Covid-19

[Raider4]

Just been out for a lunch break, noted how often I have to touch things.

The bannister on the six flights of stairs going down. The button to cross the road. Withdraw cash from the ATM, so buttons there. The touchscreen on the supermarket self-help tills, and the change that it gives you. The button on the lift to go back up to my office.

No idea how dirty these things are, but no real choice about touching them or not. Quite worrying really.

[FierceKitty]

In a word: gloves.

[Raider4]

Yeah, coming to that conclusion myself.

[Techno]

In a word: gloves.

Yeah, coming to that conclusion myself.

Yep....A box full of 'surgical' gloves......I haven't gone that far......yet.... but I've just been down to my local pharmacy, to pick up my B/P pills.
I opened the door with my elbow....going in.....And completely forgot about that when I exited !...I HAVE washed my hands now.....before I put the next piece of chewing gum in my gob.

From Martyn's and Norm's posts....... Some folk really are...well....what can you say. ...Mingers is a good word to describe them, Norm....No wonder 'bugs' spread.

I'll just say that I'm not convinced that the face masks you see most folk wearing are of much use.....Probably a BIT better than nothing...But only just.

Just my two pees worth.

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Every responsible medic is shouting out about disinfecting hands, and not worrying about masks unless you're a known carrier or living with one.

[FierceKitty]

I'm reminded of the one doing the rounds at the height of the BSE scare:

What did the one cow say to the other?

Miaow!

[Ithoriel]

 

Reminds me of ...

Two cows in a field.

One says,"Are you worried about Mad Cow Disease?"

The other replies,"Nope!"

"How come?" asks the first.

"I'm a tractor!"

[Techno]

You twerp, Alexander ! 

I totally agree about your point re the masks.

The basic masks you see, portrayed on the TV, aren't designed to stop anything like as small as a virus. Those are for cutting down relatively 'massive' chunks of dust...Or droplets of moisture that a surgeon might dribble into the patient he, or she, is operating on. (YUK !!)

They don't fit snugly around the face/cheeks, for a start.

They would give a small amount of protection to someone standing directly in front of you.....If you happened to have a sneezing fit....So in that respect, you'd be protecting people near you rather than protecting yourself....So that's not a bad thing.

When I worked for British Telecomm, I had a relatively sophisticated face mask, for use in certain environments. Much better than these pieces of 'tissue paper' masks.
Even that wouldn't have stopped a virus !.....It stopped me breathing in asbestos dust....But that was about its limit, on the one occasion I used it officially.

Unofficially, I used it to stop myself breathing in pollen spores when I helped bring in some hay from fields where we kept our first two gee-gees.....I hadn't used it the day before...and I had the first, and only, real asthma attack in my life.

Cheers - Phil

[Leon]

We've had a document sent through from the government today with some guidance on it.  Basically what everyone's said already, wash hands regularly, catch any coughs/sneezes and avoid being within 2m of people for lengths of time.  They also said not to wear face masks as well, unless you've already got it!

[Techno]

Does your guidance say what I'm supposed to do when sending the (greens) masters up to you ?

I'll probably need to boil them in Dettol first.

Cheers - Phil 

[Dr Dave]

Just got back from local Tesco's. Lady going berserk and shouting at the shelves: "There's nothing anti-bacterial left!"

This might turn out to be good thing if stupidity contributes to vulnerability.

[Techno]

As Monty Python said. a lifetime ago......"Spot the brain-cell.....30 minutes of cheerful, ritual humiliation of the old and greedy.."

Just delete a couple of those words and replace them with something else.  .....(Hint...old and greedy need to be replaced.)........Feck me.

Yours in despair - Phil

[Leon]

Does your guidance say what I'm supposed to do when sending the (greens) masters up to you ?

Not really, hard surfaces are only an issue if they've been touched by a carrier, and the virus doesn't last too long without human contact.  As long as you're not picking your nose with the sculpts, I think we're OK!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That's why they're green...

[barbarian]

The bit about the masks is because there is a shortage.
Obviously a mask is better than nothing.
Obviously a mask badly worn ( constantly touching it to adjust it, not changing it often enough -or sterilizing, touching the outside of the mask and then touching your face when changing mask...) is not ideal. But still better than nothing.
Look at the numbers in Italy. This is just the beginning.

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