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4 years 2 months ago #5075
by mw0uzo
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Somerset GP surgery closed due to coronavirus
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/coronavirus-news-taunton-spread-outbreak-3842683
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/coronavirus-news-taunton-spread-outbreak-3842683
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4 years 2 months ago #5076
by mw0uzo
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4 dead bodies found in Croatia
3 in Zagreb, 1 in Vinkovci
https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/u-vinkovcima-nadjeno-mrtvo-tijelo/2156446.aspx
3 in Zagreb, 1 in Vinkovci
https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/u-vinkovcima-nadjeno-mrtvo-tijelo/2156446.aspx
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4 years 2 months ago #5077
by mw0uzo
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Beijing goes into state of martial law due to coronavirus epidemic
http://www.yangtse.com/zncontent/276541.html
http://www.yangtse.com/zncontent/276541.html
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4 years 2 months ago #5079
by Radslug
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Some solid info on corona viruses including their hardiness in different environmental conditions:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509683/?report=classic
It may help answer your earlier question regarding how to sterilize face masks. If I read this paper correctly along with other Internet rabbit-hole reading I've been doing, a 91%-99% isopropyl alcohol soak should deactivate the virus, rendering the masks uninfected again. No idea how compatible various mask materials are with said disinfectant, especially the flapper valve on N95's. But this really is something that should be discussed as people are & will reuse masks when there is no other choice.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509683/?report=classic
It may help answer your earlier question regarding how to sterilize face masks. If I read this paper correctly along with other Internet rabbit-hole reading I've been doing, a 91%-99% isopropyl alcohol soak should deactivate the virus, rendering the masks uninfected again. No idea how compatible various mask materials are with said disinfectant, especially the flapper valve on N95's. But this really is something that should be discussed as people are & will reuse masks when there is no other choice.
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4 years 2 months ago #5081
by mw0uzo
Ok great info.
There has been quite a lot of events and info since my last post, I'll have to catch up.
People still very sleepy here, at least in my small group of friends IRL. They're not really understanding the severity of what has already happened and it's not really sinking in when I talk about it. An ex-army contact is very worried about it, but that's about it.
Replied by mw0uzo on topic Wuhan coronavirus
Some solid info on corona viruses including their hardiness in different environmental conditions:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509683/?report=classic
It may help answer your earlier question regarding how to sterilize face masks. If I read this paper correctly along with other Internet rabbit-hole reading I've been doing, a 91%-99% isopropyl alcohol soak should deactivate the virus, rendering the masks uninfected again. No idea how compatible various mask materials are with said disinfectant, especially the flapper valve on N95's. But this really is something that should be discussed as people are & will reuse masks when there is no other choice.
Ok great info.
There has been quite a lot of events and info since my last post, I'll have to catch up.
People still very sleepy here, at least in my small group of friends IRL. They're not really understanding the severity of what has already happened and it's not really sinking in when I talk about it. An ex-army contact is very worried about it, but that's about it.
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4 years 2 months ago #5082
by mw0uzo
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Paper out of Los Alamos National Laboratory, suggesting R0 is might higher than previously estimated. ~6 rather than ~2. 
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2002/2002.03268.pdf
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2002/2002.03268.pdf
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