Seems like testing is tricky. How long will it take to get results? And if you’ve been exposed, where are you in the progression as far as symptoms, contagiousness, and viral load being detectable by the particular test. I think the home tests are antibody tests which will be a lot less sensitive than a PCR test which first amplifies the DNA but takes longer to get results. So if you think you’ve been exposed, the safe thing is to isolate while waiting for your test results, and probably get another test in a few days.
Supposedly you can get results faster by going to a private lab and paying $100 or $200. Football teams get same day results I think. If the objective is to avoid liability, who knows? The companies that take everybody’s temperature at the beginning of the day, seems like that’s not worth much. Would getting tested once a week be considered enough? Could a lawyer even answer that? My IANAL gut feeling is keep your distance, use hand sanitizer, wear a mask if you need to work inside in the same room with the customer. I see some commercials where companies say they sanitize their tools between jobs. Some of this is probably performance art to avoid liability or make the customer feel comfortable. But some customers will be offended if you mask up, depending greatly on how rural the area and the political affiliation of the customer. The more I think about it, we’re screwed no matter what. But supposedly the real reason Mitch is balking at another relief bill is to get immunity for businesses included. Hopefully not just for big corporations. In any case, I don’t see how the lawyers could sue every business in America. Well, I may be underestimating lawyers. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2020 5:36 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Routine COVID testing for techs I dont know, CVS has drive through testing but they have rules, I'd bet if you did a contract you'd be looking at 100 to 200 per test. They have the home tests now, might be worth looking into, talk to your liability insurer, not your health insurer, they may swing you a deal. It's a really good question though, especially with the looming vaccines, there will be litigation soon. Plus one facebook review stating "X ISP killed grampa" could decimate a company in a small area On Thu, Nov 26, 2020, 5:29 PM Matt Hoppes <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Will the places like Med Express do weekly tests? Or do you have to prove you had exposure? On Nov 26, 2020, at 6:24 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: They're free all over, just locate one of the testing sites and send them weekly. They're unreliable, but better than nothing. Can also send them to donate blood at red cross, they test every donation for antibodies. Probably dont want to send them all the way to Bloomington, but Joliet has a rapid test site On Thu, Nov 26, 2020, 5:20 PM Matt Hoppes <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Being that techs are in and out of many many houses every week does anyone have any resources for getting repeat tests for them, similar to what nursing homes are doing where they test the staff every week? -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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