COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

[Stoker]

13 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

One dude had all of them but the fever..."no test, not COVID-19." 
One dude's wife is positive, no test for the rest of the family, they only had fevers and slight cough..."no test, not COVID-19."
Another guy had all the symptoms, not healthcare worker..."no test, not COVID-19."
Buddy in another Sq, all symptoms and had to get carried into the ER, not healthcare worker, "no test, not COVID-19."  He had to have his family carry him to the bathroom he was so exhausted.

This is going to have the effect, intentionally or not, of reducing the reported caseload, making containment efforts look more effective. And of course, making the death rate look even worse.

[17D_guy]

2 hours ago, b52gator said:

and here’s the audio he broadcasted to the ship’s crew

https://youtu.be/G7mwlwO0mdM

Well...that's going to go well.  Here's a fun one with sailor commentary (aka yelling) at certain portions.  My fav @ 1:58 - "What the fuck?"

 

[Majestik Møøse]

Put a trash bag over your head with a rubber band around your neck, that’ll keep that shit out.

[AirGuardianC141747]

I rarely go out, but when I do for finite resources I wear a mask and gloves. Being respectful of others and no one exactly knows the actual effectiveness good/bad percentages wise, but having the resources especially if you (I am that guy) tour the world on a frequent basis (every month) it is my duty to remain aware and apart from others in order not to jeopardize them or their families. My area is relatively naive and a third at best now wear protective gear, but they stay clear of those with masks thinking we might have this virus and rightfully so. Mask makes me personally aware of my face so I dare not touch it. I do not believe I have it since I was checked in Mar positive for the flu type B (now I wonder if you can have both as the testing stopped there, who knows). Either way, it’s a mild nuisance, we have all had chem gear training of some sort; therefore, you can add common sense measures when you arrive home discarding gloves, mask, clothes in the wash, getting sprayed in the face by my wife before I escaped to the shower after a world trip. Overkill perhaps, but it’s not hurting anyone and prudent in regards to things I care about. Company gives me kits so I use them, no big deal for me. 

[AirGuardianC141747]

3 minutes ago, Majestik Møøse said:

Put a trash bag over your head with a rubber band around your neck, that’ll keep that shit out.

That’s good stuff right there. Man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. Thins the gene pool out correctly as well. 

[pawnman]

I'm just frustrated at how this mask guidance came out.  On a Sunday afternoon, instructing people who largely aren't supposed to be leaving the house to come to work Monday with a mask... From somewhere?  And the Air Force wasted no time dictating appearance rules for the masks... But provided zero resources to anyone to fulfill the guidance.

Maybe it is better than nothing, but it seems like a lot of higher level leadership decisions.  Can't do anything smart, can't solve the problem... But they can do something visible so they don't get fired for "not doing enough".

[tac airlifter]

28 minutes ago, pawnman said:

I'm just frustrated at how this mask guidance came out.  On a Sunday afternoon, instructing people who largely aren't supposed to be leaving the house to come to work Monday with a mask... From somewhere?  And the Air Force wasted no time dictating appearance rules for the masks... But provided zero resources to anyone to fulfill the guidance.

Maybe it is better than nothing, but it seems like a lot of higher level leadership decisions.  Can't do anything smart, can't solve the problem... But they can do something visible so they don't get fired for "not doing enough".

Agreed, although my base put out guidance on how to sew your own mask from household materials.  Like with a sewing machine; because we all use those things...

[SurelySerious]

12 minutes ago, tac airlifter said:

Agreed, although my base put out guidance on how to sew your own mask from household materials.  Like with a sewing machine; because we all use those things...

I’ll be sewing mine with the standard issue sewing kit from initial AF inprocessing. It’ll probably be about two weeks before I can make it in. 

[Pooter]

Mask fabrication techniques and filtration effectiveness aside, this is just the latest in a laundry list of half-assed mitigation measures put in place by leadership to simply look like they're doing something. 

Want to hear another one?  UPT bases are currently doing two-team alternating day ops with half the IPs/studs flying one day while the other half has the day off.  The idea is to mitigate the spread by reducing total pool of people you interact with.  Which sounds like a decent idea until you consider the fact that they're all working in the same building, sitting at the same desks, flying the same airplanes, and storing their gear in 6-9 inches from someone else's in a cramped peg room.

My buddy's quote referencing this policy: "it's almost like we're doing something.. to look like we're doing something.. while not actually doing anything at all."  

