outbreak! (ebola, sars, coronavirus, etc)

I think I have washed my hands about ten times already today. I am really enjoying the fingertips and thumb washing parts from the video I watched.

hand washing is hot, not gonna lie

Stephen Miller’s new wife, Katie Miller, is in charge of approving all coronavirus communications.https://t.co/Ojg3WWK9bh

— Travis Akers🩸🦷 (@travisakers) February 28, 2020

shocking right? who would marry such an unlikeable freak

Food-service for (terrifying) thought thread, via j0hnd

I am not an expert in immunology - I follow doctors for that.

But I did spend 9 years as a manager at a pizza place that paid better than average wages for food service.

And I am terrified of #COVID19.

Not because the virus is going to kill people, but because poverty might. / pic.twitter.com/SNke4cD3dW

— Do not Thump the Book of G'Nome (@NomeDaBarbarian) February 27, 2020

Judging by China, a wider epidemic would be boom-times for food delivery. Just hope the drivers sterilize their tips in Everclear.

Food-service for (terrifying) thought thread, via j0hnd

🐦[I am not an expert in immunology - I follow doctors for that.

But I did spend 9 years as a manager at a pizza place that paid better than average wages for food service.

And I am terrified of #COVID19🕸.

Not because the virus is going to kill people, but because poverty might. / pic.twitter.com/SNke4cD3dW🕸
— Do not Thump the Book of G’Nome (@NomeDaBarbarian) February 27, 2020🕸]🐦

NomeDaBarbarian is right that any disruption of working people's wages will drive many of them straight from hand-to-mouth mode to deeply impoverished and at risk of hunger. The big cut in the number of people who can qualify for food stamps that started on Jan. 1 this year won't help, either. Which reminds me, it's about time to write another check to the local food bank network.

But NomeDaBarbarian is wrong to imply that the COVID-19 virus won't kill people. It will.

He didn't say it won't; he said that's not why he's terrified.

amazon is sold out of hand sanitizer

(i know this because so is my local target)

(and my local target is also sold out of canned tuna)

steal some from work

does anyone have news about Joey Corona

I was in a meeting yesterday and through the window of the meeting room I saw cleaning staff casually wipe down the outside handle of the door as they went past

New ting

@washingtonpost

Trump officials discuss tax cuts and other emergency measures in hopes of tackling the coronavirus fallout.

incredible

Joey Corona is doin' ok.

The US govt charged this man $2200 to be mandatory evacuated from Wuhan to Pennsylvania, meanwhile his wife could not come with him and their daughter due to VISA issues and has likely contracted the virus (pneumonia symptoms):

https://www.gofundme.com/f/wuhan-corona-virus

(comments are saying he's a MAGA grifter so YMMV)

rumors this morning at my santa clara HQ that someone in the building had it, email from management saying they'd heard nothing official, then 5 hours later: "second case in california found in santa clara county".

Yikes. What’s the reaction been, since then?

this inspires a lot of confidence

Prior to today’s press conference on Maryland’s preparedness measures, I spoke to @VP Pence, who is leading the federal response to coronavirus. As a former governor, he understands the importance of a coordinated response & we agreed to keep in close contact in the weeks ahead. pic.twitter.com/fmYzurPCR0

— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) February 27, 2020

i'm remote and mostly WFH (A+ move generally) so i dunno!

i want to stay "take care and good luck" without it seeming overly doomy. but hopefully you know what i mean

want to stay

new case of unknown origin confirmed in oregon GREAT

it was bound to happen. it's a thing we'll have to get used to.

just spent the day in a packed convention center, now we play the waiting game

amazon is sold out of hand sanitizer

(i know this because so is my local target)

It’s almost as if concentrating all of America’s retail into a tiny handful of firms was a bad idea

Also sold out here unless you're willing to dish out 70 quid for 6 x 60ml bottles of Purell.

Not as convenient as buying new plastic bottles but the active ingredient is rubbing alcohol. Dunno why people don't just use that. Counterintuitively, 90% is less effective at killing germs than 70% fwiw

Rubbing alcohol corrodes your skin if you use it too often, no?

“Don’t make your own” say these bleeding-heart liberals.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/28/hand-sanitiser-or-hand-washing-which-more-effective-against-coronavirus-covid-19

5 litre bottle of Carex for £15 on Amazon (only 13 left though!)

Thx, stet that is informative. Handwashing and drying properly is a rarity and always key.

I guess that's a fair point, pomenitul. Lotion?
xxpost

Peeps be overreactin’

Tonight I need your sweet Carex
Hold me in the darkness

I don't think that Frank Wucinski guy is a MAGA grifter, he retweeted a call for medicare for all.

Counterintuitively, 90% is less effective at killing germs than 70% fwiw

I did not know this, tyvm

It seems like the terrible lie that is singlehandedly keeping the 90% version in business against the superior 70% product

nah 90% works way better for cleaning pipe/bongs, that's its market niche

That’s literally why I have it, yeah...

*puts away draft class action paperwork*

hand sanitizer is not a substitute for washing your hands

i’ve changed my mind, we’re definitely doomed

90%+ isopropyl alcohol is what you use to clean electronics and equipment that's not supposed to get wet, because it evaporates so quickly. The water that's added to get to 70% actually makes the bacterial killing properties more effective, for some reason.

But as we discussed briefly upthread re

hand sanitizer is not a substitute for washing your hands

We went ahead and canceled our Italy trip today. We were able to get for refunds on airplane tickets, hotels, etc. The only thing we might have to eat is the train tickets between Venice, Florence and Rome. But that’s just a few hundred bucks. Instead, we are taking the kids to New Orleans!

Full refunds I mean.

xpost to JiC: it's really not ideal. when you use it you are killing beneficial bacteria on your skin for one thing. and then there's:

New research published by Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday shows that several strains of these bacteria have begun adjusting to alcohol-based hand sanitizers. They're not resistant to the alcohol — at least, not yet — but they're becoming "more tolerant" of it, the authors write. That means the bacteria were able to survive for longer periods of time after being doused with alcohol.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/08/02/635017716/some-bacteria-are-becoming-more-tolerant-of-hand-sanitizers-study-finds

the airport in chile did the forehead scan temperature check for us when we arrived. I was stressing it because it was hot and I was walking very very fast the entire way there.

xp same

my friend's daughter came back from China after the company she was working for there laid her off. not long after arriving home, the CDC made a house visit to check on her.

(she doesn't have coronavirus as far as she knows at this time)

xpost lotsa other stuff you can catch in New Orleans ....

So, let's see what the news is around here.

• A 'community-source' case of COVID19 was discovered at an elementary school about 3 miles from my house.

• Today was the day our refrigerator decided to die.

• Not verified, because I haven't ventured out, yet, but I have a strong hunch there might be a tad bit more panic-buying going on around here, so restocking our fridge may be a bit tricky.