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To: w0z who wrote (9352)	4/20/2020 10:47:43 AM
From: Kirk ©	1 Recommendation Recommended By kimberley Respond to of 26769

Thanks for the update. I believe it was you who first talked about cooking N95s in a toaster over at 160F. I mostly rely on gloves. I have an N95 that sits in a plastic salad box between uses of maybe 2x a week It is open to the sun but through a window that has some filtration so it probably isn't good for quick cleaning, if any. But, due to the construction of the mask, I believe the C19 virus only lasts a short time, similar to clothing or newsprint. Many articles suggest you get most of your protection from washing your hands and not touching your face between being exposed outside and washing your hands. I glove up in the car, put on my mask, do my shopping with my credit card on my shopping list with a paper clip so I can touch those over and over without opening my wallet, etc. When I return to my car (BMW X3), I open the trunk with the remote, grab a Lysol wipe and clean my gloved hands, transfer the goods from the shopping cart (Costco no longer bags) to my car, close the trunk with a push of the button, return the cart, all while still holding the wipe.... then clean my gloves and remote again, sit in the car, spray my leather shoes (not soft material) top-and bottom with Lysol, get in, wipe everything again with the wipe, put the N95 back in the box (with cleaned gloved hand) take off the gloves and toss them and a wipe into my hazardous waste bin on the floor, and drive home. My guess is the ONLY C19 virus particles that would survive that would be any that the N95 filter caught. Given it is made of soft material, the virus should break up in a day or two even without sunlight or heating but if I use a gloved hand to put on again, it is not a problem if I use it again the same day. I could rotate my masks, perhaps by stacking them in labeled salad boxes so they get a week or more between uses, but I think this is anal enough, especially since recent papers suggest we're fine handling mail and newspapers delivered to our homes, especially if we let them sit for 24 hrs. (I need to find the latest that I seem to have misplaced.)

To: w0z who wrote (9352)	4/22/2020 2:40:34 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26769

Here is a really interesting new site that calculates Rt to show which states have it under control (less than 1.0) and can consider reopening. You can set it for "no shelter in place" and see how that affects the data too rt.live

To: w0z who wrote (9352)	4/27/2020 10:59:20 AM
From: Kirk ©	3 Recommendations Recommended By benwood rdkflorida2 w0z Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26769

This is the most encouraging COVID-19 news I've seen in a long time... EVEN CA, NY and WA have Rt now under 1.00 with a 90% CI.... and we are where the hot spots were. Bothersome is the changes were HUGE with the model update so you have to ask "are the changes done or could a new change be just as large in the bad direction?" If this continues to get better and get more testing so you can test workers at restaurants each day, for example, I could see us opening up much sooner than we thought just a few days ago. I just hope all the people crowding beaches and parks this weekend didn't set us back too much. rt.live