Corona Virus #6

[TnAndy]

talked with my sister in California. Neither she nor her husband have left their home in ten days.
She has a local organic food coop that delivers, her drug store delivers, and they use the internet.
By now I think they are getting a little buggy staying cooped up.

She told me they let all cardboard packages sit for 24 hours before they pick them up, and the food people leave the food outside.
I haven't done that for all my UPS/Amazon stuff, but I guess I should.

For fun today, I built a "sterilizer" box to sit the mail in for an hour or two after it comes out of the mailbox. Used a UV-C light that is normally used in metal duct work to help sterilizer air flow, mounted in the top of a box I knocked together out of scrap wood. Lined the inside with aluminum foil to help bounce the light around, put a slotted piece of 1x2 in the bottom for the mail to sit upright, exposed to the most light. Bet they'd sell on Ebay

 

[Molalla1]

For fun today, I built a "sterilizer" box to sit the mail in for an hour or two after it comes out of the mailbox. Used a UV-C light that is normally used in metal duct work to help sterilizer air flow, mounted in the top of a box I knocked together out of scrap wood. Lined the inside with aluminum foil to help bounce the light around, put a slotted piece of 1x2 in the bottom for the mail to sit upright, exposed to the most light. Bet they'd sell on Ebay

Nice Andy . . . :thumbsup: I'm doing some long awaited projects myself.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My brother just did a 19 hour road trip picking his daughter from University...

University shut down and at 18 can't rent a car or even bring one first year to campus...

Flying was out so Dad to the rescue...

My kids college shut down while he was home on spring break. Car and all his stuff stuck there 1000 miles away.

 

[DarkBlack]

The irony of politics in our evolution.
Not too long ago 80 million people died in WWII. Arguably the finest moment in US industrial advancement. Everyone working. Woman in factories to help make the products that were to kill people.

Now, we purposely kill our economy and industries, to save some mere thousands of people who are weak in the first place, and as viruses are almost never beat, inevitably to be beat by it, today or tomorrow....to run the course of history.

Sorry, non- PR thought done.

 

[LouNY]

Please . . . let's all be safe. You obviously were not in the military . . .

Quote Originally Posted by Diggin It View Post
"Give me Liberty or give me Death."

"This nation was founded on freedom."

I was and I still remember the oath that I took upon my enlistment,

TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

we were founded by men who held Freedom above death,

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States Congress from enacting legislation that would abridge the right of the people to assemble peaceably. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution makes this prohibition applicable to state governments.

While these present day impediments to the right to assemble may be based on sound arguments of public safety they are without a doubt unconstitutional.

 

[Diggin It]

While these present day impediments to the right to assemble may be based on sound arguments of public safety they are without a doubt unconstitutional.

Hence why I feel the lawyers and courts will be very, very busy.

 

[RSR]

Quote Originally Posted by Diggin It View Post
"Give me Liberty or give me Death."

"This nation was founded on freedom."

I was and I still remember the oath that I took upon my enlistment,

TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

we were founded by men who held Freedom above death,

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States Congress from enacting legislation that would abridge the right of the people to assemble peaceably. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution makes this prohibition applicable to state governments.

While these present day impediments to the right to assemble may be based on sound arguments of public safety they are without a doubt unconstitutional.

To quote a great movie, "I do not think that means what you think it means."

I'm no lawyer, but I believe the right to peacefully assemble has more to do with our right to demonstrate and seek redress from the government, as opposed to the right to physically congregate in whatever location we want.

The government can, and does, regularly restrict movements of population. Whether it be designating where you can specifically demonstrate, or saying you have to possess certain clearances to enter specific zones (government buildings, land, etc.) This is not a violation of the first amendment.

 

[IslandTractor]

I read a while back that one of the contributing factors towards unhealthy air in planes is that the more outside super cold air they use to flush through the cabin,
the more fuel they have to burn to keep the cabin warm. Very cold way up there. So, pass less air through, save money. And the nasties stick around longer.
So there may be an immediate fix that may improve safety in the future if they crank up the cfm of fresh air coming in.

Airliner cabin air these days is recirculated plus fresh and HEPA filtered which is a significant step up from N95 filtration. It’s way purer than what you breathe in any building short of a modern hospital or clean room high tech manufacturing.

Pretty sure heat for the cabin comes from waste heat from the engines just like in a car. No extra fuel needed.

 

[RoyJackson]

yes but it's also always desirable to be Free and smart too...
And a good citizen, who doesn't always put himself first.
Sometimes we have to suck it up for the common good.

There is a problem with that...
Some (most) officials overstep their bounds and push agendas that have nothing to do with the virus or safety concerns.
I believe it was Rahm Emmanuel who said "Never let a good crisis go to waste"

 

[RSR]

I should add that I am adamant about not relinquishing rights to the government. I abhor flying for that exact reason, and but for my job, avoid it like the plague (or COVID-19 ).

However, it is the responsibility of the government to respect the rights of ALL people, not just the young, healthy, or those that don't care about spreading COVID-19. So, when an individual makes a decision that imperils the safety and health of others, the government has every right to step in and prevent it.

I wish we were all smart enough to look at what has happened in other countries and realize it is coming here unless we change our interactions behaviors. Unfortunately, we aren't. So, the government steps in to protect individuals. That is PRECISELY the role of government.