How are you dealing with Covid-19 (Novel Coronavirus) ?

[Tula]

Mine is 4 inch weave, I would not think it was the net. I have watched owls make it through the weave when they goofed and got under it. Even watched a green heron get through.

Well that makes me feel better. I've seen sparrows hop through it to sit in the waterfall and they hop back out. Poor little bird......hoping it doesn't happen again. I've also seen hummingbirds rest on the nets' twine high over the pond, without problem.

 

[mrsclem]

So we went to get drain pipe for flood damaged area, out of stock. Ordered online and still had to go to multiple stores to get everything. Now trying to buy concrete, also out of stock. Guessing not because of storms. I have learned how to get most of what I need online and then call around to stores to find things like fencing. Seems like a lot of new gardens going in but I need at least 400 lbs of concrete. Having to pay double price to get it from local hardware store before next line of heavy rain comes Wednesday. Maybe use my extra paper towels and toilet paper to soak up water??

 

[Tula]

@mrsclem , we've been redoing an upstairs bathroom due to a plumbing leak and have noticed low inventory and delayed shipping for many things we've needed.

I hope you're able to get what you need before Wed. when the rains are expected.

 

[mrsclem]

@mrsclem , we've been redoing an upstairs bathroom due to a plumbing leak and have noticed low inventory and delayed shipping for many things we've needed.

I hope you're able to get what you need before Wed. when the rains are expected.

Have all plumbing fittings, drains, etc. Picked up 400lbs concrete this morning. Hoping to get it 90% done by tomorrow.

 

[Tula]

Have all plumbing fittings, drains, etc. Picked up 400lbs concrete this morning. Hoping to get it 90% done by tomorrow.

That is a big relief and hopefully the rain will hold off till you're finished. We're under a severe storm watch right now....I guess Chicago area is really going to get it!

I hope @CometKeith and @Lisak1 will be safe from the storm. I also am hoping Keith is not close to where the looting is taking place. I understand there are curfews in place for now. Be safe .

 

[CometKeith]

That is a big relief and hopefully the rain will hold off till you're finished. We're under a severe storm watch right now....I guess Chicago area is really going to get it!

I hope @CometKeith and @Lisak1 will be safe from the storm. I also am hoping Keith is not close to where the looting is taking place. I understand there are curfews in place for now. Be safe .

Thanks Tula. We are about 10 miles from the looting. One of our daughter lives only a few miles and she was concerned and my wife told her not to put any of her Gucci shoes or purses in her front window! The storms came through pretty strong but didn't cause any damage by us. I guess they had gusts up to 80 miles per hour not too far away. It's really sickening that people are ripping up the city. There is no excuse for it. It's just opportunists.

 

[Mmathis]

 

[JamieB]

So dads nasal swab said covid posative, I did the two weeks qt at home, blahblah. Dad needed a check up at his Dr, they test for antibodies: Negative. Hmmmm, living in the same house, close quarters, my covid test was negative. Starting to wonder about the numbers we are seeing. Ive been hearing reports of folks being told they tested posative when they never went for testing. And of folks dying of other causes being labled as covid. No, a car wreck is blunt force trauma, not disease related.
If your body fights off a virus, it produces antibodies to that strain. They will remain in the system for quite some time, should not be gone less than a month after the virus is defeated. And if it were as infectious as they say, I should have tested posative unless my body has antibodies built up from exposure to it at work, ( a posability ) so... Just wondering how many "posatives" are being falsely boosted, or false posatives. I think we need to be following up with antibody testing.

 

[Sunshine]

I'm wondering about the slogan "election virus". Our governor tested positive one day, than a day or two later he took the test again and it was negative. I wonder how many false positives are being recorded as positive to make the numbers go up. But, anyway, we'll never know the truth about all of it. I'm going to keep wearing a mask, washing my hands and being cautious around people.

 

[zeuspaul]

My son's girlfriend tested negative while everyone else in the household tested positive. She doesn't feel well and has the same symptoms as the others. I am sure there are bad tests in both directions.

Some reported deaths are not related but there are also unreported deaths due to the virus.

 

[CometKeith]

At work my foreman's mother in law tested positive. She lives with his family. His wife isn't feeling well and got tested. He got tested too. We are waiting on the results, but he is off of work in the meantime. If he is positive I'll need to get tested too and down the line and my wife and I are putting off seeing our grandson until we know. Our daughter just had a baby and doesn't want her getting covid. His mother in law took a trip to AZ. He thinks she got sick there. If he is positive he is going to have to stay home two weeks. He is not happy that he is missing work, but there is nothing I can do.

 

[IPA]

@CometKeith I hope things work out for you and your family, your workers and theirs. Does your Forman have sick leave, vacation time? I’m not sure about this but some workers that do not may be eligible for unemployment compensation even if they still hold their job but are out due to coronavirus. I think part of the catch is they have to be ordered to quarantine by a health care professional but anyone w/ a positive test is so ordered I believe.

 

[CometKeith]

@CometKeith I hope things work out for you and your family, your workers and theirs. Does your Forman have sick leave, vacation time? I’m not sure about this but some workers that do not may be eligible for unemployment compensation even if they still hold their job but are out due to coronavirus. I think part of the catch is they have to be ordered to quarantine by a health care professional but anyone w/ a positive test is so ordered I believe.

Hi. It turns out he was negative but his wife was positive. He is isolating in his basement with his kids. The doctor told him to quarantine 7 days before he returns to work which we are going to follow. I paid both regular employees and our independent contractors for two weeks while they stayed home when the stay at work orders first started. When we learned we were essential because construction was permitted everyone went back to work for us. I’ll pay him for this week because he is a key employee. I’m not happy for the extra expense but we did get some ppp money so I guess that’s what is was for to keep people off unemployment. So far since covid started we have about doubled our payroll . We hired one restaurant employee so farand might hire another to help us. Hopefully the industries that are still going well will hire enough out of work people to help people through this. I remember when housing crashed 12 years ago that tech and other industries kept the economy going. Maybe it’s our turn now.
oh ...we went to our first farmers market this summer today. I always bought bread from one vendor and when I said I wanted one he asked if I wanted two I said sure. He remembered me from last year and gave me 50 cents off a loaf and a free cookie!

 

[Sunshine]

My daughter works at the hospital in a surgeon's office. She called me and said a woman she works with tested positive. So now she won't let the grand kids come over for awhile. It's killing me. My granddaughter is 13 and has no friends. She texts me daily and comes over at least twice a week. UGH When will this end.

 

[GBBUDD]

Unfortunarely it will Not end until people stop buying into the fear. The Doctors now know how to treat for covid it is a bit different then most diseases. Instead of bed rest with this the best thing to do is just get o2 and get up and move so fluids don't build up in the lungs. The death rate is now less then 99.94 percent. This is all political now. I went to a Texas Road house yesterday and to say they were raking in the dough is a tremendous understatement. Big business is truly rulling the world now, and until people stop buying into this it Will continue a long time. Sturegous just had there annual bike rally 450,000 bikers Sex drugs rock n roll and the best the media can even come up with is 16 tested positive from the rally i dont care if 160 tested positive those numbers are so low its insane we still have a country Shut down. HERE IS SOMETHING ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN TO THE BIG APPLE HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AND THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.

it is the subway going to Manhattan. At 8 am on Monday morning. We all feel terrible when we hear of someone who committed suicide well WE ALL ARE RIGHT NOW TO OUR OWN COUNTRY