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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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OMG!! This really makes sense and is scary! I never thought of what effect those "Anti-bacterial" materials could have on our natural immune systems!!:unsure::coffee:
Actually real deal. We always got warned by our Medical Director about normal flora and not over sanitizing. To the point the Purell hand sanitizer was taken off the rigs. Wearing gloves and washing your hands after runs and patient contact should be enough. Short term probably won't cause any big problem but if your hands are clean and you are home there should be no reason to keep washing them. To this day I still don't touch my face with out a tissue or some barrier, but that's just out of habit and well drilled in habit. If your home and your hands are clean and your not wearing clothes that were exposed to a sneezing or coughing person touching your face is probably no problem either.
 
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Actually real deal. We always got warned by our Medical Director about normal flora and not over sanitizing. To the point the Purell hand sanitizer was taken off the rigs. Wearing gloves and washing your hands after runs and patient contact should be enough. Short term probably won't cause any big problem but if your hands are clean and you are home there should be no reason to keep washing them. To this day I still don't touch my face with out a tissue or some barrier, but that's just out of habit and well drilled in habit. If your home and your hands are clean and your not wearing clothes that were exposed to a sneezing or coughing person touching your face is probably no problem either.


absolutely true, remember when the dr came in and washed his hands with soap and water? Now they squirt a little gel and rub it in, the gel kills the virus, but dead virus germs spread disease also, wash the dead virus off with soap and water.
 
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......blah blah blah...... the gel kills the virus, but dead virus germs spread disease also, wash the dead virus off with soap and water.
um no.... That's not how it works... You flunk virology.
Dead virus, is dead virus. If you destroy a the protective envelope or capsid of a viral pathogen it can no longer enter a cell in order to replicate.
You may test positive for viral RNA but you can't become infected by it.

And now this....


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absolutely true, remember when the dr came in and washed his hands with soap and water? Now they squirt a little gel and rub it in, the gel kills the virus, but dead virus germs spread disease also, wash the dead virus off with soap and water.
um no.... That's not how it works... You flunk virology.
Dead virus, is dead virus. If you destroy a the protective envelope or capsid of a viral pathogen it can no longer enter a cell in order to replicate.
You may test positive for viral RNA but you can't become infected by it.

Correct, sort of, except the fact viruses aren't "alive" anyways. That's just semantics, though. But yes, what @SWgeezer was calling "dead" viruses can't infect anyone. It's like saying a bullet without a case or powder can still kill you. Just doesn't work that way. It is a common misconception, though. People don't realize how incredibly complex virology and immunology are - every season when people are bitching about the flu vaccine and why we can't just cure it I have to bite my tongue so much it literally ought to look like Swiss cheese at the end of the day.

Bottom line, handwashing and use of antibacterial gels/foams reduce the spread of disease. Period.

We could always go back to the bad old days of Civil War and medieval medicine if ya'll want. :D We may end up there anyways once our politicians end up crashing the world economy and sending us back 100 years or so in a depression.
 
Correct, sort of, except the fact viruses aren't "alive" anyways. That's just semantics, though. But yes, what @SWgeezer was calling "dead" viruses can't infect anyone. It's like saying a bullet without a case or powder can still kill you. Just doesn't work that way. It is a common misconception, though. People don't realize how incredibly complex virology and immunology are - every season when people are bitching about the flu vaccine and why we can't just cure it I have to bite my tongue so much it literally ought to look like Swiss cheese at the end of the day.

Bottom line, handwashing and use of antibacterial gels/foams reduce the spread of disease. Period.

We could always go back to the bad old days of Civil War and medieval medicine if ya'll want. :D We may end up there anyways once our politicians end up crashing the world economy and sending us back 100 years or so in a depression.

You need an enzyme that cuts up the viral coat to “dismantle” or inactivate the virus but as soon as the RNA gets replicated you are gonna have another viral coat. It would have to be in high enough concentration to continuously dismantle or block the viral replication cycle... it would cause secondary and tertiary complications in the body.