Corona Virus # 3

[MossRoad]

Was in town today and a couple unrelated people in different places with a small bottle of sanitizer clipped to their purses. Start of a new fad?

They've been giving those away at health fairs for years.

 

[ultrarunner]

I do question the wisdom of shoppers bringing in soiled canvas bags and bans on paper/disposable cups/utensils/plates etc.

 

[dragoneggs]

I do question the wisdom of shoppers bringing in soiled canvas bags and bans on paper/disposable cups/utensils/plates etc.

I miss getting the paper or plastic bags, we always saved them and used them for filling our recyclables and taking to the transfer station. Paper, plastic, metal, glass. At Home Depot today... they are charging 8 cents for those sturdy brown bags. I go there a couple times a week for misc DIY stuff. Haven't ever had to pay for a bag but I almost did today because I had a bunch of little stuff that was almost more than two hands could bear. Just can't yet get in the habit of bringing my own bag.

 

[Wagtail]

Yup. Same mistake were made in Italy. And it's now happening in Portugal as well. Now it's all over the place.

We still get lots of people that believe it's just a flu and took the Quarantine status as a vacation opportunity.

Just yesterday we had a very nice summer weather and were beaches full of stupid people that can't take things serious.

I've heard that the Germans are getting concerned about the CONVID-19 virus... they've started putting their towels on hospital beds.

 

[Big Barn]

I do question the wisdom of shoppers bringing in soiled canvas bags and bans on paper/disposable cups/utensils/plates etc.

Same here.

 

[airbiscuit]

Today, we are at 1600+ cases of coronaviris in the US. Anybody notice a trend?

 

[dragoneggs]

I do question the wisdom of shoppers bringing in soiled canvas bags and bans on paper/disposable cups/utensils/plates etc.

And I thought we were pretty much good with thin biodegradable plastic bags and paper bags from the grocery store. What happened with that movement?

 

[5030]

Was in town today and a couple unrelated people in different places with a small bottle of sanitizer clipped to their purses. Start of a new fad?

Probably the same buttheads who cough and sneeze without covering their noses or mouths with a kleenex or a hanky.

I may be a senior citizen (70) but I'm very aware of the risks and no way am I about to socialize with family or anyone else. besides, I like being a hernit.

 

[5030]

Today, we are at 1600+ cases of coronaviris in the US. Anybody notice a trend?

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Like a rocket ship blasting off, while the stock market goes the opposite way......:laughing:

 

[California]

Anybody know a simple source of ethyl alcohol? Denatured ethyl alcohol is a basis in the hand sanitizers that are now sold out.

I had thought shellac thinner was pure alcohol but two major paint lines, PPG and Kelly-Moore, don't carry it. Home Depot has shellac thinner (SLX) but the MSDS says its 50% ethyl / 50% methyl. Methanol shouldn't be used to wipe down skin so that's out.

Anybody have advice for this or anything similar to blend and make sanitizer? (aside from expensive and unobtainable liquor ie Everclear, 151 rum, ?)