[FRIAM] End most covid transmission?

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Gary, 

 

Well I keep getting conflicting information on that.  That masks are effective would suggest droplet transmission, but masks also interfere with hand to mouth transmission.   In any case, given the important – if not primary  -- role of hands in transmission, there must be SOME reason people aren’t thinking of virus-unfriendly glove materials as a partial protection against the disease. 

 

Also, for you chemists out there: is a dry acid still an acid?  

 

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Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Gary Schiltz
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2020 12:49 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] End most covid transmission?

 

Nick writes: "We know that most covid transmission is hand to face".

Do we know that? I thought it was by inhaling micro droplets from infected people coughing, sneezing, and even breathing. How does it get into the body from your face? 

 

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 1:39 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com <mailto:thompnickson2 at gmail.com> > wrote:

Any materials experts out there? 

 

Ok, so.  We know that most covid transmission is hand to face and we know that the virus is highly vulnerable to acids and some other substances.  Is it not possible to design gloves (and perhaps masks) with those substances embedded?  How about cloth gloves dunked in vinegar and hung out to dry before wearing?  Is vinegar still acid when it’s dry?  

 

Yeah.  I know.  Dumb.  But somebody explain to me why. 

 

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Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

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