COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread

[Ben]

We got our test kits, both from the Feds and Washington state, over three weeks ago.

Same here. They mailed them a week after I put in the order.

[charby]

My state issued covid tests arrived less than 2 weeks after I requested them.

[Bogie]

Mine are supposed to be here on the 24th, according to the PO Box email...

[zxcvbob]

I bought five at the local pharmacy for $12 each last week.  (Wife wanted them)  They would not file insurance; I need to call the insurance company today to check on reimbursement.  I think they are supposed to cover up to 8 per month at 100%.  I'll also order some from .gov this week but expect those to take a month to get here.

[K Frame]

I must have deleted the USPS tracking information e-mail because I certainly can't find it.

Oh well. If they don't come I'll order them again.

[Andiron]

I guess I don't understand why you guys care.  Commie Pox goes around.  You either have it or you don't.  The test kits are right up there with a magic 8 ball for efficacy.  Which only maybe confirms you're sick.  Which you already knew...

I can sort of see it for work, should you be really sick and need an alibi.

[WLJ]

Kind of nice knowing if it's COVID or just a cold you're coming down with.

[Hawkmoon]

Kind of nice knowing if it's COVID or just a cold you're coming down with.

I'd be much more interested in an antibodies test to see if whatever it was that knocked me down for five weeks was the Kung Fu Flu, but neither my doc at the VA nor my outside GP will put me in for the test.

[De Selby]

I guess I don't understand why you guys care.  Commie Pox goes around.  You either have it or you don't.  The test kits are right up there with a magic 8 ball for efficacy.  Which only maybe confirms you're sick.  Which you already knew...

I can sort of see it for work, should you be really sick and need an alibi.

What if you don’t want to give it to other people?

[sumpnz]

What if you don’t want to give it to other people?

Generally speaking I don’t want to give any disease to other people.  Don’t care much if it’s Covid or something else in that regard.

Only reason I can see to test is if you have to in order to not be forced to stay home for 2 weeks if it wasn’t Covid.  Otherwise the treatment (or lack thereof) is no different from a cold or the flu so there’s no benefit in knowing which crud you actually caught.

[Bogie]

Kind of nice knowing if it's COVID or just a cold you're coming down with.

Coronaviruses are considered to be part of the cold family.

[Ben]

For me, having the tests is to check if it's the covid or something else, as part of checking my natural immunity. If I'm symptomatic, I don't care if it's the covid or a cold, I avoid other people because unlike some of my former coworkers, I don't like making other people sick with whatever because I'm too important to stay at home and read some books for a few days.

[Bogie]

If you're sick, stay home. That SHOULD have been the practice prior to the 'Rona hysteria.
 
Doh...

[cordex]

If you're sick, stay home. That SHOULD have been the practice prior to the 'Rona hysteria.

That's a great plan, but is kind of like saying "people should save up money for emergencies."  It's true, but not always what people actually choose to do.

Many people are unlikely stay home if they are only mildly sick (i.e. as COVID19 hits most people) unless they have plenty of paid sick days available.

On the other hand, it is not uncommon for people to use up sick days as quickly as they accrue just so they don't have to go in to work on a Monday or can sleep off a bender.  Ultimately, you end up with people staying home when they aren't sick and going to work when they are.

[MillCreek]

That's a great plan, but is kind of like saying "people should save up money for emergencies."  It's true, but not always what people actually choose to do.

Many people are unlikely stay home if they are only mildly sick (i.e. as COVID19 hits most people) unless they have plenty of paid sick days available.

On the other hand, it is not uncommon for people to use up sick days as quickly as they accrue just so they don't have to go in to work on a Monday or can sleep off a bender.  Ultimately, you end up with people staying home when they aren't sick and going to work when they are.

In recent years, many healthcare systems have done away with sick days and vacation days as separate accounts.  There is now a single account: paid time off.  You can choose to allocate your time between sick and vacation up to your limit of paid days off per year.  The HR people claim this has really cut down on the Monday morning hangover sick calls.

[sumpnz]

That's a great plan, but is kind of like saying "people should save up money for emergencies."  It's true, but not always what people actually choose to do.

Many people are unlikely stay home if they are only mildly sick (i.e. as COVID19 hits most people) unless they have plenty of paid sick days available.

On the other hand, it is not uncommon for people to use up sick days as quickly as they accrue just so they don't have to go in to work on a Monday or can sleep off a bender.  Ultimately, you end up with people staying home when they aren't sick and going to work when they are.

Maybe if stupid hurt more that wouldn’t be so prevalent.  Don’t want to miss rent because of a light paycheck when you get the sniffles?  Don’t blow your sick leave on the brown bottle flu.

Yeah, some folks don’t get sick leave.  I have sympathy for them if they’re otherwise doing the right thing.  I lose sympathy though when they’re begging others for help right after getting a new nipple tattoo.

[Bogie]

One cow orker has claimed to have the 'Rona three times... Days off each time. Theoretically charged against future sick leave. Figure they won't last long enough to be affected by that.

[Boomhauer]

In recent years, many healthcare systems have done away with sick days and vacation days as separate accounts.  There is now a single account: paid time off.  You can choose to allocate your time between sick and vacation up to your limit of paid days off per year.  The HR people claim this has really cut down on the Monday morning hangover sick calls.

That’s what we did as well. I get four weeks/160 hours of PTO. At 10 years that will increase again.

[Bogie]

Stuff my local Aldi is out of:
 
Pepperoni
House-brand frozen pizzas
Canned biscuits and cinnamon rolls
 
Eggs have gone from about $1/dozen to $1.89/dozen in the past month or so.

[Ben]

Stuff my local Aldi is out of:
 
Pepperoni
House-brand frozen pizzas
Canned biscuits and cinnamon rolls
 
Eggs have gone from about $1/dozen to $1.89/dozen in the past month or so.

How are you not dead yet? And I don't mean from covid.   

[WLJ]

Stuff my local Aldi is out of:
 
Pepperoni
House-brand frozen pizzas
Canned biscuits and cinnamon rolls
 
Eggs have gone from about $1/dozen to $1.89/dozen in the past month or so.

Sam's has been out of their brand of frozen pizza for months now.
Now having trouble finding Red Baron frozen pizza.

[MillCreek]

How are you not dead yet? And I don't mean from covid.   

Bogie is the very model of Friedrich Nietzsche's statement: that which does not kill us makes us stronger.

[Bogie]

Hey, wanted to lay a few of 'em in the chest freezer I got a coupla months ago... Mostly picked up ham, bacon and cheese to go with eggs for omelets. Also got coffee, half and half (back in stock), and some cream and spicy sausage for the quiche I'm making tomorrow night. Burger ($8.xx packs are now $11.xx) for the burritos I'm putting in the freezer tonight.

[Bogie]

Oh, and my last checkup a few months back, the physicians assistant appeared to be almost upset that I had decent numbers on pretty much everything but blood pressure... And... she doesn't work where I do...

[RoadKingLarry]

Sam's has been out of their brand of frozen pizza for months now.
Now having trouble finding Red Baron frozen pizza.

My local, small town, small chain grocery store had big gaps in the frozen pizza section yesterday.