OT: personal covid preparedness plan

[Laeeth Isharc]

On Monday, 19 October 2020 at 23:55:57 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
> What we didn't do until much later (but by the looks of things, 
> if it gets bad we would have no choice): masks. This is 
> preventative. You will not know that you have COVID-19 until it 
> is too late.
>
> Last but no less important: Stay at home! If you are not 
> perfectly healthy, keep away from others.


> Is Symmetry offering the hand sanitizer and where possible 
> encouraging social distancing within their offices?

We started preparing for everyone to work from home in January 
and the final instruction not to come into the office went out 
Feb 23.  We told everyone in January to prepare by having three 
weeks of food at home, order masks and to consider vitamin D.

We pay for vitamin D tests for all employees and consultants and 
we are trialling antigen strip tests with the hope we can pay for 
weekly testing of Symmetry people and their families.

We have also written some public policy proposals to try to 
improve Covid policy in the UK.

It's not really an issue to have social distancing within the 
office because they have been closed since February and I don't 
see a way that we can reopen any time soon.

Hand sanitiser is a good idea if you can't safely wash your 
hands, but for a disease spread by droplets and aerosol it's only 
something. Our building is owned by the NHS so unfortunately it's 
tough to get them to fit HEPA filters and viricidal UV to the 
HVAC. A bare minimum to reopen safely.

We are opening a Jersey office and giving people the option to 
relocate here.  It's a bit easier to govern an island than a 
great nation.