[TheForge] Copper vs. coronavirus

[Bruce .]

I feel the same about Facebook.
I'd be interested in what you learn about copper.  Bear in mind that
someone has got a provisional patent on a mask treated with salt.
I agree about beards v. masks.  My observation, however, is that my breath
largely passes through the mask.  I don't assert that it all does.  Like I
said, with a beard, a supplied-air mask would be the way to go, the air
entering through a filter.
I may monkey with a "car vacuum" I picked up one time to see if that has
any potential.  Not sure yet what I'd use with it as a filter.  I read
vacuum cleaner bags are close on to N-95 masks.  The "mask" could then be a
bag over the head.  (What an image!)
I generate a negative pressure by putting a wind box in a window or running
the exhaust fan in the attic.  Never applied it to a contagious disease,
though. Bathroom has more amenities, especially water and toilet.  Get a
PortaPotty for the "nurse" to use outside the bathroom, when that's an
infirmary.
The 3-layer masks I've made probably would do fairly well at catching
droplets from coughs or sneezes.  (Bandana over 2 layers paper towel over 2
layers Kleenex, with a wire or aluminum piece taped in to conform to the
nose.)
Anyway, minimize your exposure to others.  Use precautions when you must go
shopping or be amongst other people.
I advocate taking vitamin supplements, with a bit of zinc in there
somewhere.  Dr. John Campbell (YouTube) says all we need is vitamin D
supplement, but I prefer to take a multivitamin and to be prepared to
megadose vitamin C.
I'm thinking of bringing in a sheet or three of copper from the shop to
place over surfaces I use a lot -- under my computer keyboard, my place at
the dining room table, part of the kitchen counter.

Bruce
NJ


On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:19 PM jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> Water and cotton is a, check. The COVID virus has a relatively weak
> envelope
> and is very susceptible to dehydration so cotton is NOT good for it to get
> stuck to.
>
> I have a friend who's pretty involved in this I'll bounce the copper as an
> antiseptic on cotton or other masks off him. He knows people.
>
> Beards are B A D. It's not possible to get an air seal over one, even
> plastered tight with Vaseline they  prevents a seal.
>
> Sorry Bruce your hope of air flow going through your filters rather than
> around and through your beard is a complete non-starter. Basic physics
> tells
> us Force ALWAYS takes the path of least resistance. An air flow is a form
> of
> force that's very hard to keep from taking the easy route. It'd be like
> keeping spilled water from spreading out by surrounding it with brooms.
>
> If things get so bad I have to wear a mask to avoid infection I have my
> full
> face 3M mask with changeable cartridges in the shop. I'm betting the
> cartridges rated for toxic fumes are proof against virions, the smallest
> infectious pieces, let alone water droplets or aerosolized virus. Not dust
> or smoke cartridges, fumes, toluol, benzine, acetone, MEK, etc. Small
> molecules.
>
> I'll  have to shave but it's full face with integral goggles, it should be
> good. Maybe it'll let Deb or I care for the other without undue risk.
>
> I wish we had a larger bathroom, they're the only thing suitable sort of to
> make into an infirmary. Exhaust fan vents outside so we can keep negative
> pressure and everything is washable, sink, toilet and enough floor for an
> air mattress.
>
> Of course that assumes only one of were infected.
>
> These things aren't so much fun thinking about outside a Sci Fi story are
> they?
>
> Frosty
>