Corona Virus

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Originally Posted by 4bee

But if Mr Trout picked up stock just after the display was loaded by Staff out the back Mr Tombs wouldn't that leave it open to contamination?

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Yep. Although all staff should be wearing disposable gloves at the moment.

Yes, if the Chinese left any here after the 90T was loaded.[bigsad] Do you not think the Virus would still live on, on the gloves?

Doomadgee is now, sort of, in lock-down.
You can't leave Burke Shire, Doomadgee Shire is within Burke shire.
Police Road Blocks & the full bit. The only people allowed in are essential workers.
Burke shire is pretty big so you can still go for a drive or out bush but the Police are patrolling & stopping people to check where they are going.
This is a good thing, we don't have the Virus & this may just keep it out of our district.
My only thing is who knows when I will next see SWMBO & the kids in Cloncurry.
At least we have phones & internet usually & I have work to keep me busy.
Jonesfam

Jonsey, did the rumored Army presence ever eventuate or did someone get it ballsed up with the Police Contingent?

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Originally Posted by 4bee

Jonsey, did the rumored Army presence ever eventuate or did someone get it ballsed up with the Police Contingent?

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No army.
Good Doomadgee story I think.
2 Land Cruisers & 20 seater bus full of Coppers though.
The boys & girls will have to behave for a bit.[biggrin]
Jonesfam

One last trip to town tomorrow to get a few essential items and a fuel run to the depot and we will be "Hunkering Down" for the nexr 2to3 months [thumbsupbig]
No fishing or travel of any kind for the next few months which is heartbreaking But you have to do what you have to do in this situation to keep yourseld AND others safe unfortunately..
At the end of the day we Will beat this corona virus bitch But at the moment we Have to be cautious and think of others.

Our only pub has started home delivery. What should I make of that?[bighmmm]

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Originally Posted by windsock

This bit of news sounds interesting among all the pointless chatter of nukes, guns and ammo deprivation. A San Francisco outfit called Distributed Bio (COVID-19 | distributedbio) is working with the old SARS virus antibodies and have reportedly manipulated this SARS antibody structure or some such thing to block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from doing anything in the body. I did some checking (critique of the report below) and Dist. Bio got some money from the Bill Gates Foundation for their research a year or so ago to work on a 'universal' flu vaccine Distributed Bio, Inc - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation so on the face of it they'd appear to be bona fide contenders to develop something like the antibody thing. Maybe something will come of it, maybe not... Seems like a novel bit of research building on what had already been done with SARS. They're going to hand over their research results (manipulated antibodies) to the US Military which has the SARS-CoV-2 virus to try it out.

'Pandemic' scientist makes breakthrough on Covid-19 cure | RNZ

I guess we wait and see. Maybe they'll share it around the world or maybe they hold on to it like milk formula and medical masks... [bighmmm]

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Hopefully share it round.

"He told

Checkpoint

it is essential for his laboratory that everyone gains access to the medicine. "

The light at the end of the tunnel?


Bunnings, Kmart and Target to continue trading as coronavirus data monitored | The New Daily

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Originally Posted by 4bee

Do you not think the Virus would still live on, on the gloves?

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I am sure it would,they maybe only protect the user?

Unless of course they are coated with some form of disinfectant,but i doubt it.

Thats why everything has to be washed as soon as possible.

I noticed local shops have hand sanitiser near the entrance doors now,so you can sanitise hands before you get to the car.

Those reusable bags from Coles,Woolies, or where ever, would need washing as well.
Or use new ones each time,they are only 15c each.