[TheForge] Brainstorm -- any underutilized mobile homes out there?

[Saint Phlip]

If most of you guys think it's a good idea, I can try to contact Mike
DeWine. He will at least listen to me, and perhaps through him, we can
suggest it to the rest of the states.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 9:55 PM jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> I heard there is a reasonably reliable rapid as in under 10 minutes,
> antigen
> test being distributed, production rates will come up soon.
>
> I think it's a good suggestion Bruce. Hotels are letting hospital and EMS
> personnel free rooms. I don't imagine suggesting private citizens can offer
> the loan of unused RVs for the purpose is unreasonable.
>
> These folks are laying their lives on the line to help everybody, anything
> we can do to help keep their families safe is a good thing.
>
> Does anybody here know how to make the suggestion? Maybe call a local radio
> station? Maybe network news HQ?
>
> Good thinking Bruce. (;
>
> Frosty
>
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce .
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>
> NJ is one of the states more heavily affected by COVID-19. My girlfriend
> went to the ER with possible symptoms, but was discharged (feeling quite a
> bit better) with medications. She WAS told to self-quarantine for 2 weeks
> (which means me, too) because some of her symptoms are consistent with
> COVID-19.  (If we had antigen TESTS, we'd know!  Thankyouverymuch CDC!)
>
> However, that's incidental to my reasoning for posting.
>
> Driving up to the hospital to pick her up, I noticed two or three various
> camper vans/Winnebagoes set up on the outskirts of the hospital parking
> lot.
> I didn't inquire, but it seems obvious to me that some medical staff
> probably brought them so they wouldn't have to go home to their families --
> risking infecting the -- between shifts.
>
> So here's my thought:  I'll bet there are a lot of such "mobile homes" out
> there underutilized.  Maybe they could be loaned to hospitals as crash pads
> for the medical staff.  There certainly are lots of good reasons NOT to do
> this, but maybe some owners will decide the reasons TO do it outweigh
> those.
>
> I lack such a vehicle of my own, so cannot offer my own. Sorry to come
> across as volunteering other people's stuff, but nobody is obligated and
> some might simply not have thought of it.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
>
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