The Covid-19 Thread: News, Preparation Tips, Etc

naturalgyrl5199

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Does it matter? Regardless, those wet markets were a ticking time bomb.Lab or wet market, both are reckless behavior on the Chinese governments part.
I literally watched a video of a girl biting the head off a bat in some East Asian country. Poor bat was A L I V E.
Pangolas (sp?) carry a certain form of several coronaviruses. They are related to the Komodo Dragon which carry deadly viruses. I remember reading somewhere that Kenyans were super pissed that this particular animal (the Pangola (sp?) was being poached to near extinction by Chinese folk who had been moving in droves to their country. The poor little animal became a delicacy sometime in 2017-2018. It moves slow, can't protect itself and was easy to find.... Was barely on anyone's radar before then. You see in Kenya they have experience with many MANY endangered species and have a HUGE animal welfare program, Animal Preserves etc. This was all over their news. They were one of the first ones sounding the alarm about Wuhan thinking they MAY have spread it due to this animal. I don't know WHAT their obsession is with eating whole live birds (also saw on camera), scorpions, octopus, and the like...again...while the animal is alive. Add that to 1B souls in that country....one state may have the equivalent of several large US States and you have a cesspool.
 

B_Phlyy

Pineapple Eating Unicorn
Anyone knows if researchers have concluded whether it is transmitted by droplets or airborne?

Droplet transmission but people greatly underestimate how far droplets can travel.

I found this video pretty helpful for explaining to a family member why I need them to stay home.


Or used a public rest room.

Yep. This is why I have a bathroom bag for work. I have various kinds of wipes and tissues for everything in there.
 

naturalgyrl5199

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Anyone knows if researchers have concluded whether it is transmitted by droplets or airborne?
Droplets, Airborne, Fecal-oral, surface...
New research shows it lingers over 20-60 minutes on surfaces and can linger in the air for over 15-20 minutes....and that 6 feet may not be enough...it may be as much as 13-15 feet that a sneeze can spray.

UGH.
 

naturalgyrl5199

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Droplet transmission but people greatly underestimate how far droplets can travel.

I found this video pretty helpful for explaining to a family member why I need them to stay home.




Yep. This is why I have a bathroom bag for work. I have various kinds of wipes and tissues for everything in there.
Whats a bathroom bag?
 

B_Phlyy

Pineapple Eating Unicorn
Whats a bathroom bag?

My personal protection bag I take every time I go to the washroom at work. We do have a cleaning crew but they only come every 4-5 hours.

It's just a makeup case I packed. In it are clorox wipes and mini spray bottle of diluted bleach, 2 types of flushable wipes, hand sanitizer, hand soap, and facial tissue. Even though I don't sit on it, I spray the toilet, use it, clean myself, more spray then flush. Wash my hands but we have a pull door, so I dry my hand under the air dryer then use tissue to open the door.
 

awhyley

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My personal protection bag I take every time I go to the washroom at work. We do have a cleaning crew but they only come every 4-5 hours.

It's just a makeup case I packed. In it are clorox wipes and mini spray bottle of diluted bleach, 2 types of flushable wipes, hand sanitizer, hand soap, and facial tissue. Even though I don't sit on it, I spray the toilet, use it, clean myself, more spray then flush. Wash my hands but we have a pull door, so I dry my hand under the air dryer then use tissue to open the door.

How many parts bleach to water please?
 

fifi134

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For the teachers and staff no--especially the 60 plus groups.

However, according to the CDC, almost no one under 14 is dying from it. *Don't shoot the messenger.*

Can't have school without the teachers. Almost no one is still not 0.

As a teacher, I would not be going to work if I was told to. Schools are already petri dishes, but we have 1,000 kids in the building. No thanks.

Luckily MA's governor is doing the opposite of whatever 45 says to protect the state.
 

scoobygirl

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Can't have school without the teachers. Almost no one is still not 0.

As a teacher, I would not be going to work if I was told to. Schools are already petri dishes, but we have 1,000 kids in the building. No thanks.

Luckily MA's governor is doing the opposite of whatever 45 says to protect the state.
In addition to the teachers you have the lunchroom staff, maintenance, bus drivers, crossing guards and all the family members of the exposed folks. I don’t think they’re thinking this through.
 

ThirdEyeBeauty

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There is more to this C19. We just don't know yet. There are people in the same household who test negative and no symptoms but the significant other tests positive with symptoms.
 

MomofThreeBoys

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/...module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#link-be25771


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Zhongshan Park in Wuhan on Tuesday.Credit...Getty Images
Adding to growing evidence that the novel coronavirus can spread through air, scientists have identified genetic markers of the virus in airborne droplets, many with diameters smaller than one-ten-thousandth of an inch.

That had been previously demonstrated in laboratory experiments, but now Chinese scientists studying real-world conditions report that they captured tiny droplets containing the genetic markers of the virus from the air in two hospitals in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak started.

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Their findings were published Monday in the journal Nature.

It remains unknown if the virus in the samples they collected was infectious, but droplets that small, which are expelled by breathing and talking, can remain aloft and be inhaled by others.

“Those are going to stay in the air floating around for at least two hours,” said Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech who was not involved with the Nature paper. “It strongly suggests that there is potential for airborne transmission.”

Dr. Marr and many other scientists say evidence is mounting that the coronavirus is being spread by tiny droplets known as aerosols. The World Health Organization has so far downplayed the possibility, saying that the disease is mostly transmitted through larger droplets that do not remain airborne for long, or through the touching of contaminated surfaces.

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Even with the new findings, the issue is not settled. Although the coronavirus RNA — the genetic blueprint of the virus — was present in the aerosols, scientists do not know yet is whether the viruses remain infectious or whether the tests just detected harmless virus fragments.
 

weaveadiva

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Pence defends not wearing face mask during Mayo Clinic visit

The vice president said he was following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, which say face coverings are intended to prevent those who may have the virus but are asymptomatic from spreading it to others.

"As Vice President of the United States I'm tested for the coronavirus on a regular basis, and everyone who is around me is tested for the coronavirus,” Pence told reporters traveling with him.

"And since I don't have the coronavirus, I thought it'd be a good opportunity for me to be here, to be able to speak to these researchers, these incredible health care personnel, and look them in the eye and say thank you," he added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...ot-wearing-face-mask-during-mayo-clinic-visit
 

MzRhonda

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Can't have school without the teachers. Almost no one is still not 0.

As a teacher, I would not be going to work if I was told to. Schools are already petri dishes, but we have 1,000 kids in the building. No thanks.

Luckily MA's governor is doing the opposite of whatever 45 says to protect the state.
Same here as a teacher with a classroom of well over 10 students with many who come to school sick and with already compromised immune systems I will not be going back this school year and I really question the beginning of next school year. Thankfully my Governor is not listening to trump
 
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