Ugh! First case of person-to-person transmission in the US?

[PeterB]

https://www.latimes.com/california/story...y-cdc-says

... I wonder if this is from what happened at LAX ... apparently a Korean airline stewardess passed through LAX and turned out to be positive...

[Speedy]

It’s coming to a community near you. Be prepared as best you can.

We are going to be in Guatemala until late May. We are not too worried about our students because they are all 20. We are more worried about ourselves because we are nearing 70 and more easily susceptible to a cytokine storm. We also have a daughter back in Minnesota who is 29 and an organ transplant recipient. She works at McDonalds so is going to be exposed. We just hope it is after we return to Minnesota.

[mattkime]

I'm telling myself and my wife that we've already had it. At least I think you can do that if you had a cold for a month.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....std.......

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Even worse, it has an unknown source.

It drives me up the wall that it is so difficult to get suspected cases tested and confirmed. There was what turned out to be an unknown source case in France where the patient might have spread it to several people (and they spread to several more people) just because they did not have a high enough risk profile to get tested on the first day it was suspected.

[mattkime]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
It drives me up the wall that it is so difficult to get suspected cases tested and confirmed. There was what turned out to be an unknown source case in France where the patient might have spread it to several people (and they spread to several more people) just because they did not have a high enough risk profile to get tested on the first day it was suspected.

Its an effective strategy if you're a virus.

[Acer]

Filling the humidifier's reservoir with pure bleach as we speak.

[ztirffritz]

Acer wrote:
Filling the humidifier's reservoir with pure bleach as we speak.

This stuff is a better option
https://www.purebio.com/technology/silve...te-sdc.htm

They use this to sanitize cruise ships, planes, trains, shipping containers etc. They atomize and mist the stuff into the room and sustain it for a few minutes and it's done. It's just Silver Dihydrogen Citrate. It works well. I bought a 55gal drum to use at a plant I use to work at to sanitize the work surfaces. When we did testing the auditor was shocked at how well it worked. You can also spray it on things. Meat processing plants spray it on the meat to kill bacteria sometimes too. I worry about the superbugs it will spawn though...

For those interested, the company that makes this stuff trades under the ticker "PURE". I don't own any stock, but I'm considering buying some...

[rjmacs]

PeterB wrote:
... I wonder if this is from what happened at LAX ... apparently a Korean airline stewardess passed through LAX and turned out to be positive...

Not possible to know - the person in question has had no known contact with anyone entering the country infected. They're trying to trace the route of infection, and hitting dead ends.

ztirffritz wrote:
[quote=Acer]
Filling the humidifier's reservoir with pure bleach as we speak.

This stuff is a better option
https://www.purebio.com/technology/silve...te-sdc.htm

They use this to sanitize cruise ships, planes, trains, shipping containers etc. They atomize and mist the stuff into the room and sustain it for a few minutes and it's done. It's just Silver Dihydrogen Citrate. It works well. I bought a 55gal drum to use at a plant I use to work at to sanitize the work surfaces. When we did testing the auditor was shocked at how well it worked. You can also spray it on things. Meat processing plants spray it on the meat to kill bacteria sometimes too. I worry about the superbugs it will spawn though...

For those interested, the company that makes this stuff trades under the ticker "PURE". I don't own any stock, but I'm considering buying some...
This is great for disinfecting surfaces, but this virus is airborne. Unless you're willing to inhale the sanitizer and hope that it works on lung surfaces as well (DO NOT DO THIS), it won't protect you from Covid-19 infection for long.

I hate to be that guy, but we're all going to 'get' Covid-19 as sure as we're all going to 'get' influenza from time to time. What we can hope is that treatment options are developed/confirmed as effective, a vaccine regimen can be developed (18 months minimum before deployment), and that America gets better at slowing down transmission by improving public hygiene and protecting vulnerable populations.

[pdq]

ztirffritz wrote:
[quote=Acer]
Filling the humidifier's reservoir with pure bleach as we speak.

This stuff is a better option
https://www.purebio.com/technology/silve...te-sdc.htm

They use this to sanitize cruise ships, planes, trains, shipping containers etc. They atomize and mist the stuff into the room and sustain it for a few minutes and it's done. It's just Silver Dihydrogen Citrate....
I think silver ions make a good antibacterial, but coronavirus is a, well, virus.