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Test results are in.  No COVID!

OK, how do I know when to pull potatoes and onions?

Still no fever, and I'm assuming that if my test showed up positive over the weekend, they would have included me in the demographic #s for new cases in our area.  Pretty well assuming I'm in the clear, but waiting for the official results first.

Still have just a catch in my breath every once in a while, but respiratory crud always hits me hard.

97.9 this morning and just a mild headache.

Still waiting on the test results, but maybe it was just a 24-hour bug?

That would also explain hubby going "Well, I had a scratchy throat the day before."  His immune system is a LOT stronger than mine, to the point where a bug that had me throwing up repeatedly just caused a bit of indigestion for him.

I have been tested. I said it’s nowhere near as bad as they make it out to be, but hubby pointed output that I have an extremely high pain tolerance and may have abused my sinuses enough to deaden the nerves.  It felt like a poke, then my eyes watered. That was about it. Temp is up to 100.9-ish. All the thermometers give me a different reading. Hubby wants to try a manual one if we can find it. 
 

It’s a 24-hour test, but they tell you it may take 4-7 days for results. 

Today's fun game is called, "Allergies or Cold or Covid".  Yes, I've seen the chart.  No, it doesn't actually help.

3M has said to please not use the AC or vacuum filters as they may have materials in them that you don't want to be breathing in that close to your face.

I don't know if any of y'all would sit and watch videos, but this seems interesting.  Home-Grown Food Summit. It's free to watch while it's going on.

https://thegrownetwork.com/2020-home-grown-food-summit-registration-aff/?SSAID=1824779&sscid=41k4_urgdb&utm_source=aff&utm_medium=sas&utm_campaign=1824779

What do you use the celery leaves for?

The number of cases in our area jumped by half again (from 40-something to 60-something) in the last few days...and almost all are from the same nursing home. 

Oh yeah, Mom sent me this tutorial: 

3-minute Masks.  I need to work on my pleating some more.  I’m doing them in opposite directions instead of the same because it’s easier.

Sewing masks today.  I’d already planned to sew some.

Hubby said he won’t wear one, so I wasn’t planning on prioritizing his.  Now one of his potential customers says that nobody without a mask can come in, so he’s asking if I can make them for him AND for the guys he works with.  Also making a bunch for up at church.

8 hours ago, Littlesister said:

Our check hit the bank last Sat. and was posted yesterday.  Now I hear they are talking about doing it once a month.  Some how I don't think that is going to happen. 

From what I’ve heard, only the one payment was in the legislation that was passed, but earlier versions had 2. 

Ours came in.  Hubby's talking about using part of it to build the back porch, but other than that, it'll just sit in savings until there's a light at the end of the tunnel that isn't an oncoming train and get thrown at debt.  That's our general plan for right now - save any extra, and pay the minimums on everything.

Heading into the office today, with a mask on, so the IT people can remotely access everything.

My brain is getting tired of everything.  I'm retreating into fantasy lands more often in the form of video games, and that's probably not for the best.  I should put parental limits on myself so I can't overdo it.

8 hours ago, Mt_Rider said:

Posting at same time, Jeepers. 

 

Does launching 60 sound like a LOT of satellites???      Be a traffic jam up there!  Bet that was an interesting sight tho, Kappy. 

 

MtRider  ....just don't bang into the satellite I currently use for Internet!   

Maybe if they bump ours, it'll work better....

2 hours ago, Jeepers said:

The world's largest pork producer (Smithfield) has closed indefinitely due to 230 employees at the South Dakota plant tested positive for the coronavirus. 

 

Sorry I can't link it...Kindle. 

 

 

It employs around 3,000 to 4,000 workers. 

 

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2020/04/13/smithfield-foods-close-sioux-falls-plant-indefinetly-amid-covid-19-outbreak/2982640001/

238 employees tested positive for COVID-19.

Our county is up to 32 cases, I believe.

We're in oilfield country - I've been told that a lot of the kids that were going to the public schools have basically evaporated because when their parents lose their jobs/get a pay cut, they move on to somewhere else.  The RV parks are advertising openings on Facebook more than I was seeing before.

7 hours ago, Mt_Rider said:

 

So.....do you have any undies that could be retired?  Elastic is in a lot of old clothes.  I always cut the elastic out to save... "Packrat with a Purpose" y'know.     How about some elastic gift wrap ribbon?  I have tons of sizes of rubber bands.  Might catch in hair if not covered.  

 

Or switch to a Velcro closure....adjustable. 

 

Nose piece: 

bread twisty

the type of wire that bends easy - a bright silver type but I don't know what kind....

If you retire a real surgical mask or N95....save the nose piece...

 

There have to be more alternatives....???

 

 ....DH went to gas station store for milk.  [with me not drinking it right now, it got globby too soon]  He wore a surgical mask and said about half the people had face covering. 

 

MtRider 

Some friends of mine have said that the tie ones are getting much more popular with the nurses, as there are issues with the elastic failing after being washed on high heat too many times.

Y'know, I'm seeing a distinct lack of differentiation between people who were already prepped and people who go clear out all the shelves.

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook.  it's part of a grocery store manager's rant, supposed, about being nice to the grocery store workers.

I'm wondering if she actually read the whole thing, 'cause I'm pretty certain her family is one that preps.

Definitely part of why you don't tell people what you have available.

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If the store you go to is out of an item.. maybe find the neighbor or friend that bought enough for a year ... there are hundreds of them... and ask them to spare 1 or 2. They caused the problem to begin with...

 

Hobby Lobby said they'd been out of elastic and binding for weeks already.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3563092

Talking about possibly using povidone iodine to reduce transmission.

On 4/2/2020 at 6:16 PM, Daylily said:

Dr. Brownstein's vitamin protocol. He says the nebulizer protocol is coming another post.

 

https://www.drbrownstein.com/coronavirus-vii:-we-are-ready-and-you-can-be-ready-too!-2/?cat_id=968

Nebulizer: https://www.drbrownstein.com/there-is-still-hope-out-there-v:-more-about-nebulizing/?cat_id=32

1 hour ago, Mother said:

We have an ex-nurse sewing masks for the small local hospital near us.  She is using interfacing material encased between layers of cotton.  Not sure if that works better than just plain cotton but these are washable yet hold their shape and filtering ability. 

Mom said that the ones they're making for EMS have the interfacing in them as well.

Duuuuude.  This one just uses a stapler.  https://medium.com/@kuovonne/2-minute-no-sew-no-elastic-washable-face-mask-with-filter-pocket-6ec7ad7ee908