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Introduction/Definition/etc
So some health stuff only noticed
with someone else and later now with myself,
but might be co-related,
so have to say something
along the lines of Duty To Warn and Protect,
as if systemic, environmental, infectious, etc
would be better not to have happen with others,
spread, contained, etc...
Body
Original Text
Some time ago, i don't remember how long,
but likely summertime and/or before,
this year (2019 still) or previous
I'm not sure, someone at TBH
showed me something, a health problem
he was having, while volunteering at TBH,
which was like a boil coming up onto the surface
of his forearm, and asked if i knew what it was,
i tried to remain calm, and said something holistic like
your body doesn't want it and trying to get rid of it,
having had boils on my butt, seen by a
MD, MSW naturopath things generally take their course,
and not very alarmed, but not forgetting either...
So coming up on the New Year,
board elections and a relatively
small agenda online for TBH
i think i'm bringing it up....
Is this caused by TBH/ Annie's
and the dumpster(s) say Pesticides,
chemicals sprayed on plants then
on the loading pallets,
and around the trash area(s)?
Something infectious?
Something spread on tools,
people generally don't want to bother with
wearing gloves (kinda like condoms,
but much less intimate and personal)
training has not stressed it,
some what like helmet rules/
laws, lax, and unenforced,
limited liability has been included in
signing in to the bike clinic(S)
so you have to sign to use and volunteer,
so that something like lose an eye, with say a clip
of an end of a brake / shifter (sp?) cable end
into the eye, while chances may be slim,
risks of blindness, injury are high, if it does happen,
they may be higher with people who don't do it often,
people learning, and generally crowded type of environment
(setup and spreading out limited in the corner of the parking lot
taking busy Saturday parking spaces from paying customers
to the host for profit Annie's Ace HardWare...
And new Hosts, people like Matre D's who match
people with stands/ tables waiters/ mechanics
of some level, volunteers and hand holders
sort of, to talk people through,
sometimes show and sometimes just do,
though generally the rules
are don't take the tools out of someone's hands,
more empowerment and learn to use,
but many times that is have to show how to use,
muscle memory forces ,directions, not skinning
your knuckles slipping off a bolt, sometimes/
many times rusted, seized, etc..
So risks of disclosure, include mass hysteria,
and blow back, of many types,
I'd rather not be the group leper,
any more than i already am,
having experienced it with
TheShortOfIt
BedBugs,
and generally anything like being
the red haired kid on the playground
(update to old balding white haired guy)
So putting it to the Coop, now a legal 501c3
entity, to deal with in the off time,
off season before any opening in spring time,
elections and down time,
more of a question than a statement,
but PBWorks PageNames limit characters,
and this is an assistive writing type tool for
me, and revisions can go up, sometimes,
time and energy available...
Modified Text
What's Missing?
What Can Be Found?
What Can Not Be Found?
How To Analyze?
Lenses
Noob
Generally unawares of the issues,
not trained in this, and don't know,
but probably don't care either...
Kids
Longer life span and problems over time...
Mechanics
Welders
Students
Teachers
Insurance
Hosts
Like putting smoking together so they don't
bother each other...
or just ban smoking and eating all together?
Employers
Have medical?
No. they are just volunteers/ part time,
low hours people we don't bother...
General Public
On buses, etc, people handle hand rails,
have to touch elevator buttons, door handles,
etc...
Assumptions
Risks of not disclosing are worse
than disclosing...
Finding out generally not possible,
but will see, New Year and all...
Time Limits
How long ago was this?
What risks are involved?
How long would it take to resolve?
Book Data
Mostly for Book related processing
but might be some links to so called
real media, dead trees, which take
going out, things being open,
check out priviledges (sp?),
writing and editing, spelling,
forethought, etc...
ISBN
Bound
CopyRight
Pages
index
Links
TheBikeHouseCoop2015
TheBikeHouse
WeldingBasics2013
DownGradingVeloCityCoop2010
VeloCityBikeCoop
PhoenixBikes
Pestilence2016
BedBugSym2016
bed_bug_bite.pdf
TheShortOfIt
and likely many more...
Conclusion
Summary of experience or similar
none so far, decided to disclose,
noting it's the 11th, not the 13th
nor the Halloween Letters (M$ Computers)
but some down time, and not really wanting
to deal with the blowback, but
also not wanting the responsibility
liability and risks involved in not saying something....
MediCare Part C and open enrollment has closed
so changing medical plans not really an option,
and seems like losing more catastrophic coverage
for preventive care, and other problems of
health, seem somehow related
yet unspoken...
In an all volunteer and peer run aka Coop
type arrangement, without corporate ties,
directly, might be something else, idk,
never gone for office, and not trying to...
Also not trying to kill TBH, Phoenix, Velocity, etc,
but also not trying to spread systemic problems
between them, in the general we work on our own
bikes DIY environment(s), which generalized is Maker
communities too, sharing tools ,not washing / wiping them
down and even to Book sharing they seem to spray
gym equipment, at sports places, pools, etc
so some general hygiene among sweaty
exercising type transit types
is in order, imnsho...
Discussion
A place for feedback on the page presented
Do you have similar issues?
Hear of typhoid Mary?
Ever seen a Boil?
What of the AIDS black type growths?
Heard of SARS?
Hepatitis A, B, C, .... on thru Z?
Herpes Zoster aka Shingles presents similarly
and that i know i have/ had had, as outbreaks
are similar, but not sexually transmitted (sp?0...
Do and will you wear gloves when working
on mechanical things with hazardous chemicals,
and/or sharing tools,
or like condoms not wear them?
What are your risks if you don't?
And to others?
As a volunteer and helper, what do you
need to tell others about the risks?
Refuse to help/serve if they don't?
For yourself?
For others?
For the org?
What about safety glasses?
Face Shields and face masks?
Aren't they similar with risks to eye sight?
Are you somehow above all that,
too seasoned, old, stupid, experienced,
well insured/
unaware, and forgetful to protect yourself
and others?
What's your liability for not doing such things?
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Page History
20200111 Jerry
- Jerry created this page to
- log a Health Issue still UnKnown
- with possible risks to others
- mostly not addressed by orgs, and others...
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- Using TempSitUpdating
- to make situations uniform across cases...
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