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Message 96658 - Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 11:09:08 UTC - in response to Message 96621.  
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Thinking on your post. I was just wondering.

If the alcohol kills the Covid-19 virus, then a high alcohol % in my blood stream could protect me! Another good reason to go to the outrage pub after they cancel our party this week. You all should try similar preventive measures, you know heath comes first.
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Message 96660 - Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 12:02:03 UTC - in response to Message 96658.  

If the alcohol kills the Covid-19 virus, then a high alcohol % in my blood stream could protect me! Another good reason to go to the outrage pub after they cancel our party this week. You all should try similar preventive measures, you know heath comes first.


To kill it you have to get the blood level in your alcohol system down below 40%!
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Message 96661 - Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 12:11:09 UTC - in response to Message 96660.  

If the alcohol kills the Covid-19 virus, then a high alcohol % in my blood stream could protect me! Another good reason to go to the outrage pub after they cancel our party this week. You all should try similar preventive measures, you know heath comes first.


To kill it you have to get the blood level in your alcohol system down below 40%!

I Will do my best!
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Message 96663 - Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 12:45:09 UTC

All nice and all, but a virus is - I learned this yesterday from a virologist - a package of protein with some genetic material in it. It isn't alive! You can't kill it. The function of a virus is to land on a host cell and infect that cell with some RNA. That cell will then produce the virus RNA which will become the eventual virus that will make you sick.

But here's the other thing: you have a lot of viruses already in you. Viruses are used in your intestinal tract to keep the bacteria there in check. You have a hundred thousand billion bacteria inside you, and ten times as many viruses to keep those bacteria at bay.
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Message 96664 - Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 12:57:29 UTC - in response to Message 96663.  

Did your virologist friend talk about the specific role of soap and ethanol in disrupting the lipid membrane surrounding the coronavirus?
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Message 96666 - Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 15:04:15 UTC

Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days.
-- W. C. Fields, "My Little Chickadee"
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Message 96669 - Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 16:26:39 UTC - in response to Message 96664.  

He wasn't my friend, but someone in a video in the news. And no, he did not talk about soap or where to stick it. Why?
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Message 96670 - Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 16:34:22 UTC - in response to Message 96669.  

He wasn't my friend, but someone in a video in the news. And no, he did not talk about soap or where to stick it. Why?
British TV has been going on and on (and on) about washing our hands. The virus may not be alive, but it is infectious - and the lipid membrane is a critical part of the infective pathway. Disrupt the lipids, and you don't get infected. Or so our TV pundits say.
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Message 96671 - Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 16:49:48 UTC - in response to Message 96670.  
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Our institute for health (RIVM) and politicians are going on and on about washing your hands, not shaking hands etc.
In the meantime no one in Noord-Brabant is allowed to work in other provinces anymore, or if they had work there, are advised by government and companies to stay at home. We're no longer allowed to fraternize in any way, not meet new people, not socialize with people we already know, all sports gatherings have been canceled or are played without public, know a Noord-Brabander? He's a pariah! If you know me, best put me on ignore before I infect you through my posts! 😂😂🤣🤣
I wonder how long it takes before internet to us is cut... 😬🌹

German chancellor Merkel has uplifting numbers, saying she expects 60 to 70% of her population to get this flu.
I sincerely hope that by May we're done with this nonsense, as my vacation is non-refundable.

Edit: WHO now calls coronavirus a pandemic
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Message 96701 - Posted: 12 Mar 2020, 15:43:32 UTC

And there we go. Dutch people are urged to stay at home as much as possible, this rule is for everyone now.
If you have a cough, you sneeze, or you have a (slight) fever, you're to quarantine yourself for 14 days. Not visit elderly people. Not visit people who are sick already. All gatherings where 100+ people come have been canceled.

Has the Formula One been canceled yet now McLaren decided not to drive?
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Message 96702 - Posted: 12 Mar 2020, 15:46:30 UTC - in response to Message 96701.  

Has the Formula One been canceled yet now McLaren decided not to drive?
The BBC thinks it has: Coronavirus: Australian Grand Prix postponed
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Message 96703 - Posted: 12 Mar 2020, 15:53:16 UTC

Well...

A new study suggests that the novel coronavirus COVID-19 can remain in the air for up to three hours, and live on surfaces such as plastic and stainless steel for up to three days.

The research, published in the medRxiv depository, also notes that the virus can remain on copper surfaces for four hours and carboard for up to 24 hours. The research found it could stay on stainless steel and plastic for anywhere between two and three days.
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Message 96717 - Posted: 13 Mar 2020, 1:28:54 UTC - in response to Message 96702.  

A couple of hours ago, it was going to continue without spectators.
Just got back from shopping and it's cancelled.

Australian F1 Grand Prix cancelled over coronavirus concerns
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Message 96719 - Posted: 13 Mar 2020, 1:40:09 UTC
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Replica seconds behind master 59,870

At what level we should start the sacrifices?
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Message 96721 - Posted: 13 Mar 2020, 3:55:29 UTC - in response to Message 96719.  

Replica seconds behind master 59,870

At what level we should start the sacrifices?

Not getting better 64,548 seconds behind.

Just enough time for me to make a last minute trip to the local pub before they close in 65 minutes and get 2 rounds in.
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Message 96722 - Posted: 13 Mar 2020, 4:03:18 UTC - in response to Message 96721.  
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Replica seconds behind master 59,870

At what level we should start the sacrifices?

Not getting better 64,548 seconds behind.

Just enough time for me to make a last minute trip to the local pub before they close in 65 minutes and get 2 rounds in.

Let`s the sacrifice runs begin! I`m right behind you. Starting the first of hope many beers now.

Replica seconds behind master 66,057. Time to burn some hair too?

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Message 96727 - Posted: 13 Mar 2020, 6:05:07 UTC
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