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04-24-2020, 06:08 AM | #1 |
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Virus Home-Made Countermeasures...
Amazon has "prioritized" delivery of most suitable disinfectants to healthcare facilities--and...another trip into town isn't in the plans.
So I've made a 10% solution of Clorox, dip a paintbrush in it to disinfect arriving packages, even dipping my hands into the solution, and letting them air-dry. (Renewing the solution daily). New mail deliveries are placed in the car, where the sun's heat should disinfect the pile. Bills get paid after a day or two in the heat. I've placed a heavy clamp on the corner of my "paper" cash-money, and placed the cache in a bright, windy, and hot location. (Pun intended). The clamp is moved to the other corner when I think of it. Some sources are saying that the sun's UV rays are too weak. Are these reports originating from Montréal? Mail and cash are bleaching after only one day in the sun. My neighbor gave me a better mask, which I intend to use when again in public. (N-95) Anyway, I'm still looking for solutions (literally!) for disinfecting, although my present Florida location is relatively safe from the new coronavirus. Another thought: leafblowers draw their air from near the operator, and spread it far and wide. I expect those operators are wearing good masks. Could bottle-rockets and drones spread the virus? |
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As someone else mentioned in just the past few days .............. You're really giving FLL a run for his money.
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ApS just so you don’t waste your time or money...
Most bleach in the bottle, such as Chlorox is a 5 or 6 percent solution of sodium hypochlorite and is stable for months. To make a disinfectant solution you need mix only 1/3 cup Chlorox to a gallon of water. This very dilute solution is effective but it is stable for only 24 hours. I am not sure what the 10% solution you refer to means so just giving info.
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ApS, You say you live in Florida. The swimming pool stores are all open. Buy yourself a couple of big jugs of the pool chlorine. It’s much stronger than Clorox and a 2 1/2 gallon jug is only five dollars.
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I just drank a bottle of Lysol and I'm going to sit out in the sun all day tomorrow.
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However, vitamin D, The vitamin that we get from the sun, is extremely important for keeping our immune system strong. Many people in the United States are deficient in vitamin D or have levels that are too low to be optimal. We all need to get out in the sun for a few minutes every day. |
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BUT the non-medically trained chief executive made a number of suggestions which seemed logical if you were sitting around talking with your friends...but could also be dangerous if people took his ideas literally. Injecting disinfectant is never a good idea.
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Look, Ma ! No mail!
Aps, instead of disinfecting mail in your car for two days, go to each company web site and go paperless. Put all your bills on auto-pay so they'll be paid on time whether you are in FL or NH, or someplace in between. Take down your mailbox and USPS will stop delivering shoppers news and all that junk mail. Shop with Instacart and Amazon so you don't need cash or a mask.
It's difficult, especially for the first month, but stop driving. You'll save tons on car costs, wasted time, impulse purchases in the store, and even improve your carbon footprint. That should be important to a sailor. |
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Sometimes I can be a little bit dense. I’m never embarrassed to ask too many questions, LOL. I’m trying to understand about the heat and humidity. It seems to me, that the people in New Hampshire are thinking that as soon as it warms up this virus is just going to magically disappear.
I look at places like Miami, Florida and New Orleans, Louisiana which both have high temperatures and humidity but they are hotspots for the coronavirus. Are you saying that you believe these numbers would be much higher if they were in a colder climate? |
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You cannot and should not immediately assume the virus will go away in the hot humid summer. It may or may not. Knowing some of the story does not mean we know the end of the story.
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Please Adjust that Ratio of Clorox to Water...
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Cash-money shows up in my "junk" mail, and I just can't throw it out. Amazon delivered a package today—via USPS. I donate to charities caring for animals, like "Mutts on a Mission". Other charities send more requests, although the outfit buying bulletproof vests for police dogs is a bridge too far. Wolfeboro Electric billing has yet to observe "paperless". I've been asked if I'd pick up a "lucky penny". I say no, because a penny is a poor return on hurting my back. But for a free 54¢, I'll open a letter. |
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Leave FLL Out of Criticism...
