Great news, just when I was about to order a bunch of convoy hosts!
As far as sterilizing with isopropyl alcohol goes, 70% has been shown to be more effective than 90. Over 70 alcohol doesn’t absorb into pathogens as well, therefore lowering its effectiveness.
I am not sure why coronavirus is a rather novelty term to many, as SARS, MERS when they came out they were also coronaviruses, but I guess at that time people were not as big on FB, YT and other platforms to talk about it constantly and spread the info with the virulence that info spreads today.
Ethanol 70% is good against coronaviruses and viruses in general, here is a test where you can see various substances, on a coronavirus HCoV 229E, on Type 3-parainfluenzavirus, etc.
People think it is worthless, but is actually worth it, even if it is just ethanol 70%.
Glutaraldehyde 2% is pretty good too against viruses, but this one is to be expected of course.
Here you can see the full substance list and mixes of substances.
Entire study here
I’m more worried that it’s going to delay orders. The virus will be well and truly dead by the time any infected parcel arrives.
Even then, it needs perfect conditions for it to survive out of the body for any more than about 24 hours.
I do agree with this, but many times people at work (here in Sweden) have just got a common cold, no big deal. And as far as I know, when you are the most likely to infect others with the flu is at the beginning when the symptoms are much like those of a common cold. At least here in Sweden, if everyone stayed at home as soon as they started feeling symptoms of a common cold there would be a whole lot more sick days at work, which means decreased productivity which leads to decreased tax revenue for the government which leads to unhappy politicians. The dozens that go down in the flu would be nothing in comparison… So, get back to work and be the most productive you can be!
In NL we have each year one or two outbreaks of the (common) flu.
Health officials call it an epidemic when 50 or more people are infected per 100,000 inhabitants. Yesterday it was announced on the news that, though quite a few people are ill, up to this moment there was no flu epidemic at hand. Unlike previous years, early in February.
Regard delayed shipping etc. I think we should show them some understanding and be patient. China government threatens with DEATH SENTENCE breaking the quarantine! I will wait couple of weeks to see if the orders get shipped by then.
At last count 34,500 infected with 722 deaths, equals a 2% kill rate. It is spreading at will and is amazingly potent virus.
I am not sure how to prepare for its arrival here in the US. Any suggestions ?
wouldnt worry until healthy people start dying outside of China, which so far hasn’t happened. and those that have died have been said to have underlying conditions or lack of medical care.
It is already here. Twelve confirmed cases updated an hour ago.
One confirmed US citizen Dead, he was living in China.
Having Faith and not worrying about things I can not control has always helped me.
Far more likely things to worry about for an American on US soil. ( if worrying is your thing)
I wonder how many pet and wild species are proving to be viable hosts for this bug.
I’d think since it apparently came from wild animals it will propagate to them, wherever it finds an opportunity.
Ironic that the Korean DMZ, various arsenals and bombing ranges, and the Chernobyl exclusion area have become wildlife sanctuaries.
Maybe if the coronavirus settles in, wildlife will be safer everywhere
Thats a really scary thought, lets hope this strain only infects humans
There’s a 2-week-long “nasty cold” circulating where I live, I’d guess it’s one of the “current four” but don’t know if anyone’s bothering to identify it.
EDIT: probably not: “Well over 200 virus strains are implicated in causing the common cold, with rhinoviruses being the most common….
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… The most commonly implicated virus is a rhinovirus (30–80), a type of picornavirus with 99 known serotypes.[29][30] Other commonly implicated viruses include human *coronavirus (≈ 15)*,[31][32] influenza viruses (10–15),[33] adenoviruses (5),[33] human respiratory syncytial virus, enteroviruses other than rhinoviruses, human parainfluenza viruses, and metapneumovirus.[34] Frequently more than one virus is present.[35] In total over 200 viral types are associated with colds.[3]…
Your not to far from where I live, that nasty 2 week cold your talking about is most likely the RSV virus. It’s been spreading where I live, nasty cold symptoms to an adult but affects young children and the elderly a lot worse.
So Wikipedia says there are a couple hundred different viruses causing the “common cold” — what, me worry?
And science, ya know, doesn’t know everything yet:
When you start popping bubble wrap on your new light.
Where did that air get trapped in the first place?
Just Saying…
All the Best,
Jeff
How do you know that’s what’s spreading in Stockton, did someone identify it?
Links in original.
Yes, about 2 1/2 weeks ago my 8 year old granddaughter awoke in the middle of the night crying out in pain and burning up with a fever. We took her to the ER and one of the first things they did was take a nasal swab, no blood tests, no x-rays, just the nasal swab. Within an hour they informed us that she had the RSV virus. I thought it was strange that they knew exactly what test to run.