ConVid19WalkInTesting2020
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Introduction/Definition/etc
I went to be tested,
not that i have a high probability of infection,
but not that it's an insignificant amount,
part of the catch 22 of testing,
screening and the Whole
ConVid19ContinuesIn2020
Medical/Industrial/Political Complex...
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So some reasons to be tested:
It's the responsible thing to do,
so much FUD, have to know,
right?
Reduces anxiety about it if know
scientifically?
Or just perseverate/ worry about something
else, like testing procedures, failure rates
of tests, insurance/coverage/
PreExisitingConditions, etc...
To be a 0.01%er who died from the disease?
To get on the CONVID19 Wall of Fame?
Is there one?
so you can give plasma, if you survive,
who knows maybe helps create a cure...
To be cremated for sure...
Some Reasons Not to be Tested:
Privacy?
Health?
Just live like a hermit instead,
can't infect anyone
going off along, say in the woods/at sea/
desert to die?
It Hurts,
I don't like Traditional Medicine/ The Government/
Medical Industry
They use you like lab rats,
infecting people
instead of really testing them,
it's Tuskeekey (sp?)/ etc
all over again...
And many more...
Some Irrational Excuses?
He wants to get out of something?
What? sleeping on an early morning?
How Was It?
Results, don't know, yet...
Shouldn't you be in isolation?
It's not as binary (Have It/Don't)
as some might think,
people with a testing site might claim
little to no higher risk than the general population,
though people going think there is,
and a science based scheme,
not a religious based, like you are a sinner,
well we all are, original sin, etc...
WITCH!
WarLock!
SLUT (might be more like it?
gender neutral?)
ScareLetLetter
(sp intentional, works for me)
FUD
Various NIMBY Issues...
Someone nearby,
in a building known to have someone
with some level of it,
where i could hear,
seemed to be taken out,
who seemed to have the virus,
and the smell
was something difficult to describe,
I was close enough to smell it,
and think there is a problem with that,
like smoke shouldn't be smelling
choking, gagging, etc on others
second hand smoke especially
given a smoke free building
though some dumbAsses
made a smoking area outside...
More Duplicitous (sp?)
SlumLords2020
A homeless guy came up to me
as i was leaving a store,
still in the parking lot,
not wearing a mask,
and i had taken mine off
as difficulty breathing in the heat,
and outside, too close
for comfort, but only a day
or so before being tested,
so a baseline?
before/ grey area?
IF I End Up Positive, several
reasons, and forms/ papers handed
out about contacting everyone you
may have been in contact with,
which is difficult to remember,
when/ where, whom, how to contact,
why to contact, and tell them to be tested,
seems as if some were trying to contact
me anyways, maybe about that?
(see below similar)
People have been trying to reach me,
contact me, but not been easy,
mostly i don't like the species,
so don't want more crap than
necessary,
and UnDueHarassment
(what is DueHarassment?)
STALKING
etc
not tolerated...
Early
forecast 80's
arrive late, for me,
08.30am or so,
Lots of Police Presence,
BLM might not want to be that close,
traffic control separate lanes,
etc. Seemed like overkill,
volunteers too,
not a lot being tested, afaict,
see later, maybe for why(s)...
drive up option,
walk in unmasked
police? told me where the entrance
was for pedestrians,
the other side of the park,
basically, so back out to the sidewalk,
two areas for vehicle testing,
one for pedestrians,
and they had a snaking line set up,
on gravel
i had the Rollenator
(populate link yet?)
as brought my own chair,
given so many place don't provide
them and expect people to stand for
hours, having done a lot of exercise
recently didn't have the patience for that,
and lots of young like volunteers
get him a wheel chair,
no good on that grave either
and then closer than 6 feet,
Sign for Arlington WiFi
(later see it's not working
some people come up to talk to me,
we took over the site
well, might want to cover the sign,
take it down,
sounds like an order,
bossy lady, listened, maybe
but probably didn't hear...)
