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Grokenstein

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16. Well, I feel a little better about the "street patios" popping up all over the place now.
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 06:24 AM
Sep 2020

Even saw a dude getting a curbside haircut the other day. I'm just worried about what happens when traffic picks up.

I stopped using hand sanitizer when I started getting wart-like blisters and just upped my handwashing game while avoiding touching stuff as much as possible (elbows and house keys for buttons and handles, you know the drill). I have no idea what actually goes into the hand-san provided at the airport where I work, and it turns out some of the stuff I've bought at Walgreens or Safeway is naff garbage subjected to recall.

As for masks, I continue to double up: beneath a standard trifold mask I initially smooshed my nose under a face-and-neck gaiter made from the sleeve of an old black T-shirt that was headed for the rag-bag anyway. Now I have four colorfast commercial gaiters with ear-loops that are much more comfortable. They might not suffice on their own, but with a standard mask on top they're comfortable and pretty much bulletproof; the top mask--secured by one of those plastic connectors to keep the irritating loops off my ears--presses the gaiter in place and the gaiter covers any gaps. (Also, I can take the top mask down for my daily workplace temperature check and still have some coverage; on a hot day I can soak the gaiter and slap it on wet to keep me alive at work.) I don't think I'll need to go THIS far though:



https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/09/18/these-next-level-face-masks-had-the-entire-internet-shaking-head/
Informative article with good info on the transmission of Covid. iemitsu Sep 2020 #1
Thanks for posting! yankeepants Sep 2020 #2
Yet another study confirming masks are our best bet to beat this thing. nt SunSeeker Sep 2020 #3
K&R! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #4
California realized that after the first reopening. C Moon Sep 2020 #5
K AND R and yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #6
I suspected so early on... crimycarny Sep 2020 #7
HVAC upgrades were an easy fix DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #8
thank the fucking republicans certainot Sep 2020 #9
Dems control the House, DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #13
It was mentioned. Igel Sep 2020 #21
Not that easy when there's a severe shortage of qualified workers in the HVAC field Kaleva Sep 2020 #11
The change to the building code and DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #14
What filters are those? Kaleva Sep 2020 #17
It's not the filters. Igel Sep 2020 #22
Ok. Not a easy fix and given the labor shortage, probably not doable for awhile Kaleva Sep 2020 #27
Wow, completely rip apart the home and re-do the duct arrangements? lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #28
this is a generalized assessment again. we can STILL get it from contact through groceries or certainot Sep 2020 #10
IMO, it's best to cover all bases. Kaleva Sep 2020 #12
yes. it's just a matter of being unlucky certainot Sep 2020 #15
I almost busted out laughing when I saw a coworker last week Grokenstein Sep 2020 #18
i was leaving a lliquor store in college town and saw 6 20 somethings get out of SUV and certainot Sep 2020 #26
The article didn't say you can't get it that way but just that there are JI7 Sep 2020 #19
Proving a negative is hard. Igel Sep 2020 #24
Surface transmission is certainly possible. LisaL Sep 2020 #25
Well, I feel a little better about the "street patios" popping up all over the place now. Grokenstein Sep 2020 #16
Get hand sanitizer with aloe . I use hand creme also after sanitizer JI7 Sep 2020 #20
That helmet would fog up horribly. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #29
Excellent! Squinch Sep 2020 #23
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