Re: [TheThinkTank] Reliable infection numbers

17 Mar 2020 · _confirmed_

      You guys are clever, from what I can tell, when I was visiting. No reason
why you all can't fabricate  a very sturdy pedal powered pump.  Angelo
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 3:09 AM BICAS ADMIN bicas@bicas.org wrote:
...
We just suspended all public services at BICAS in Tucson AZ today. :( Does
anyone have a brilliant design for a pump that can be left outside that is
less likely to get stolen/mangled??
Sending best wishes out to all our community bikes buddies in these
uncertain times.
~Carlyn
On Mar 13, 2020, at 8:48 AM, Jim Bledsoe gamesbledsoe@gmail.com wrote:
here is a look at the 1918 'Spanish Flue'
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 7:25 AM William Beasley wm.a.beasley@gmail.com
wrote:
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Jeff-
Our shop is a mess, too, and we'd like to clean up and get ready for
Spring. But just to be clear -- as of late yesterday, Ohio has 5
_confirmed_ cases of COVID-19. That 100,000 figure is an estimate from the
Ohio Department of Health as to how many folks in Ohio might currently be
carrying the virus, based on statistically extrapolating a rate of
community spread. Yes, it's serious, and we need to be taking aggressive
steps, but keeping perspective is important.
William Beasley
Elyria Bike Education Center
On 3/13/20, 10:07 AM, "Thethinktank on behalf of Jeff Potter" <
thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org on behalf of
jeff@outyourbackdoor.com> wrote:
Thanks for the idea of leaving a pile of tubes and patches outside

the door!
I kinda like the idea of one worker in shop at a time.

Our shop is a mess and we want to prep for spring here in Michigan.

We’re still sorting out how to respond. Yes, possible to spread if

asymptomatic but very very unlikely? It spreads via cough/sneeze. If our
core gang of 3, say, shows up and nobody is symptomatic it seems like we
will be fine.
Ohio has 100k cases: high alert! MI has 2 cases known. Should MI be

in a diff mode than OH?
Or should we all go to “stop all nonessential activity” mode to be

safe? Tubes outside the shop can be done regardless — we have hundreds of
excess tubes!
We’re talking 3 at a time — this is not a “big group.” It’s still

doing social distancing but it’s not total isolation. We can use spray
bottle w bleach to zap stuff to start. Not get close.
…Or should we do isolation? There are degrees in the isolation mode.

Weekly groceries are essential. Keeping grocery open is not total
isolation. Closing bike shop is not true isolation. So we’d stop all shop
activity if that’s best. I’m in favor of over-responding now to do all we
can to put the genie back in the bottle. Maybe for the next week or so?
Adjust LATER. Go harder on the front end...
Jeff Potter
Lansing Bike Co-op
Michigan
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