up ramp, down ramp
whole parking lot
turns out the parking spaces
are about 6 feet apart,
some people were bitchy, not sexist,
men too, controlling, one almost
BagCheckTheLineWoman2019
levels of demeaning have to stand
here,
Water, but bathRooms?
in the Center which is likely CLOSED
so a TEASE/TORTUROUS
have to get out of line to go pee,
not sure how clean that is,
the garage was not that clean,
FANS
big industrial fans roll up,
along the ramps of the Garage,
but thinking later, that some
VIRUS BLOWN TOWARDS TOO,
luckily not anyone on the up side
of that when i got there
early, well before lunch
staff was saying 180/ hour
tested, whole facility?
or just the pedestrian line?
what to do without WiFi
an hour, which was estimated
when got in the very long snaking line,
gave me handouts
(how to get results,
tell others to get tested, etc),
i got a mask,
and then a second mask and
one of the two handout(s),
fiddling around with trying to
find any i was carrying,
as disposable and trash,
but not tried one of those
in a while, and wore it upside
down until about the testing
sample time, a metal nose strip
that you can push down next
to your nostrils (sp?)
for a tighter fit,
as opposed to letting more air
out the bottom...
Exercising to get there, and breathing
rather heavy to start with,
Photos
No signs of NOPHOTOS
i took them of signs,
need to remember, WiFi point
instructions too busy to read
much less remember,
and GPS geolocation on,
time stamp record of how long
waiting, etc...
Things to do?
Boring...
No WiFi
People watching not that great,
a few went ahead of me,
faster getting to the line,
a couple (few+ to 5? bikes)
some kids but rather far away
I didn't honk/ whistle/ clown
no robots played with,
clean floors/ garage, not really
worried about BirdFlu as
bird poop in places...
Seams in concrete,
difficult with the Rollenator,
uphill difficult and backwards,
need mirrors on it,
to see direction
not supposed to roll while sitting
but many do, so easily could
have toppled it,
and the many offers of use a wheelchair,
what would i have done with that
Offered to the front of the line
a wheel chaired person already
was there, when i got in the garage,
we pass by the testing, and then up
and back down, but not top level,
in the sun, not sure that was open,
and fairly quick turn around,
asking questions and registration
at the top,
Name
Date of Birth
Phone Number
I had thought this was anonymous
it REALLY WASN'T
hide your number might be good
too, someone trying to get your information
i took a photo of my form,
she had filled it out wrong misspelling my name
leaving email empty,
and i had special instructions to get hold of me,
which weren't really right,
and she asked if symptoms
I said none
looking at the form,
besides the waived implied consent,
no pens offered,
so my coloured pen correcting
and adding
can bill you, when supposed to be free,
and the attitude was the worst yet,
some time to calm after that,
as it's down hill from here,
some nicer people came up to
me and talked,
up and over electrical wires,
for the fan(s),
one mentioned she was a masters
student, i talked Gesthunhiet Institute
after asking if getting school credit for this,
use as resume filler, etc...
more likely need as a get out of Suicidal
Depression AdVanceSelfDirective
trained experienced people are/ have
been committing, a general problem
but with the severity of the PanDemic
more so, and one MD has more info about it,
(add link somewhere here...)
Testing
Talked with one lady who asked
if i wanted to cut in line
since mobility impaired
with Rollenator
Asked Photo policy
sure privacy for patients
but staff/volunteers?
Mentioned
I was going to write about this,
so others know what it's like
ASKING NAME & DOB
verbally loudly
others overhear
I added someone was taken out
with it and i could smell the Virus/
BiProducts/ etc
not something you forget/ easily
Aggressive Mean
It's Respiratory
like i don't know that,
but not had many/ any? tests from my nose
PAINFUL
AWWW (PAIN)
He has a Deviated Septum
said gave something to me,
said my email out loud
someone came up to me after
as collecting my stuff
to go
and "do you need help?"
like rushing me out?
and surprise like attack attitude?
