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Aug. 5th, 2021 07:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miss_lucy21 So. Still alive. Still at home, mostly. I've been vaccinated since the beginning of May, but still being very cautious.
Work has decided we are going back in September (barring major Delta surge here. It's not great here in Ohio, but it's not nearly as severe as say, Florida). We're going back hybrid, mostly because everyone pitched a major fit when they said we were going back full time. My team was always going to be hybrid, so it didn't matter to us (we'd be permanently remote if my boss had his way. The rest of the IT departments are going to permanent remote, but we are apparently not enough of an IT team to count). However, they are doing three days with everyone in and two days at home, which makes no sense from a distancing standpoint, but does make sense from a business standpoint when the management didn't want to do hybrid to begin with.
They aren't going to mandate vaccines. There was a survey about vaccination statuses, but it was voluntary. I asked if we could find out what the percentage was, although that's probably going to be overstated, given that I suspect that vaccinated folks were overrepresented in the survey. Local rate is about 51%. I also asked if we could find out if there had been any building improvements in terms of ventilation, etc. because it's an open plan office.
So, I have masks and I just bought some 2.5 ppm mask filters, which should help. I am taking a trip to Denver later this month, and I've got a N95 for that (with the elastic around the head loops, not just the ear loops). We're going to a water resort type hotel thing for my nephew's birthday. We planned this before things started getting hairy again, and I'm not entirely sure it's a fantastic idea at this point, but we're all vaccinated (except my nephew who is turning 7, so he can't be yet) so it's probably safe? I guess? My doctor has told me that he's not concerned about me at this point, because I respond well to vaccines and my lung functions are basically normal at this point, so if I did get sick, it would probably not be too bad. We'll see- there's another 2 weeks before we go, so maybe things will improve? Maybe? My risk tolerance is pretty low, so this could be interesting.
Work has decided we are going back in September (barring major Delta surge here. It's not great here in Ohio, but it's not nearly as severe as say, Florida). We're going back hybrid, mostly because everyone pitched a major fit when they said we were going back full time. My team was always going to be hybrid, so it didn't matter to us (we'd be permanently remote if my boss had his way. The rest of the IT departments are going to permanent remote, but we are apparently not enough of an IT team to count). However, they are doing three days with everyone in and two days at home, which makes no sense from a distancing standpoint, but does make sense from a business standpoint when the management didn't want to do hybrid to begin with.
They aren't going to mandate vaccines. There was a survey about vaccination statuses, but it was voluntary. I asked if we could find out what the percentage was, although that's probably going to be overstated, given that I suspect that vaccinated folks were overrepresented in the survey. Local rate is about 51%. I also asked if we could find out if there had been any building improvements in terms of ventilation, etc. because it's an open plan office.
So, I have masks and I just bought some 2.5 ppm mask filters, which should help. I am taking a trip to Denver later this month, and I've got a N95 for that (with the elastic around the head loops, not just the ear loops). We're going to a water resort type hotel thing for my nephew's birthday. We planned this before things started getting hairy again, and I'm not entirely sure it's a fantastic idea at this point, but we're all vaccinated (except my nephew who is turning 7, so he can't be yet) so it's probably safe? I guess? My doctor has told me that he's not concerned about me at this point, because I respond well to vaccines and my lung functions are basically normal at this point, so if I did get sick, it would probably not be too bad. We'll see- there's another 2 weeks before we go, so maybe things will improve? Maybe? My risk tolerance is pretty low, so this could be interesting.