If you were trying to get released from jury duty, it worked.
I am gonna try that when my mother in law visits!
If you were trying to get released from jury duty, it worked.
I was recently called into jury duty (and to my great good fortune, was released after only 10 minutes in the county courthouse - it turns out they'd called too many prospective jurors). The courthouse now mandates face coverings and everyone there complied, with most using a store-bought cloth or paper face mask and a few using a simple kerchief.
By comparison I looked like I was there for Halloween, with my N95 mask, lab safety glasses, face shield (from my machine shop) and rubber gloves. My outfit seemed to disconcert enough people that everyone stayed a good 10 feet away from me. That, plus my brief time inside makes me think I dodged the bullet.
My point, though, is that I was clearly being vastly overcautious and/or overdressed compared to the consensus for safe practice. In a similar situation are folks here from similarly older and at-risk populations taking similar precautions or was I just being silly (and unnerving my fellow citizens for no good reason)?
Don’t worry what others think and do stay safe.
+100. I see all kinds, do what you’re comfortable with. People who “know better” and don’t take precautions get infected every day...It’s all about your own peace of mind. So you get to decide what precautions are right.
Question regarding caution:
A person in your family/friend bubble had Covid in July. They recovered and are considered "safe." That person is somewhat less cautious now. What if that person inhales a load of virus but does not get the virus because they have the antibodies. Can they still infect you?
Yes, it gets messy. My family/friend bubble just got smaller. Even if my DB tells me he's negative because he just got tested yesterday. Really?I don't understand how they are considered, 'safe'. It has not yet been proven that having antibodies protects a person from reinfection. If they can be reinfected, then they can retransmit the disease. Until the medical evidence proves a person that tests positive for the antibody can not be reinfected, they are as likely as not to still be contagious as anyone else out there and I would act accordingly around them. Especially if they were less than cautious now. And I'd tell them to do a little more research before declaring themselves 'safe'. (From reinfection, infecting others, cross contamination, transmitting or anything associated)
I think you might have stumbled upon a great way to avoid jury duty.
What defendant wants Darth Vader in the jury panel..
I'm thinking that OP's extra precautions , would in some cases unnerve people as those people suddenly think "this is more dangerous than I thought" , and they feel suddenly exposed to catching the covid
I was recently called into jury duty (and to my great good fortune, was released after only 10 minutes in the county courthouse - it turns out they'd called too many prospective jurors). The courthouse now mandates face coverings and everyone there complied, with most using a store-bought cloth or paper face mask and a few using a simple kerchief.
By comparison I looked like I was there for Halloween, with my N95 mask, lab safety glasses, face shield (from my machine shop) and rubber gloves. My outfit seemed to disconcert enough people that everyone stayed a good 10 feet away from me. That, plus my brief time inside makes me think I dodged the bullet.
My point, though, is that I was clearly being vastly overcautious and/or overdressed compared to the consensus for safe practice. In a similar situation are folks here from similarly older and at-risk populations taking similar precautions or was I just being silly (and unnerving my fellow citizens for no good reason)?
I think you do you. Only you know your underlying conditions, or those of loved ones you may come into contact with at home. I wear an n95 and Im not in any risk group whatsoever, I simply dont want covid. I give zer0 sh%ts about what anyone may or may not think about it. If it looks too close, i even n95 to pump gas. Again, zero sh*ts given. Also, maybe in your case it let the clerk in charge of juries know youre taking it very seriously for some reason so maybe let you leave ASAP. Well worth it.
That actually seems like a brilliant way to get out of jury duty!
Totally answered my question.No one really knows but based on a discussion on TWIV about persons vaccinated, yes. They said that the vaccine prevents a person from getting sick from the virus but not from being infected and thus even people who have been vaccinated should wear a mask to prevent infecting others.
The person who has been nominated for the Supreme Court allegedly had Covid19 in June. It is possible that someone could have re-infected her and thus she could have been a link in the contagion chain. She wouldn't get sick but she could have been infected by others.
Let me give you an example of an illness with similar characteristics: Polio. The polio vaccine prevents getting sick with polio but the polio virus can still live in a person's intestines. That is why polio can be spread by the vaccinated to those who haven't been vaccinated.
This virus is sneeky!
It's possible, but much less likely because (presuming antibody response), they will not be allowing the virus to replicate and so the count will be very low compared to someone who has the exponential viral particle growth as seen in the typical infection.Totally answered my question.