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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 2, 2020 21:11:12 GMT -5
I might never have seen so many tongues in cheeks in one thread before! I was frankly shocked today though (no irony or archness intended here) to see I was pretty much the only person at the bank, customer or staff, wearing a face mask! Somehow when they start to open restaurants and theaters 90% of the people take it as the moment to drop wearing masks. I have a really bad feeling about this. Why should it be all or nothing? Can't we reopen but people still keep six feet apart and wear masks? I guess it's great we've done so well to have our numbers consistently go down to we are in the single digits in new cases province-wide (and 0 many days on my island, although today we were 1 new case reported). It's not a game but I saw a dozen or so quite elderly people without masks in the streets and only counted two wearing one. Someone in continental Europe says this is how they're doing it there as well now, almost no masks to be seen.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 3, 2020 20:34:24 GMT -5
This headline made me chuckle, "Mexico closes US border"
It sounds like a punchline in a late night monologue... but it's real.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 3, 2020 21:36:05 GMT -5
This headline made me chuckle, "Mexico closes US border" It sounds like a punchline in a late night monologue... but it's real. So there's one more sh**hole country in the world now?
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 3, 2020 21:38:42 GMT -5
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 4, 2020 11:16:04 GMT -5
Have a happy fourth everyone~
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 4, 2020 11:53:52 GMT -5
For all the complaints you see about being told to wear a mask, I'm sitting there thrilled it's finally socially acceptable to go out in public dressed like a ninja. My wife and I both had to go the bank this week to clear up a matter and of course to be identified we had to lower our masks. Then all three of us chuckled at the irony of wearing masks to go to the bank.
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Post by spoon on Jul 4, 2020 13:28:37 GMT -5
I don't know who George III is. Without a statue to learn about him I'm at a complete loss. When I was in elementary school, I read a book about a statue of George III that was torn down during the American Revolution. It was melted down to create ammunition to arm the Patriots. It's weird that I can recall this since it's book and not a statue.
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Post by impulse on Jul 4, 2020 13:52:46 GMT -5
Why should it be all or nothing? Can't we reopen but people still keep six feet apart and wear masks? Because for some inexplicable reason, a lot of people take grave offense to being asked to wear a mask and maintain social distance by experts and medical professionals, and they simply refuse to do so.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 4, 2020 20:33:00 GMT -5
I think maybe there's an intimidation effect, if a certain percentage aren't wearing them then some people take theirs off, if they were to see a lot more people wearing them than not they'd put them on. I don't care if I'm the last hold out or my Dad doesn't wear his because he sees a lot of others not wearing them, I will wear one until there are pretty close to no cases. Yep, my 78 year old Dad goes to the store and I ask him if a lot of people were wearing masks there and he says very few were, so I ask if he did and he says, "Oh I had one with me if I needed one". He watches and listens to the news over and over all day usually but maybe it just doesn't get through. If he sees people wearing them he'll wear it, if he sees people not he won't. We are at stage 3 reopening with 4 being I guess everything is open again, but I wish they would repeat that wearing masks is still the best thing people can do to keep things there. I feel a bit like those Germans in Fawlty Towers... however did they win the war? Most of Canada is doing pretty well up to now but we keep blowing it at different times... unforced errors! This is not a game to play at.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 5, 2020 18:11:21 GMT -5
Since my shemagh is really too hot, I purchased a covid face mask today. I felt a little guilty for buying a cheap mask made in China instead of one made locally, but it was right there near the cash register.
Turns out it is made locally... But funnily enough, in the town of Lachine, QC (which translates exactly as "China").
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 5, 2020 19:04:21 GMT -5
As far as informing the population goes, I think the BC government does a great job with its covid dashboard.I wish Quebec had something similar! We do get access to similar information, but in much less convivial way.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 6, 2020 14:26:50 GMT -5
So I arrived a little early to work today as usual and decided to listen to some music on my mp3 player. As soon as it turned on, it flashed "disc error". Well after a few tries turning it off and on again, I just went ahead and formatted it through the settings option. Gonna try and put my huge collection of songs back on there when I get home. Hope everything is all right with it. Had it for a good long while (like 3 years), hate the idea of having to replace it :/
Edit: Got home, plugged it into my laptop and the entire drive for the player was empty, which was weird. It usually has a folder for music, pictures, and ebooks. So I went ahead and created a new "music" folder and put a few files into test it and it worked fine. Then I threw in the rest of them and seemed to work a-okay
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Post by brutalis on Jul 6, 2020 19:50:58 GMT -5
Director called me in to meet. Hospital in full Disaster Level 5. Means no rooms available until discharges, not enough staff available for coverage, supplies low or on back order. Many of the departments have staff filed medical exemptions against working direct Covid floors or ANY floors with possible Covid positive patients who are awaiting test results. That covers 2 of our Medical Surgical floors. 3 of our Unit Secretaries who man our unit desks have filed exemptions. Which means every week we are short 15 shifts.
I was "Voluntold" by my Director beginning tomorrow I will Monday-Friday 6am-2:30pm doing my job from the unit desk my office is on. Meaning my normal duties Plus being the unit secretary answering the unit phone lines, answering patient call lights while guiding physicians, unit staff, respiratory and other departments as they come to the floor. Essentially 2 full time jobs AND greater risk of exposure. Oh yay.
Not much choice as I don't qualify for a medical exemption as I am healthy with no recurring ailments. Can't say no or risk possible termination. So will do what I am capable within limitations of doing 2 jobs. Director has no idea how long this new "temporary" need will last. Also asked me to do overtime/extra shifts since short of staff in EVERY department. Told her no on extra shifts but depending on coverage for the desk I can stay over an hour a day and not place myself towards exhaustion and risk my own health.
Welcome to the new decade eh folks? Glad to have job when many don't as well providing any assistance for overworked staff. Just sucks not asked and being told. Especially when a month ago many in my role have either been furloughed or been outright terminated as cost saving measures. What will tomorrow deliver is unknown...
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 6, 2020 20:05:46 GMT -5
Sorry, bro. Sometimes the job is okay and sometimes it stinks. That's why they have to pay you to do it.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 6, 2020 23:44:20 GMT -5
Good thoughts for your protection brutalis! As they used to say on Hill Street Blues... "be careful out there!"
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