Swiss hospital did approve UV light sterilization for used masks already
2 weeks ago...
Why do these guys no communicate??
J.W.
Am 28.03.20 um 16:30 schrieb bobcook39...@hotmail.com:
.Mr. Dickenson—
I find nothing in your comments to disagree with, even the UV lights
in a HVAC system. Wednesday I read an item on using UV lights to
deactivate viruses on N-95 masks. I will send a link.
I have long though that a low dose is necessary to allow a weak immune
system to work to generate anti-bodies before the virus get too many
cells infected and is reproducing at a rapid rate.
I will add to this email with some research and current reporting
links that address the issues you bring up tomorrow.
Thanks for your input to this complex world problem.
Bob Cook
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*From:* Jim Dickenson <jrdicken...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Friday, March 27, 2020 4:55:58 PM
*To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
*Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Laissez les bon temps rouler -
Hi,
Thank you for your thoughts. I happened to catch your post when I was
looking for Promed emails in my inbox.
A discussion that I saw talked about how the size of the virus load
(the inoculum) may affect disease progression. They said that getting
a few virions from touching a handrail may lead to a longer and milder
buildup to symptoms (if any) than receiving a huge load of virions
(for example , being coughed at directly in the face), which may lead
to a very rapid onset of worse symptoms. (In the latter case, the
immune system has to fight many battles at once while trying to learn
about the enemy; whereas in the first case, it can take some time to
learn and mount a response.) So the severity of some of these
outbreaks may be a direct function of how efficiently the infected
(both symptomatic and asymptomatic) infected the never infected.
An interesting article about a town in Italy that checked everyone is at
https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-mass-testing-experiment-italian-town-covid-19-outbreak-1493183
They actually found people who were infected but were asymptomatic.
Once all the infected were quarantined, the infection basically died out.
IMHO, The big problem in this epidemic is that there are a percentage
of asymptomatic (or minimally symptomatic) infected people, who go
around (inadvertently) infecting others. It's a perfect design from
the virus' point of view, not so much from ours. SO it looks like
test, test, test and isolate all who test positive - symptomatic or not.
And as we do over here in Asia, everyone wear a mask - whether feeling
well or not.
One other thing no one seems to talk about is using UVC lights (LED,
florescent, deuterium) to disinfect things. Also there exist
florescent UVC lights that are designed to fit into HVAC vents to kill
bacteria, mites, and viruses.
A comment (on a video) by an electrician in a large building was that
when the UVC lights in the HVAC ducts were working, the absenteeism
reduced by 30%, and likewise increased by a similar amount when they
were out of order (evidently the management took its time repairing
things when they broke or so I infer). I know this is anecdotal data,
but it begs consideration. And it's a cheap solution for all central
HVAC systems (even those on cruise ships).
Oh well, my 2 cents.
Stay well everyone!
Jim Dickenson
Kanagawa, Japan
On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 12:33 AM Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net
<mailto:jone...@pacbell.net>> wrote:
Mardi Gras this year, as we now realize was a 'perfect storm'
for virus spread in New Orleans... It seemed at first like a
statistical outlier as there was a fairly long delay and
cause-and-effect are always a politically touchy subject.
This worldwide festival at the start of Lent is also celebrated in
Spain and Italy and elsewhere, under different names.Italy, Spain
and New Orleans are three areas of the World where the virus
spread extremely rapidly.
Coincidence, omen or what? It is hard to think that all three
instances are not connected to a common statistical model. OTOH if
there is a direct connection to the dynamics of viral spread with
Carnival, then why was Rio, the biggest party of all - left out
from the devastation?
... or was it?
Sadly accurate numbers may be hidden away in what is normally a
higher than average death rate - and the worst viral devastation
of all has yet to be announced.
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Jürg Wyttenbach
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