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Self isolation, social distancing, sheltering in place, whatever else you call it
Garlic Junior replied to dr. b's topic in General Insanity
Well, yes and no. Heat *should* kill almost anything, which is why the advise is to reheat your takeout food. It's generic advice though. Some tests done on COVID-19 seemed to indicate it is more resistant to heat and also there were the alarming numbers in Iran which caused a reconsideration as to whether it would "go away in the summer" like flu. But I don't think much focus has been done on testing its heat tolerance yet. So I wouldn't get them mixed up. The heating your food advice is generic good practice, not COVID specific. Same with my "ensure you're not Vit D deficient" advice, it's also generic, however it's interesting to me in relative context to the "why is it showing in hot countries" and "why is China blaming black people" conversations. -
Self isolation, social distancing, sheltering in place, whatever else you call it
Garlic Junior replied to dr. b's topic in General Insanity
Did a lot of listening about Vitamin D deficiency today. I already figured it was going to be a great tool in the fight against COVID but wanted some reinforcement. Got me thinking about how like old wives tales are usually randomly linked to real science. Like two big things right now are: 1) China being very racist and blaming/persecuting black people and 2) Debate over warmer climes eradicating COVID despite no evidence that heat kills Well, vitamin D is a great preventative method against viruses and specifically respiratory viruses. The sun (ie warmer climes) is our main source of vitamin D. Darker skinned people don't absorb as much from the sun. tl;dr even when stuck at home, try to get some sunshine, and if not, ensure you're getting Vit D in your food/medication. -
Self isolation, social distancing, sheltering in place, whatever else you call it
Garlic Junior replied to dr. b's topic in General Insanity
I know someone who stays in China (not Wuhan, but...) He had a hardcore month-long lockdown, much harder than UK. Stay at home. If you want outside, go in your garden for five minutes then back. Open your window for ten minutes. Stay indoors. After a month of that, pubs etc are back open. Everyone has to wear a mask and everyone gets their temperature tested going in and out of any public building, but otherwise life inside the city is back to normal. Costs you thousands to get a permit to leave the city. Racism is rampant. No foreigners allowed in or out. -
Self isolation, social distancing, sheltering in place, whatever else you call it
Garlic Junior replied to dr. b's topic in General Insanity
So for context, I had planned to quit the now anyway. I've been trying to leave my job for... many years. Going to college in August. Have saved up enough money to survive three years on the bare minimum -
Self isolation, social distancing, sheltering in place, whatever else you call it
Garlic Junior replied to dr. b's topic in General Insanity
Feeling back to 100% Invoked the notice period at my work so in four week's time all I'll have to worry about is keeping myself safe Getting a grocery delivery on Monday So all in all, things are swell for me rn, just missing going places and seeing my friends/family -
Self isolation, social distancing, sheltering in place, whatever else you call it
Garlic Junior replied to dr. b's topic in General Insanity
