[blueplum]

what do you think of this guy’s idea?

disinfecting masks by soaking in boiling water:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdZ43WWCQWg

one point this fella makes in his video is, if your mask is contaminated so is your hair and clothing. Maybe that’s why the CDC is saying masks aren’t necessary???

[dfwgator]

I thought the masks were so you wouldn’t spread the disease, not necessarily for you not to get the virus.

[Black Agnes]

I’ve been saying this for nearly a month.

This is likely a level 3+ pathogen. Level 3 attire is probably fine. For a while. Level 4 would be better but it’s prohibitively expensive.

If you wear a mask it’s to keep YOU from spreading it. NOT to keep you from GETTING it.

[PA Engineer]

I think it is a bad idea. The mask, strap glue and straps will break down.

My family has had to create a protocol for this. Wife is a MD, sister-in-law is a triage nurse and others will have direct exposure.

My wife will begin to wear scrubs again with her lab coat. We've replaced the knob entry from the garage with a lever. Her scrubs come off and strait into the washer. PPE into the trash. After that she will head to the shower.

We have an ozone unit for her car and disinfectant for rails and knobs.

There is the possibility she will still pick it up at work, however reducing the exposure keeps her safer and the house clean.

After working out the plans we realized every family member will need to follow the same protocol if it becomes endemic to the area.

The time necessary is minimal, however habits are the hardest things to change. For instance, not touching your face.

I think everyone should plan the same and game it. Just assume everything you contact are fomites. The intent of the planning is to keep your home free of viral infection.

If a family member becomes sick, we have planned for that too.

We did not plan for shortages of PPE supplies. That is why we are looking at sterilization of respirators. You would be surprised how few hospitals have prepared for this or have supplies on hand. Many administrators are becoming nervous.

Now something that may seem cynical. The Affordable Care Act is the worst thing that ever happened to medicine. With EPIC this created a situation where we no longer have health care, we have insurance care with insurance companies running many hospitals. The insurance companies have not planned for an epidemic and from what we have seen locally will just replace medical staff with other bodies if they become ill. The insurance companies have EPIC and any warm body can enter the codes.