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[S. Pupp]

The virus does not survive boiling.
I'll send a letter to the Whitehouse that perhaps we should start boiling COVID-19 patients to cure them.
Watch the news - it'll be the next hottest thing coming from the mouth of the Prez himself.

[deckeda]

S. Pupp wrote:
The virus does not survive boiling.
I'll send a letter to the Whitehouse that perhaps we should start boiling COVID-19 patients to cure them.
Watch the news - it'll be the next hottest thing coming from the mouth of the Prez himself.

Another ridiculous suggestion!

Don't you know that boiling a container large enough to fit someone into is just about impossible, at home? We need PRACTICAL solutions, fiend.

What's needed is BBQ attachment, because excessive heat also kills the virus. The infected may spit-roast themselves as they see fit (First Amendment, yo) and any gas or charcoal grill may be adapted. I'll look for Amazon links meanwhile.

[Don C]

So Apple and Google have made available the tracking app that notifies someone if their phone has been near a phone of someone who self identifies as having the Virus. The app store has quite a few of these apps. Do these apps work together so that if I make a report on my Apple app then phones running one of the other apps gets the notification? Or does my Apple app notification only go to other Apple app phones?

[Sarcany]

Don C wrote:
So Apple and Google have made available the tracking app that notifies someone if their phone has been near a phone of someone who self identifies as having the Virus. The app store has quite a few of these apps. Do these apps work together so that if I make a report on my Apple app then phones running one of the other apps gets the notification? Or does my Apple app notification only go to other Apple app phones?

Apple and Google's tool is not out yet.

Apple has a Coronavirus app that provides info about the virus.

Apps by other parties are probably scams.

[deckeda]

Don C wrote:
So Apple and Google have made available the tracking app ...

Don’t hold your breath (so to speak.) Among the myriad reasons the app will be pointless, there’s this:

“Due to strict rules imposed by the companies, the system will notify smartphone users if they’ve potentially come into contact with an infected person, but it won’t share any data with health officials or reveal where those meetings took place.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technolog...gle-virus/

So, you can take a guess where you’ve been and who you’ve been in contact with, or just write it down at the time.

[Speedy]

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/05.../24392400/

“For patients who do not display the classic COVID-19 symptoms, which usually involve a combination of respiratory problems and a fever, the common nasal swab test is also problematic, according to Patel. “As the virus migrates … into other parts of your body, you might not have a nasal swab that’s always positive, which is why it’s not a perfect test itself,” she said.

The worst-case scenario, both for the Theodore Roosevelt and for society at large, would be if the individuals who tested positive after recovering from COVID-19 had actually been reinfected, because that would not only mean they are capable of infecting others, but it would also imply that recovery from the disease confers little to no immunity against reinfection. In the case of the sailors on the carrier, that possibility is “less likely” because of how soon after testing negative the crew members reported symptoms, Omer said. “The time period is fairly short for it to be the more plausible scenario.”

Patel also sounded an optimistic note about the other reports of COVID-19 survivors who have retested positive. “I haven’t seen global evidence of reinfection,” she said. It might be a plausible explanation in some cases, she added, “but given how infectious this virus is, I would expect there to be more.”

[Sarcany]

Speedy wrote:
Patel also sounded an optimistic note about the other reports of COVID-19 survivors who have retested positive. “I haven’t seen global evidence of reinfection,” she said. It might be a plausible explanation in some cases, she added, “but given how infectious this virus is, I would expect there to be more.”

Latest report out of Hong Kong: Those who tested positive again after recovering from the virus were not shedding the virus. The test was detecting inactive fragments of the virus that were still present weeks afterwards. They were not contagious.

[SKYLANE]

Revisit of http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-2473016

Now that nearly two months have passed since this thread, anybody have a change in comfort level of going for cleaning at dentist?

I have an appointment next week, and I have an awesome dentist office. However, laying there with my face exposed for a cleaning is not exciting me.

Thoughts? Experiences?

[rgG]

SKYLANE wrote:
Revisit of http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-2473016

Now that nearly two months have passed since this thread, anybody have a change in comfort level of going for cleaning at dentist?

I have an appointment next week, and I have an awesome dentist office. However, laying there with my face exposed for a cleaning is not exciting me.

Thoughts? Experiences?

My husband is going next week and I will be going the week after.

[Speedy]

I cancelled my appointment for next week yesterday. My daughter’s, too. My teeth can wait a year.