UMass Tries Innovative Method To Clean N95 Masks: UV Light March 27, 2020 https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2020/03/27/umass-memorial-disinfects-masks-ultraviolet-light
Harry On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 11:40 AM Jürg Wyttenbach <ju...@datamart.ch> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jim Dickenson <jrdicken...@gmail.com> <jrdicken...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, March 27, 2020 4:55:58 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com <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> 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. > > > -- > Jürg Wyttenbach > Bifangstr.22 > 8910 Affoltern a.A. > 044 760 14 18 > 079 246 36 06 > >
