jabbr Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 48 minutes ago, Audiophile Neuroscience said: I have read that Covid-19 can survive up to one week on surfaces. The disease appears to be more easily transmitted by contact than direct airborne droplet spray No! The virus appears to bind to the ACE2 receptor in the lung — zinc competes. Inhaling a flying goober is the best way to get it. Opening the mail isn’t. Unfortunately because we aren’t testing asymptotic folks we don’t know how widespread it is already. pl_svn 1 Custom room treatments for headphone users. Link to comment
jabbr Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 9 hours ago, Audiophile Neuroscience said: Don't underestimate infectious transmission through contact. I read on a couple of occasions from sources that should be reliable that touching surfaces contaminated with virus was a more common way of contracting the disease. I have no evidence with stats or hard figures but possibly it relates to many in the public thinking that only being coughed upon is a threat. I am saying that airborne inhalation is by far the most effective way to transmit this infection. If the mail were a reliable way to transmit, then the spread could be tracked from manufacturing plants where products are made (for mail order) or from Amazon warehouses, or from infected Postal employees. Instead the pattern of infection appears related to population density. Our current data suggests that transmission occurs mostly when in range for aerosolized droplets. Theres also the concept that you need a certain inoculum to effectively infect. It’s complicated. What is fascinating is why Tokyo does not have an outbreak. Stay tuned. pl_svn 1 Custom room treatments for headphone users. Link to comment
jabbr Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1) https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/03/17/angiotensin-and-the-coronavirus 2) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15141377/ 3) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/angiotensin-converting-enzyme-2 4) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15165741/ so ... taking a zinc supplement might reduce viral illnesses by competing at the binding site ACE2 ... speculation but zinc is safe & cheap ... as Robb suggests: https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=228691# Custom room treatments for headphone users. Link to comment
jabbr Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 14 minutes ago, Middy said: My wife was worried I picked a virus in China and over Asia but i told her I always use a condom at the strip club.... a.k.a. Universal Precautions Middy 1 Custom room treatments for headphone users. Link to comment
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