"are you OK?" may have been
the question, implying no harm
done
while hearing in the background
someone lost their testing license,
the site might have been closed
they had duplicates/ another team
ready so people not sent home
because of bad collections people,
two at a table,
and she was laughing
going on about not knowing what
she gave me/him...
and likely had to restrain her
had to pass
several people along the way
police
volunteers
my mask off
trying to breath while exercising
stress, etc...
and just get the f out of there,
feeling used and abused,
not that different than
HateFaireZ2019
and a lot of Arlington
"Services"...
Modified Text
What's Missing?
What Can Be Found?
What Can Not Be Found?
How To Analyze?
Lenses
Assumptions
knowing may be better than not,
it's no fault, right?
would you volunteer to get in line
for the trains to concentration camp(s)?
Internment Camps?
No Cure,
No Vaccine,
Little TreatMent Options
Check the stats on who lives through it,
not 50/50, and a lot about the host
age, underlying conditions,
etc risk factors
Photos a built guy pre Virus
and tube in stomach
and post, he was a body builder
so relatively healthy to start,
...
Time Limits
Only once a month at that site,
didn't require a referral,
and they were looking for volunteers,
i didn't do that, think go through it first,
then maybe but given experience,
maybe not...
Book Data
(search for publications on testing methods?)
latest ReSearch?
ISBN
Bound
CopyRight
Pages
index
Links
ConVid19ContinuesIn2020
HeatProblemsWithConVid19Hours2020
JustSayNoToConVid2020
WhiteLivesMatter2020
approximately JuneTeenth
and few if any African Americans on site,
Latino seems well represented
some may need viral clearance to work
Patch ran an article on Latino
stats having higher infected
about the same day...
BagCheckTheLineWoman2019
HateFaireZ2019
Hate2017
Soaps2019
HandWashingLaundry2019
TimeForAChange2020
HippieClownCamp2011
AVeteransSonLaughsAndSpitsAtMe2011
WaitingForGodAgain2010
WaitingForGodot
/GoFish
and many more...
Conclusion
Summary of experience or similar
Not sure what to make of it,
Hate and discrimination/
reverse discrimination is high,
seems the vital areas of registration
and sample collection were staffed
badly, in my experience,
YMMV
busy talking with woman standing by
not seeing how others were collected,
just me, and sort of massed around?
personnel changes, some guy in the line
was later doing other stuff,
so some rotations of duties to keep it
interesting, idk,
talked of CERT Community Emergency
Response Team like stuff
seen at
DisasterReliefTrialsAlt2019
vs. professional CERTifications
licensing and insurance
some volunteering and how professionals
can and can't do stuff, that might effect
their status as professionals,
retired and SCORE later in Careers,
vs. starting out, say you are a
mental health professional,
and come out as a patient too,
what happens to your insurance?
lose license?
like a Lawyer/ Doctor with
a mental illness?
no longer on the Board?
License revoked automagically?
or on a case by case basis,
like HouseMD with Addictions and
fighting to do what you spend most
of your life training for...
And that is DRAMA/TV imagine
real life, less highlights, more BRoll...
Discussion
A place for feedback on the page presented
What would make you go get tested?
Would you be Required to?
Would you Refuse?
Use a psuedoNym (sp?)?
What types of Testing would you agree to?
What wouldn't you agree to?
Only of work paid?
had quarantine insurance/
free paid time off?
Worth the risk going to get tested
as theoretically more infected people
are around there, and maybe shoddy
cleanup/prep/ skills in volunteer
vs. serious medical environments
like Isolation...
(There was a question in there right?
not just a statement?)
Is there a level of testing,
start with one cheaper type
progress to the others
based on risk?
What are the risks of False Positive?
False Negative?
Not Knowing?
Not Caring?
Do people commit by getting infected?
Intentionally?
Or just by accident?
Deniability?
Plausable?
(sp?)
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