Corona Virus # 3

[dragoneggs]

Schools closed here until end of April. Daughter is an elementary school teacher and they are meeting today to figure out how they might continue the teaching/learning while kids are at home.

 

[MossRoad]

I don't see the big deal with TP...if you're at home anyway...its just as easy to time a daily shower after a constitutional...

We just had that discussion at work with a guy that was freaking out about toilet paper. If you're at home, that's fine. But away from home, who knows? Haven't seen any outages of TP at businesses yet. But then again, I don't 'go' at many businesses, either.

For perspective, I recently read somewhere that at the Pentagon building, they go through over 600 rolls of TP per day!

 

[/pine]

It's horrible to think about but it sort of relates... The wretched conditions that existed in the trenches of WW1 got so bad with dysentery that what latrines were available were overwhelmed and unusable...the soldiers were forced to defecate into their own hands and throw it out of the trenches...
...Conditions sometimes call for extreme measures...it can always be worse...

 

[riptides]

We just had that discussion at work with a guy that was freaking out about toilet paper. If you're at home, that's fine. But away from home, who knows? Haven't seen any outages of TP at businesses yet. But then again, I don't 'go' at many businesses, either.

For perspective, I recently read somewhere that at the Pentagon building, they go through over 600 rolls of TP per day!

When I was overseas we carried around our TP on our belts.

Personal Hygiene.

 

[oosik]

That IS a horrible thought. However - perhaps all my pocket gopher holes can come to some beneficial use.

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't see the big deal with TP...if you're at home anyway...its just as easy to time a daily shower after a constitutional...

I worked with 3 guys who had been college roommates; they claimed they went all of one semester without TP. They just did as you say and jumped into the shower... obviously they didn't have girlfriends coming home with them.

 

[Big Barn]

I may be going out on a limb here...but I suspect that it won't be long before someone comes up with a systemic type spray or compound that actually kills the virus...it should not have to go through typical human testing if it's effective and made from non harmful ingredients etc...it should be available before any human tested vaccine etc..?

I read about a quinine and zinc concoction that is supposed to slow down the virus but I don't know if it is just one more snake oil idea.

Chris

They peddled that stuff a few years back claiming to rejuvenate dead car batteries. IIRC.

Keep us updated.

 

[Big Barn]

I worked with 3 guys who had been college roommates; they claimed they went all of one semester without TP. They just did as you say and jumped into the shower... obviously they didn't have girlfriends coming home with them.

Or boyfriends.

 

[Jstpssng]

Or boyfriends.

This was in the early '80s, so that wasn't as common. (Or at least as blatant.)

 

[MossRoad]

Girls can be just as, if not more, lax on their personal hygiene. My current job allows me to see all types of people in all types of living conditions. No gender, nationality, religion, political persuasion, amount of wealth, etc... is immune from bad hygiene. It's nasty.