunch of my old movies.
Stay safe, fellow Kings fans, and be smart about all this.
Stay safe, fellow Kings fans, and be smart about all this.
Between 4:45 and 8pm last night we went from work from home when possible to mandatory work from home for just about everyone outside of the hospital.
Even knowing that this is optimal and I am pretty lucky to be safe without losing income there is a huge enthusiasm gap between "I get to work from home" to "I have to work from home". Partially because I know my work would never do this unless it was worse than many still think and partially because I really like the human interaction component of my job and my introvert side tends to take over away from the office.
Even knowing that this is optimal and I am pretty lucky to be safe without losing income there is a huge enthusiasm gap between "I get to work from home" to "I have to work from home". Partially because I know my work would never do this unless it was worse than many still think and partially because I really like the human interaction component of my job and my introvert side tends to take over away from the office.
One good thing that my friend did tell me is China is using her companies equipment to “Sequence the sick”. The more sequences added to the data base, the better the tests and vaccines will be.
She also said that the work they have done, it usually takes months to do. They have done it in weeks. It usually takes years to develop what they are working on. They are hoping to get it done in months.
She also said that the work they have done, it usually takes months to do. They have done it in weeks. It usually takes years to develop what they are working on. They are hoping to get it done in months.
Had a friend I hung out with on Tuesday and he had a fever with sore throat on Thursday and with everything going on your mind races. But with his live in girlfriend and kid it someone seems like they are sick off and on anyway.
So I have had a slight sore throat but feel fine otherwise but canceled my trip for next week till this all blows over. Pretty sure I would be fine but driving 6 1/2 hours from home and being sick doesn’t add up to fun.
So I have had a slight sore throat but feel fine otherwise but canceled my trip for next week till this all blows over. Pretty sure I would be fine but driving 6 1/2 hours from home and being sick doesn’t add up to fun.
