We have made sure we have a few days worth of basics in the house. I live in Lombardy albeit not near a quarantined area. I keep seeing images of empty shelves but all the local supermarkets I have actually been to are fine.
Theres 7 billion people in the world and 100,000ish cases of a virus, take a step back
It's a training exercise.
Gel hand-cleanser is sold out in the village, but I've just (literally 10 minutes ago) got some online from Amazon.it. However, washing your hands is just as good - the gel is useful when you're outside, I suppose.
A special place in hell for the price gougers and thieves
No shit ?
The way you worded that and the way the video itself is worded is that police are actually going around doing that to people.
Pretty sure that washing your hands with warm soapy water is better than any gel.
Yes, I paid more than the usual price, I knew immediately that they'd hiked up the prices.
It is, but when you're out and about that's not possible.
Yep. If you can wash, wash. Washing hits bugs in two ways, removal and inactivation by detergent (minimal with latter as it's time/temp dependent). It wouldn't be the worst idea to use a gel afterwards for more inactivation. And of course if you don't have access to hot water and soap then gels are a must.
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Couple of cases in Germany about a month ago through a company that had business dealings in China. All recovered I think, most of them probably bored themselves to death at an isolated hospital wing. Haven't heard anything since, German citizens from the Wuhan region were flown back and quarantined, dunno if they still are.
Not an expert but I think it's too hot for the virus to spread.
Is it bad that I'm thinking this is a good time to look for cheap holiday deals? Would happily quarantine myself for a month on my return, blag work its neccessary.
I saw that on the news. A ski trip to Bormio and now loads of kids have flu symptoms - although that province only has 1 case and it's not in Bormio.
Italian feckers did the same after that Icelandic volcano went up. They tripled the price of food and water.
Can't people just read the news?
Out of curiosity, where do you get this information from? I haven't read anything to support this and, if anything, it seems that using heat (at least temperatures that could be considered 'hot' because warm water certainly doesn't do anything further) can be an irritant to the hands.
I doubt that heat will help as it would need to be boiling to have any affect.
Don't we all do that?
Yeah of course but it's a pretty big call not letting your daughter go to school for 14 days - in reality most people would send them in and hope nothing happens. May not be smart but that is what people do.
Because for example I go there weekly from Luxembourg, and provided I contacted someone in Lombardy who already has the virus, I should not be allowed to travel back and potentially spread the virus, this was last friday actually, no checks on departure...
i watched his statement yesterday and thought to myself “this guy is sweating and coughing a lot....”
It's Luxembourg you want to be asking those questions to...
Just read a school in Doncaster has quarantined students who've returned from Northern Italy.
Also they’d need to quarantine themselves too for being in contact with said student
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For clarity, I'm not recommended washing in hot water. I'm recommending using multiple methods each with a different mechanism (wash - removal; gel - kill/inactivation).
Since many aren't at all familiar with the technical details behind hand washing - and the message to a populace needing to be as concise and simple as possible to ensure its effectiveness - is there a consensus about how to effectively eliminate the current virus through hand washing?
