CoVID-19
You should sanitize your hands before and after each time you touch a mask.
I guess I'm not making it clear.
I saw some 20 something guys on crotch rockets last week wearing masks, but no helmets, shorts, and sneakers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯yes, that's really the dumbest thing happening right now
You'd think a trip through a gamma irradiation sterilizer would fix em right up.
We're recycling PPE as well. UV is their weapon of choice, I believe.
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Even if you’re wearing gloves? - average moron who thinks gloves miraculously stay clean.
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I don't engage in twitter cesspool but relevant:
One third of people in study test positive for COVID-19 antibodies
Physicians in Chelsea, Massachusetts, tested 200 residents' blood for COVID-19 antibodies and discovered nearly one third of participants previously had the illness
*only non-paywall link I could find but in Boston Globe/Herald and other sources.
What are these "masks" and "hand sanitizer" you all keep going on about?
I have looked on the high street in the finest of shops, all of whom want my custom, but forsooth, these items appear to be nothing more than the figment of some charlatans imagination.
Seriously, not a mask, bottle of sanitizer, rubbing alcohol or disinfectant wipes to be found in the last few weeks in any store.
I have 2 new N95, as backup for my P100 respirator I use when sanding etc but that's it. A 500ml bottle of rubbing alcohol in the med chest, maybe 375 in the shop bottle and the leftovers of two small purell bottles from my Canoe trip on the Thanksgiving weekend.
Fuck I'm setup for life.
If you all need anything, you know where not to find it.
I have looked on the high street in the finest of shops, all of whom want my custom, but forsooth, these items appear to be nothing more than the figment of some charlatans imagination.
Seriously, not a mask, bottle of sanitizer, rubbing alcohol or disinfectant wipes to be found in the last few weeks in any store.
I have 2 new N95, as backup for my P100 respirator I use when sanding etc but that's it. A 500ml bottle of rubbing alcohol in the med chest, maybe 375 in the shop bottle and the leftovers of two small purell bottles from my Canoe trip on the Thanksgiving weekend.
Fuck I'm setup for life.
If you all need anything, you know where not to find it.
some of the clean rooms i've been in require double gloves.
wash hands
enter gowning area
clean hands with ISO
gloves #1
clean gloves with ISO
don gowns, booties, hairnet, mask
step to clean gowning area
gloves #2
clean second gloves with ISO
enter
Just out of curiosity, is there a way to home disinfect a standard N95?
I know, disposable, but....in todays climate...
Mist thoroughly with rubbing alcohol, then let dry in direct sunlight?
Maybe a trip in the microwave?
I would imagine this would only work a time or two, before it would cause to much degradation.
But still maybe better than a bandanna, or should I just have another bowl and sit in the corner quietly? I really have no fuckin clue and am thinking(?) out loud.
I know, disposable, but....in todays climate...
Mist thoroughly with rubbing alcohol, then let dry in direct sunlight?
Maybe a trip in the microwave?
I would imagine this would only work a time or two, before it would cause to much degradation.
But still maybe better than a bandanna, or should I just have another bowl and sit in the corner quietly? I really have no fuckin clue and am thinking(?) out loud.
Yup. I've been following that.I don't engage in twitter cesspool but relevant:
One third of people in study test positive for COVID-19 antibodies
Physicians in Chelsea, Massachusetts, tested 200 residents' blood for COVID-19 antibodies and discovered nearly one third of participants previously had the illnesswww.dailymail.co.uk
*only non-paywall link I could find but in Boston Globe/Herald and other sources.
Questions I'd like to see answered in future studies:
- replicable at that site with a proven high specificity test? (who knows what they used)
- replicable elsewhere in Boston or US
- change over time
I've seen people baking theirs at 170F. Don't know how they came up with that protocol.
I've seen a chart of the different ways to disinfect "disposable" masks like that and the heat in the over was the winner. I'll see if I can scare up the chart...
ETA: Found it. DISCLAIMER: I have not vetted the sources cited for this information.
See this one yet?
CDC reviewing ‘stunning’ universal testing results from Boston homeless shelter
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now “actively looking into” results from universal COVID-19 testing at Pine Street Inn homeless shelter.
www.boston25news.com
Agreed, the real tale of covid won't be known until accurate, repeatable and widespread testing is done.
In addition to MGH and others there are some private labs doing antibody tests locally but they're booked out weeks.
You don't need hand sanitizer to sanitize your hands. Soap and water will work fine. I carry a rag soaked in household cleaner when I go to the store to sanitize my hands each time I touch something.What are these "masks" and "hand sanitizer" you all keep going on about?
I have looked on the high street in the finest of shops, all of whom want my custom, but forsooth, these items appear to be nothing more than the figment of some charlatans imagination.
Seriously, not a mask, bottle of sanitizer, rubbing alcohol or disinfectant wipes to be found in the last few weeks in any store.
I have 2 new N95, as backup for my P100 respirator I use when sanding etc but that's it. A 500ml bottle of rubbing alcohol in the med chest, maybe 375 in the shop bottle and the leftovers of two small purell bottles from my Canoe trip on the Thanksgiving weekend.
Fuck I'm setup for life.
If you all need anything, you know where not to find it.
I am about 30% confident me and my wife had a very very mild case. Or it was something else.See this one yet?
CDC reviewing ‘stunning’ universal testing results from Boston homeless shelter
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now “actively looking into” results from universal COVID-19 testing at Pine Street Inn homeless shelter.
Agreed, the real tale of covid won't be known until accurate, repeatable and widespread testing is done.
In addition to MGH and others there are some private labs doing antibody tests locally but they're booked out weeks.
We also had to hose our final labcoat with some caustic shit meant to kill bacterial spores. We never worried about viral agents as our protocols were designed around bacteria which are harder to kill by a few orders of magnitude.
yea, i spent way too much time learning about the levels if ISO clean rooms. the procedure i described above was for a facility that was in the stages of validation for a product that would have direct CSF contact.
Yup. And the 15% (?) positive on universally screened pregnant women at an Ob ward in a NYC hospital.See this one yet?
CDC reviewing ‘stunning’ universal testing results from Boston homeless shelter
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now “actively looking into” results from universal COVID-19 testing at Pine Street Inn homeless shelter.
Agreed, the real tale of covid won't be known until accurate, repeatable and widespread testing is done.
In addition to MGH and others there are some private labs doing antibody tests locally but they're booked out weeks.
I eagerly await non-crap antibody data from every state.
Good luck with that...
Yup, got that baggie.
A bit messier and harder on the skin than za gelz but oh so lemony fresh.
14% positives, 88% with no symptoms in that maternity study.
Couldn't the data from 'reliable sources' in hot spots like tri-state/MA/WA work in lieu of nationwide testing?
They'd establish a ceiling on the plausible range, sure. But to inform individual states' actions we'd ideally have real prevalence data.
FWIW, IHME assumed at the end of August 3% prevalence _with social distancing_, iirc.
I set my hands on fire.
I hate to sound like a terrible cold hearted sob but I want to read about that woman having the virus in 10 days or so.
I agree, but that puts other people and healthcare workers at risk.
Can she get something else non-contagious that's related to COVID-19?
Hardcore...
Boy, there really is a "type" with these people, isn't there?
I had something late February, but the fact that only 10% of the people tested in Washington got positive results makes me seriously question if it was corona. Especially considering you had to have significant symptoms and be at risk to even get a test.