Virus updates

[Vinnie]

That whole copper thing got me curious. Here's an interesting article that explains about copper vs viruses and bacteria:

- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgqkyw/copper-destroys-viruses-and-bacteria-why-isnt-it-everywhere

The short version (from mentioned website) is this:

"On copper surfaces, bacteria and viruses die. When a microbe lands on a copper surface, the copper releases ions, which are electrically charged particles. Those copper ions blast through the outer membranes and destroy the whole cell, including the DNA or RNA inside. Because their DNA and RNA are destroyed, it also means a bacteria or virus can’t mutate and become resistant to the copper, or pass on genes (like for antibiotic resistance) to other microbes."

 

[tony-muscle]

Also the virus has less survival rate on cardboard that other surfaces

"The virus that causes COVID-19 can hang around on plastic packaging and plastic medical equipment for up to three days after contamination, a pre-print paper from researchers at the National Institute of Health suggests.

The team behind the paper looked at how long the virus that causes the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can survive on different substances from cardboard to copper, comparing its lifespan to the virus that causes SARS (SARS-CoV-1).

The results show that the COVID-19 virus appears to survive longest on plastic (polypropylene) and stainless steel, where it can survive for two to three days after the initial contamination. It did the least well on copper, lasting up to four hours, and can survive on cardboard for a day—up to 24 hours—post-contamination."

So your deliveries and mail can sit in the garage for a day or two if you do not have sanitizer

Be careful at the store...

The plastic bags from the store are the bad ... the conveyor belt at the store ? is that contaminating everything you set down on it... the clerk who scans every item?

Stay safe my Mustang friends

Something to consider is that the virus starts degrading as it leaves the body. Still isn't clear how long it can last, but a lot of the testing is performed in controlled environments where the virus tends to last longer than out in the real world. UV light from the sun and lighting will degrade it. Temperature will degrade it. Dirty vs. clean surfaces will pose a different effect. I also read that just because it lasts 24 hours in a surface it doesn't mean that it  has the potential to affect you after 24 hours because most of the virus has degraded. There has to be a "good" amount of virus to affect each individual. Our immune system can handle a small load, but if overloaded then it will spread internally. The amount of virus that we all can handle is dependent on our health and the strength of our inmune system.

Also to consider, is that the virus doesn't go through your skin. The virus has to be transferred to your hands or body, and then mouth/nose/eyes have to be in contact with this body part. That said, transmission through indirect contact is much less likely than direct transmission. That's even more truth if we wash our hands often when out, and don't pick our nose.

 

[mrxerox]

and don't pick our nose.

Im a dead man.

 

[Carolina_Mountain_Mustangs]

Your last statement hits China hard. Chinese grow one fingernail long to pick their nose with lol.

Some news from China they reported no new cases in Wuhan China yesterday. Their very strict enforcement of staying home has worked. Here is a different story. We have people here with no common sense. On a facebook page for the Mustang show PITS there are several that are still going to have their own meeting and gather in group. Saw the college kids in Fla. saying they were not going to not have their fun in the sun and will do what ever they want.

One of the guys on the PITS site said he was an American and nobody was going to tell him what to do.

Attitudes like that will make this very difficult to control here until they get sick and die off.

 

[Carolina_Mountain_Mustangs]

Just got a note from my son that works at the BMW plant in Spartanburg, S.C.. 

They had stated up front they would close the plant when 2 people were tested to be infected. So far none. But they are getting bad press because that is the only car plant in U.S.A. still in operation. It is also the only BMW plant in the world still in operation. He said they will run until they run out of parts which will not take to long with JIT deliveries. Suppliers are mostly closed. Do not know how they sell so many but they can never make enough cars. Over 10,000 employees at the BMW plant and not telling how many suppliers. There is lots of resentment in German because they put the plant here. They first said it would fail because they put the plant in an area that was not known for building cars. Now it is the most successful BMW plant in the world.

 

[Carolina_Mountain_Mustangs]

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I had to order my okra seed today so I did not have to go out. Don't need to plant for a couple more weeks.

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