The Coronavirus Thread

[Brian Peacock]

Speaking of condoms, if wet cloth stops viruses, why do they bother to make condoms from latex? Surely an old sock would do just as well?

Wool, cotton, or polyester?

[Cunt]

Speaking of condoms, if wet cloth stops viruses, why do they bother to make condoms from latex? Surely an old sock would do just as well?

Wool, cotton, or polyester?

Philistine!

Only the finest linen and silk, obviously.

[Brian Peacock]

Mitigating coronavirus infection in a clinical setting by modelling airflow management...

[Cunt]

Can't video now, but it looks like better building air management. I still think there is room for personal air management, now that infection is a much more serious concern.

[NineBerry]

Wearing a filtering mask is "personal air management".

[Cunt]

Wearing a filtering mask is "personal air management".

Of course, and I do hope you try your best to never wear them! Safety first!

But I meant having the air as a barrier to others' moist air. Another here (JimC? BP?) suggested a compressed tank, and that makes me think a reverse-gas-mask would keep your face safe from non-tank air...

I don't know how it will manifest, but I think there will be some application of HVAC to individuals.

[NineBerry]

I usually only go out once a week for grocery shopping.

[Cunt]

I usually only go out once a week for grocery shopping.

Minimizing trips is a good step. Can you get them to serve you in the parking lot? They do that here (poorly)

[Tero]

You state, too, can have Supercovid! You just have to travel to Ireland or the UK.

[NineBerry]

I usually only go out once a week for grocery shopping.

Minimizing trips is a good step. Can you get them to serve you in the parking lot? They do that here (poorly)

No.

[JimC]

We're in our snap lockdown. We'll still be able to go for a walk, go shopping or visit the doctor, but that's about it. As long as case numbers don't explode, it's meant to finish on Wednesday night. All began via infections of staff working in hotel quarantine, probably via aerosol transmission, which hasn't yet received the attention it should.

Oz may have to have a serious pause in allowing returning travellers to come back home. Harsh, I know...

[Brian Peacock]

Nobody from the major news outlets is talking about aerosol transmission here either, though I've read s couple of serious articles about it recently.

[NineBerry]

Tero, you are involved?

A few puffs into a handheld device, where nanosensors analyse your breath. Data is sent via a mobile app to a cloud-based service that within a few seconds says whether or not the testee has Covid-19.

That's the plan for a Tampere firm that is developing a Covid-19 breathalyser device.

The result is based on the biomarkers that indicate changes in the body when people are infected with Covid. When people breathe out, they leave the lungs and the body, allowing breathalysers to identify Covid cases.

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https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/rapi ... d/11788674

[pErvinalia]

Why doesn't the handheld device do the data analysis?

[Cunt]

Holy fucking SHIT humans are terrifyingly innovative.