Arizona prisons aren't allowing visitors for the duration of the current unpleasantness.
Prisoners in state prisons already face numerous problems. Overcrowding/understaffing, food shortages, and they often can't get good cleaners or disinfectants since prison administrations are often afraid of what the prisoners might do with something like alcohol or bleach. Georgia prisons only get watered-down "pine scent" cleaner, which has some kind of disinfectant in it, but it's nothing strong. The house men(orderlies) who control the influx of supplies for cleaning dilute it and then sell it to fellow inmates who need a better cleaner for their cells.
Prisons are filthy environments full of unnecessary bacterial and viral exposure. HepC and HIV cases have been a problem in the past, as well as drug-resistant TB that often comes in with immigrant prisoners. Surface-level staph is common. One little cut, and you'll have a nasty bump that you'll just have to gut out for awhile. Medical might do something or they might not.
Even with 23/1 lockdown, inmates are still crammed into cells holding 2-3x as many people as the cells were designed to hold, and they still get their meals delivered to them by designated orderlies that could easily infect the rest of the population unless they are carefully screened for covid-19. Given the lackluster disease screening in prisons already, I would not expect most authorities to prioritize the delivery of test kits to correctional facilities.
And those are just the state facilities. County camps can be much worse depending on the country. Inmates are constantly being classified and moved from one facility to the next according to the need of state correctional departments. Federal prisons should be managed somewhat better. Some federal inmates are housed in state facilities though, which is a profit center for states/counties who have the capacity.
Sambucol's FAQ sheds no light that I can see on the zinc content of their products.
One thing to remember is that a lot of these cold remedies are "homeopathic". The little multiplier tells you how many times it's been diluted. More dilution = less zinc. I think Sambucol has 3mg zinc per dose. Pretty sure their label is 6x?
Yeah I kinda figured, wishful thinking I guess. Either way this great drop in CO2 and pollutants in general is probably still good to some extent but only short term I guess. Basically with cruise ships pretty much halted, lot of air travel halting, factories in China and perhaps even cargo ships that's a big chunk of the world pollution. Cars and gas appliances are still running at normal capacity though.
Do not fear. Someday, human industry will tap into the carbon cycle directly, harvesting carbon cheaply from the environment for the purpose of advanced material synthesis. Those materials will not decay naturally. The problem we have now will pale in comparison to what we can cause in the future. Enjoy.
Im super confused about if you can get it from eating food that was improperly handled.
Foodborne illness is a constant threat. If the restaurant has proper food handling procedures, you won't get things like HepA or what have you. The most common foodborne illnesses:
Notice that not many people get influenza from Taco Bell food! I would much rather keep as many restaurants open as possible with carryout or delivery. You can screen the workers instead of having to screen everyone who enters the restaurant, and it would keep people out of the supermarkets a bit.
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