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Oxygen Saturation Level Not for iPhones...
From my minute-to-minute news-aggregating website:
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Although ApS frequently has misinformation from his news aggregators, his reference to oxygen readings from Samsung phones is correct ( mostly.) I honestly did not believe it, so Googled.
Actually, Samsung has had the ability to measure oxygen saturation for several generations of its phones, using its health app. And measuring oxygen saturation may be useful for at risk people to know. However, as I understand, it is actually the older Samsungs that have this feature so before you go out and buy one, be certain that it is the correct model. We may now return to the political bickering. I do subscribe to the Xfiles “trust no one.” Or, better yet, the more optimistic Reagan “trust, but verify.”
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Samsung health app
On my Samsung S7 phone, I have the Samsung Health app. An earlier version allowed for individually checking pulse and Oxygen Saturation Levels.
I mentioned this to my PCP I think 3 years ago, and he asked me to show it to him. I took the measurement and then he used his finger thingee (nice tech term). He found that amazing and suggested I regularly test myself, which I was and continue to do. New PCP this year and I mentioned it to her. OSL was spot on and pulse was off by either two or three counts (could have been from her holding my hand, errrr wrist ). She was likewise impressed. IMHO, it is a great app, and has far more features. Dave
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Science Magazine Had the Story First...
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Sunshine's UV disinfectant powers, the vitamin D from sunshine, and general activity and exercising outdoors are big pluses. 'Course, today, Kankamagus area got 7" of snow! Another countermeasure may turn out to be already in your medicine cabinets. An OTC treatment for heartburn is "in tests". Famotidine, which I was prescribed two years ago, is in the news: Quote:
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Great...now I can’t get Pepcid for my heartburn.
For my own sanity or lack thereof I have rationed my comments and most that I have written in response I have deleted before posting. This has been a great idea. Still this concept that staying inside weakens the immune system is nonsense.
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So I guess I will never get this virus since I take 2 famotidine (Pepcid) a day.(if they are found to work which is doubtful since everything doesn't work so far) |
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While Not "Home-Made"—Home-"Adjusted"...
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UV-A...Ultraviolet Light Used as Disinfectant...
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Have Only One Mask? (Like Me?)
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Answer to Leaf Blower Question...
Leaf blower use outlawed in some locales.
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I think you should change your signature line. It probbly should read something like this. "I know what you were thinking" "but I had thr ba--'s to say it." |
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Re-Using Your N-95 Masks? Why the Shortage?
1000% markup on masks? Canada wants to know.
Who's "dealing" in them, and why are they crossing (back and forth) across the Pacific? Why have California taxpayers just ordered $2 Billion in masks from China? (Shipped there by Canada "sources"). https://globalnews.ca/news/6858818/c...ment-shortage/ |
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Soon to be marketed Lysol flavored drops. Individual wrapped hard candy style.
Magic Eraser by Mr. Clean is good to rub down your partner every day. |
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Yet to Be Fully Corroborated, But You May Have Seen It Here First...
Still MORE "Theft of Intellectual Property"?
Remdesivir is made by Gilead (USA) and is the “cure” for COVID-19. China holds the patent on the drug through an agreement with Gilead’s drug patent sharing subsidiary branch called UNITAID. UNITAID has an office near Wuhan. The main financial investors in UNITAID are George Soros, Bill & Melinda Gates, and WHO. https://www.3ccorp.net/2020/04/16/ge...onavirus-drug/ It’s just all a coincidence isn’t it? Gilead and UNITAID were financial supporters of "Herself". https://threader.app/thread/1228068955862044677 One more coincidence: Dr. Fauci was the one authorizing $130 million to be sent to The Wuhan Institute of Virology specifically for the “study” of Coronaviruses... Dr. Fauci beat back hydroxychloroquine which is presently enjoying an anecdotal, but increasingly successful history... Follow the money.....
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