covid is a droplet virus so without proximity, risk is low mainly if you wash your hands.. See official reports :
https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1277966/retrieve
and
WHO: Package Delivery Safety and Coronavirus - News Media Alliance
you can continue your favorite hobby 😉
https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1277966/retrieve
and
WHO: Package Delivery Safety and Coronavirus - News Media Alliance
you can continue your favorite hobby 😉
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Well, sort of, not free from the hook yet.
Congratulations on Covid handling, and having zero new cases in the last days, BUT can`t relax yet, just checked and still there`s 1800 something active/infected cases, so *maybe* a couple hundred undetected/asyntomatic ones too.
Just *one* of those over 2000 infected *can* start the wheel turning again 🙁 .
Now if in 20 or 30 days still there`s zero new cases, well,that`s different.
Hope all goes well. 🙂
Father Ted is a real hoot.AAMOI, saw an advert the other day from one of the parts suppliers saying that they disinfect their parcels being sent out with 99.9% alcohol. They did not say which alcohol they used, but if isopropyl it evidently will not work properly.
The correct Isopropyl is evidently the 70% one. The water content is absolutely essential, to enable the alcohol to cross the envelope barrier to neutralise the virus. Ethanol is more effective than Isopropyl, but at 90%+ concentrations.
Father Ted like Rising Damp is one of those comedies that I can watch repeatedly, with requisite gaps of course, real art. 😉
Good point about the alcohol
Good point about the alcohol
In addition, the extra water content slows evaporation, therefore increasing surface contact time and enhancing effectiveness.
Isopropyl alcohol in solutions between 60% and 90% alcohol is rapidly antimicrobial against viruses.
Fact checkers can go here: Why Is 70% Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) a Better Disinfectant than 99% Isopropanol, and What Is IPA Used For?
It may be helpful if I post the previously referenced email from the HPA in 2009:-
Subject: Fwd: RE: Infection Transmission via clothing
Dear Richard,
Thank you for your enquiry.
Although there are no studies conducted by the agency to substantiate this, it would be possible that infection can be passed on from one person to another via clothing.
However, this needs to be further elaborated and explored. Fabric, in general, is constructed of a fine mesh of closely knitted fibres. Therefore this forms an ideal matrix and a potential reservoir for opportunistic pathogens i.e. bacteria, viruses to persist. For instance, the structure of the matrix may offer protection to the organism from desiccation, which would normally be a survival risk for the bacteria/virus if they were otherwise exposed on a surface.
On the other hand, since clothes when worn are in close contact with skin it would be then it is possible for infectious diseases to be passed on from one person to another, akin to the likelihood of infection via common contact surfaces. So in this way, infection transmission in the context of clothing would depend on the physical contact, and this would depend where the bacteria/virus is deposited on the clothing in question. For instance, transmission would be more likely via contact from one's sleeves than from the calf of one's trouser leg.
Having said this, regular laundry cleaning with the appropriate detergent and washing instructions, as well as good hand hygiene are effective infection control measures in reducing the risk of infection transmission. The chances of infection transmission are far greater via hands, hence our continuing message for everybody to observe good handwashing techniques.
I hope this is helpful,
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Kind Regards,
Karen
Public Information Officer
HPA - Communications
61 Colindale Avenue London NW9 5EQ
Subject: Fwd: RE: Infection Transmission via clothing
Dear Richard,
Thank you for your enquiry.
Although there are no studies conducted by the agency to substantiate this, it would be possible that infection can be passed on from one person to another via clothing.
However, this needs to be further elaborated and explored. Fabric, in general, is constructed of a fine mesh of closely knitted fibres. Therefore this forms an ideal matrix and a potential reservoir for opportunistic pathogens i.e. bacteria, viruses to persist. For instance, the structure of the matrix may offer protection to the organism from desiccation, which would normally be a survival risk for the bacteria/virus if they were otherwise exposed on a surface.
On the other hand, since clothes when worn are in close contact with skin it would be then it is possible for infectious diseases to be passed on from one person to another, akin to the likelihood of infection via common contact surfaces. So in this way, infection transmission in the context of clothing would depend on the physical contact, and this would depend where the bacteria/virus is deposited on the clothing in question. For instance, transmission would be more likely via contact from one's sleeves than from the calf of one's trouser leg.
Having said this, regular laundry cleaning with the appropriate detergent and washing instructions, as well as good hand hygiene are effective infection control measures in reducing the risk of infection transmission. The chances of infection transmission are far greater via hands, hence our continuing message for everybody to observe good handwashing techniques.
I hope this is helpful,
Converted from text/rtf format
Kind Regards,
Karen
Public Information Officer
HPA - Communications
61 Colindale Avenue London NW9 5EQ