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The P100 is excellent but, yeah, a little extreme-looking.
Most contractor dust masks are N95. Even if they aren't, they should be better than nothing and are likely better than home-made as long as you can get a good seal.
It's already hard enough to breathe with an N95 mask on and gets uncomfortably hot after a bit. I couldn't imagine covering it with a bandana.
Newegg appears to be gifting those N95 in the carts?At least in mine they include it.
Government-run (read: not purely market-based capitalism) programs constantly cut corners. They just don't pay providers when they feel unable to do so:
Medicaid, Medicare Reimbursement $57.8B Below Hospital Costs
Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement was $58.7 billion less than actual hospital costs in 2015, the AHA recently reported.revcycleintelligence.com
Not reading the thread are we?
Iceland lab's testing suggests 50% of coronavirus cases have no symptoms | CNN
There's a lot about Iceland that other countries could envy: Its spectacular natural surroundings, its place among the world's happiest countries, and, now, its large-scale testing for the novel coronavirus, which could influence how the world understands the outbreak.www.cnn.com
Anyone who is an asymptomatic carrier recovers in about 10-15 days. Serotype testing for antibodies can confirm this status.
I know this thread is long but come now:
I have it linked to the correct time for you. "82% of cases have symptoms that are mild" according to earlier data. I've seen this repeated often, and I see little evidence to suggest otherwise. Taking the two bodies of evidence together, it seems that 50% of cases show no symptoms, ~30% of cases show mild symptoms typical of other ailments, and ~20% of cases develop into something potentially worse.
It's actually easier than you might think. At this point in the game, serology testing is more useful for those who have no symptoms. It tells us the exposure rate among the population that has not required hospitalization. With few exceptions, covid-19 has been spreading since mid February in the United States, if not earlier. Many of those who a). have sheltered in place and b). not been hospitalized have already had sufficient time to excise the virus from their system (remember: it takes about two weeks to recover when asymptomatic or when symptoms are mild enough that the immune system isn't busy punching holes in lung tissue). In other words, by this point, if you have no symptoms, you've either never had it or odds are very good that you aren't capable of spreading it anymore.
I fully expect most states to maintain the current stance until April 30th. Some locations may take longer. By that point, the odds of actually contracting the disease from people who aren't actively displaying symptoms will be a lot lower than they were just a few weeks ago.
Increase serology testing would give us some idea of those who are still vulnerable in the population and those who are not. Those who already have antibodies are generally pretty safe to be around if you've already got them yourself, and beyond a certain point in time (which arguably we've already reached), the vast majority of those with antibodies will be safe for those without them.
Who in the public sector invested in Big Soap back in January? Hmmmmmm?
Can't buy denatured alcohol in CA anymore, it's banned.Speaking of Slickdals, they had a front-page deal on a gallon of "Froggy's Simply Sanitizer WHO formulation" last week and I was about to order it for $37.99 when I decided to read the comments. There I saw people complaining about the smell and consistency, describing it almost exactly how I would describe the smell of the gallon of "Denatured Alcohol" (methylated spirits) I got from Lowe's last year. That stuff was WAAAAAY cheaper too! I recall it being under $10 for a gallon-sized can. The more I read the more sure I was that this was simply denatured Ethyl alcohol where they add acetone and other stuff to make it non-palatable... except the Froggy's people also added a little glycerin as a moisturizer. I decided not to buy it.
Well, it's been over a week now and they updated the site in response to some PayPal charge-backs. Sure enough, they mention the smell and clarify that it uses Denatured Ethyl Alcohol:
...though they promise they'll change the formula when isopropyl becomes available again.Froggy's Simply Sanitizer - Hand Rub Formulation - Froggys Fog
>80% Ethyl Alcohol WHO recommended Hand Rub Formulation Hand Sanitizer Spray.www.froggysfog.com
Though I've seen some warnings about using denatured alcohol because you don't know what they added to denature it (no standard between various producers), the can of "Jasco" brand that I got says it's clean burning for alcohol stoves and Bunsen burners and can be used as an ammonia-free glass cleaner (cleans streak-residue/deposit free). If it can be used for stoves I assume there is some consideration for food-grade safety. For whatever reason the Jasco-brand Denatured Alcohol I bought does not show up on Lowe's website even for in-store pickup even though that's where I found it, and it's always been that way (probably due to regulations on the sale of grain alcohol). I think I spent less than $10, which is a quarter the price of the Froggy's stuff.
If you can put up with the smell, just put it in a spray bottle and follow up with hand lotion after your hands dry. No reason to give them four times as much just for a little added glycerin. It almost got me but that's one front page Slickdeals post that definitely is NOT a slick deal.
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