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intrepidity

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Wed Mar 11, 2020, 07:40 PM Mar 2020

DUers: join the fight against coronavirus [View all]

I propose we create a thread ( let's try this one, unless it gets derailed quickly by too much meta) wherein we propose and discuss concrete measures that we can take daily in our lives, to mitigate the reach and effect of our new sworn enemy, the coronavirus ( formally known as SARS-CoV-2).

Beyond just personal protection, I'm talking about active (practical) measures that each of us can take to destroy as many virus particles as possible.

Obviously, the first line of defense is your own body. Since the virus needs our body in order to replicate and spread, deny it that by preventing infection of your body. Failing that, deny it the ability to transmit itself beyond your body. Those are two steps that YOU (yes, I'm looking right at YOU) very likely have some level of control over.

The opposite of what I'm proposing is thinking that "oh well, it's inevitable, I'll just take my chances".

Next level is those immediately around you, usually family. Same principle.

Keep widening the circle, and let's come up with steps we can take to do our part.

I'd like to start with the concept of us, those of us that still interact with the environment outside our house, but it still applies inside your house, and that is: destroying the virus.

Not just running away from it or hiding from it, because those are viable strategies to prevent #1 above (denying it use if your body as host), but DESTROYING it where it may lurk waiting to hitch a ride onto another host.

Take every opportunity you have to destroy the virus where it most likely lingers.

The big question is how to practically do this. Of course, it may prove meaningless due to the scope, but why not try?

The goal is to buy time. Time for a vaccine to be developed.

Here's an example of the sort of measures I'm thinking about: instead of just avoiding touching that doorknob that you think may be covered in virus, how about spraying it with 70% alcohol, or 3% hydrogen peroxide, or wiping it off with an alcohol wipe (not just a wet wipe, but something that will destroy the virus).

Get my drift? What ideas do you have for guerilla warfare in your neighborhood against SARS-CoV-2?

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Posted this earlier...A reminder to those stocking up NOW in response to COVID-19... hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1
Perfect example, thanks. intrepidity Mar 2020 #2
Dryer on high cycle, if you have one. Mine heats to 150-169. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #4
Take some gloves (either latex, nitrile or common garden gloves) in the car & don hlthe2b Mar 2020 #5
My vet told me that peroxide isn't a particularly strong antiseptic. Karadeniz Mar 2020 #9
I was ambivalent on it until intrepidity Mar 2020 #10
Switch to credit card and coin for cash. roamer65 Mar 2020 #19
I believe the virus lives longer on metal than paper. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #25
No copper coin is only second to the air. roamer65 Mar 2020 #29
Spraying my sidewalk with cleaner and using a brush. I spray my mail box daily, my garbage can, 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #3
You are a warrior! intrepidity Mar 2020 #6
Thanks. I feel OC. I am also worried, which is why I am seriously stocking up. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #8
I prepared a squirt bottle of bleach solution today. jeffreyi Mar 2020 #7
What is the recommended solution of bleach to water? northoftheborder Mar 2020 #11
1/3 cup to 1 gallon. Native Mar 2020 #13
Thanks! northoftheborder Mar 2020 #20
Don't forget the contents of that parcel. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #22
I bought a Homesoap. My nephew is a chemist at the CDC in Atlanta. He has raved about the Phonesoap Native Mar 2020 #12
Thanks for the link intrepidity Mar 2020 #17
I literally just received an email from King Soopers (Krogers) CEO on their activities hlthe2b Mar 2020 #14
Thanks for posting this! Mme. Defarge Mar 2020 #27
I think a whole group would actually be better, rather than one long huge thread that WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #15
At this point, great idea nt intrepidity Mar 2020 #16
I wrote to the admins tonight, asking if they would start a covid 19 group. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #31
Thanks for doing that! intrepidity Mar 2020 #32
Distancing from elderly folks. roamer65 Mar 2020 #18
I like that! As an elderly folk, it would moonscape Mar 2020 #30
My daily routine for the last week: Roland99 Mar 2020 #21
Great. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #24
Don't forget the toilet flush lever. cwydro Mar 2020 #34
Mentioned that. At least at home. We have auto flush detectors at work Roland99 Mar 2020 #37
Great ideas, everyone. K&R crickets Mar 2020 #23
I've been periodically washing things in the building Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #26
That's it. One virion at a time. nt intrepidity Mar 2020 #33
This is a great idea for a thread! Thanks. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #28
Boosting our immune system to the very best it can be.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #35
My recommendation is thermometers GusBob Mar 2020 #36
Keep our airways moisturized and flushed. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #38
Keep our skin moisturized. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #39
I have trained myself to redirect my hand iwillalwayswonderwhy Mar 2020 #40
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