[pawnman]

53 minutes ago, tac airlifter said:

Agreed, although my base put out guidance on how to sew your own mask from household materials.  Like with a sewing machine; because we all use those things...

Should be great for that 18-year-old airman in the dorms.

[Pooter]

Air Force: You are mission essential!  You and your job are so critically important we need you to continue to come to work during a pandemic.

Also the Air Force: make a face mask out of an ABU sock

[HU&W]

One wing commander put out a policy at 0700 this morning that masks will be ocp print or ocp colors to match the uniform.  

Edited April 6, 2020 by HU&W

[YoungnDumb]

1 hour ago, Pooter said:

My buddy's quote referencing this policy: "it's almost like we're doing something.. to look like we're doing something.. while not actually doing anything at all."  

Activity equals achievement.

[hindsight2020]

I was rocking the last-minute cut-out fabric off my black T-shirt from the black boot days, folded through two rubber bands. Look like a ghetto Shinobi. Fit's worth a shit but hey, 'resiliency'. 😄

3 hours ago, Majestik Møøse said:

Put a trash bag over your head with a rubber band around your neck, that’ll keep that shit out.

Sounds like sage advice for that SECNAV clown to take right about now.

 

[LookieRookie]

22 minutes ago, HU&W said:

One wing commander put out a policy at 0700 this morning that masks will be ocp print or ocp colors to match the uniform.  

Name that commander.

[pawnman]

23 minutes ago, HU&W said:

One wing commander put out a policy at 0700 this morning that masks will be ocp print or ocp colors to match the uniform.  

I guess anyone who was at work prior was sent home to get into the proper uniform?

[the g-man]

I guess anyone who was at work prior was sent home to get into the proper uniform?

And that’s when you leave and don’t come back for the rest of the day.

I’ll laugh if someone tries to chief over this. I already don’t have to get my haircut, who gives a what color my bandana is?


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[nsplayr]

This is what it sounds like when you know you done fucked up.

[DirkDiggler]

36 minutes ago, nsplayr said:

This is what it sounds like when you know you done fucked up.

 

[arg]

7 hours ago, SurelySerious said:

I’ll be sewing mine with the standard issue sewing kit from initial AF inprocessing. It’ll probably be about two weeks before I can make it in. 

Nice.

Here's the mask I wore today. Gate guard said I didn't look like the picture on my ID

[drewpey]

14 hours ago, rancormac said:

words

ok so you are admitting that the benefit of wearing a mask may be small, but is nonzero.  So why are you advocating not wearing one, particularly when there are many who are asymptomatic?

I get it that it looks dumb, but as someone said above...spend some time in asia and it's fairly common and considered courteous to wear masks if you aren't feeling 100% so you aren't spreading whatever you have everywhere.  Now is the time to be extra careful with you and your family's health...you don't want to have to go to a hospital for any reason.  It's not a hill worth dying on.

[pawnman]

6 hours ago, drewpey said:

ok so you are admitting that the benefit of wearing a mask may be small, but is nonzero.  So why are you advocating not wearing one, particularly when there are many who are asymptomatic?

I get it that it looks dumb, but as someone said above...spend some time in asia and it's fairly common and considered courteous to wear masks if you aren't feeling 100% so you aren't spreading whatever you have everywhere.  Now is the time to be extra careful with you and your family's health...you don't want to have to go to a hospital for any reason.  It's not a hill worth dying on.

The benefits of wearing a mask may be non-zero, but I think the jury is still out on the benefits of haphazardly wrapping a t-shirt around your head.

[AirGuardianC141747]

A plus for some Asians: Although they have toned quite a bit. HKG Protestors see the benefit now as the public has been forced to join their ranks of mask cohesion. 

[war007afa]

5 hours ago, pawnman said:

The benefits of wearing a mask may be non-zero, but I think the jury is still out on the benefits of haphazardly wrapping a t-shirt around your head.

I look at it from the standpoint of sex:  pulling out isn't the best method of birth control.  However, it's better than not pulling out, especially when I can't get a condom.  Now find a way to make that work for masks.

You're welcome.

[08Dawg]

On 4/5/2020 at 3:50 PM, 17D_guy said:

Any cloth covering. I'm sure the shoe clerks will decide coyote-brown is the only approved color. Cause they can make it more restrictive

Speak the Devil’s name...Ramstein is worried about the important things

Edited April 8, 2020 by 08Dawg
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