Covid on the brain
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Comments (35)Well, I missed #1 because I thought it was "The last cent." The arrow points to only one cent - not cents. There should have been two rows in order for it to be cents. The others I got, although for #2, I thought it was "Sums it up," since it was plural. I'll have to take into consideration the liberties they are taking with plurals in the future. This will give me more options....See MoreCovid in my area
Comments (61)Sturgis also was timed with a surge in the host county, Meade (and neighboring counties), but other cases were imported back to . https://covid19.biglocalnews.org/county-maps/index.html#/county/46093 Germany fell behind in v******* rates, compared to their neighbors. They are now instituting charges for tests and a digital pass, similar to other EU countries that have demonstrated large amounts of success....See MoreVentless dryer: Miele compact or Whirlpool full size
Comments (28)"But high temperature or “autoclaving” is how Hospital laundry disinfect" Miele do make autoclaves to treat medical instruments. These machines are essentially pressure cookers, as you know. A residential dryer is not that. As for sanitization, Miele Europe make these claims: Hygienically clean – scientifically proven With Miele, your laundry is more than just cleaned – it is hygienically cleaned: more than 99.99 % of E. coli and S. aureus bacteria are reliably removed in the “Minimum iron 40 °C” programme with the AllergoWash extra option and in the “Cottons hygiene 60 °C” programme (if available in your model). As confirmed by Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.[3] 3 . Tested and confirmed by the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences. Applies to all models in the Minimum iron 40 °C programme with the AllergoWash extra and – if available for the model – in the Cottons hygiene 60 °C programme. A description of the relevant methodology can be found at the following link: http://www.miele.com/media/ex/com/Testkriterien_Hygiene-Siegel.pdf Subject to technical changes; no liability accepted for the accuracy of the information given. See General Terms and Conditions in footer for additional details. ------------------------------------------------------------ Elsewhere on the website, Miele say that the Cottons Hygiene 60°C cycle with PowerWash technology, TwinDos and the AllergoWash option, will remove over 99.9% of viruses including the coronavirus. Said Hygiene with AllergoWash cycle lasts about three hours. I don't think it's an available cycle in the US. Sanitize would probably do the same, as it gets even hotter. Now for the dryers, this is what Miele Europe say. Effective against bacteria Hygienic laundry care – also during drying. HygieneDry can be relied upon to remove 99.99 %[7] of all bacteria from your laundry during drying. This is achieved thanks to especially long temperature holding times. The effectiveness of HygieneDry has been confirmed by the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences. HygieneDry is suitable for fabrics with two dots on the wash-care label. 7 . Tested for Bacillus subtilis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae bacteria in the HygieneDry drying level with half load. A description of the relevant methodology can be found at the following link: https://www.miele.com/media/ex/com/Testkriterien_Hygiene-Siegel_T1.pdf Subject to technical changes; no liability accepted for the accuracy of the information given. See General Terms and Conditions in footer for additional details. ------------------------------------------------------------ For the HygieneDry dryness level, the use manual states: The programme completes the normal drying process for laundry care first. The finish time counts down to 0 minutes. Then the temperature holding time starts. At the start of the temperature holding time, the remaining programme running time is extended by 85 minutes to produce a hygienic drying result. Unlike with washers, there is no mention of coronavirus anywhere. I don't know if HygieneDry has made it to the US yet... but I assume one could run a timed cycle after the clothes are dry. I don't know how hot Miele heat-pump dryers get. My Bosch surpasses 158°C as it overdries clothes on its Anti-Allergy cycle, with 140 to 149°C being the normal temp at the end of a normal cycle. Edit: I just checked the manual for the European Little Giant models: the custom cycle programming mode allows a temp of up to 167°C to be set. My bathroom is about 65 ft² and even with the door shut (not recommended) it never got above 79°F with my Bosch dryer doing full loads. The Miele dryers are pretty quiet. In some of the videos on YouTube, you can hear the clicking of the moisture-sensing arm that rides on top of the drum like this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MqxKEKI8gTg...See MoreLivid/Covid Round 2. Here we go again.
Comments (82)Airborne viruses mutate at an astounding rate, so it is unrealistic to expect a vaccine to work 100% However, look at it this way, covid only had an initial .4% rate of spread, which is four times that of the flu, (that's around .1% and even then many folks die from that, which makes any little bit the flu vaccine can do to help something on the plus side). Look how many people died around the world with even 4 tenths of a percent rate of infection. So if they vaccine is even 60% effective, it is preventing thousands of people from getting sick. This is statistical math, which I guess most people aren't familiar with, they want 100% fool proof math, which is not how natural systems work, they are so varied and complex. Lots of people owe their existence to birth control that was 99% effective . . . small percentage multiplied over large, large numbers over time, time, time still has considerable effect. It's complex and variable math, which is why it seems awfully sophomoric to me to criticize "experts" who can't give you immediate, fool proof advice all the time no matter what. You don't even want to listen to the long set of "maybe" or "ifs" that they would couch there advice in, it's called confusing. Or who knows, I know it gets your post erased on here. But we have to make decisions like this on a whole host of important issues every day. I think the only reason I have avoided Covid is I have not returned to work, which like GS, was teaching which would expose me to considerable risk every day, no matter what. I used to get the flu every year too when I was teaching. Have enjoyed not having that to deal with, even though I miss teaching a lot. The other thing I have avoided is airline, bus or train travel . . . sigh. Edited to add that covid is one reason many teachers are deciding to retire early, they are getting on in years and just don't want the constant health challenges. And of course fewer and fewer young people are choosing teaching or nursing as career paths . . ....See MoreOlychick
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