Having worked as a store detective for a number of years, I can assure you that if you offer payment in cash and they refuse to accept the payment, you can leave the store with the goods and no court can find you guilty of theft. One of the main principles of larceny that you have to prove is that at no time was payment offered. Happy shopping 😀. In fact, if you were stopped outside by any security you can sue them for false arrest and false imprisonment. You could also sue for defamation if anybody witnessed you being stopped by security which would be highly likely. Ching Ching
~Ben Gilroy
~Ben Gilroy
Good way to pump the numbers. Pay people to be tested. 🤦♂️
"The Victorian Government is providing a $300 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Test Isolation Payment to support Victorian workers, including parents and guardians, who are required to self-isolate while you wait for the results of your coronavirus (COVID-19) test. "
https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/financial-support-coronavirus-covid-19#300-coronavirus-covid-19-test-isolation-payment
"The Victorian Government is providing a $300 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Test Isolation Payment to support Victorian workers, including parents and guardians, who are required to self-isolate while you wait for the results of your coronavirus (COVID-19) test. "
https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/financial-support-coronavirus-covid-19#300-coronavirus-covid-19-test-isolation-payment
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Phase 4 Ireland extended postponed : Pubs will not reopen until at least August 31, number of countries removed from Green List
PUBS, nightclubs and casinos will remain closed for at least another three weeks, the Michéal Martin has stated.
Face coverings will also be mandatory in shops and shopping centres from August 10 and five countries have been taken off the green list.
Pubs will not reopen until at least August 31 There will also be an 11pm 'curfew' on restaurants and pubs that serve food.
Michéal Martin said he realised this news would come as a blow to publicans but lets face it he doesn't really care.
PUBS, nightclubs and casinos will remain closed for at least another three weeks, the Michéal Martin has stated.
Face coverings will also be mandatory in shops and shopping centres from August 10 and five countries have been taken off the green list.
Pubs will not reopen until at least August 31 There will also be an 11pm 'curfew' on restaurants and pubs that serve food.
Michéal Martin said he realised this news would come as a blow to publicans but lets face it he doesn't really care.
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“For those who don't quite understand. There is currently....
1. No regulation on who makes all these masks.
2. No regulation what they are made from.
3. No CE marking.
4 No British Standards.
5. No testing done to see if they are compliant.
6. No hygiene tests on the material or premises they are made in.
7. No checks to see if people are breathing in material fibres
8. No Instruction on cleaning or what washing fashion masks will do.
9. No warnings about single use masks being used over and over.
10. No tests to see what is breeding in the mask.
And to top it off there are people putting them on their children and babies ☹️😢
I feel sorry for workers in physical jobs being forced to wear them in the middle of summer. 0 health and safety! They are only guidelines! Employers should be liable for any health implications that follow.” FH
“For those who don't quite understand. There is currently....
1. No regulation on who makes all these masks.
2. No regulation what they are made from.
3. No CE marking.
4 No British Standards.
5. No testing done to see if they are compliant.
6. No hygiene tests on the material or premises they are made in.
7. No checks to see if people are breathing in material fibres
8. No Instruction on cleaning or what washing fashion masks will do.
9. No warnings about single use masks being used over and over.
10. No tests to see what is breeding in the mask.
And to top it off there are people putting them on their children and babies ☹️😢
I feel sorry for workers in physical jobs being forced to wear them in the middle of summer. 0 health and safety! They are only guidelines! Employers should be liable for any health implications that follow.” FH
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curated by Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D.
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Note: A COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) particle is 0.125 micrometers (μm); influenza virus size is 0.08 – 0.12 μm; a human hair is about 150 μm.
*1 nm = 0.001 micron; 1000 nm = 1 micron; Micrometer (μm) is the preferred name for micron (an older term)
1 meter is = 1,000,000,000 nm or 1,000,000 microns
Droplets
Virus is transmitted through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. Larger respiratory droplets (>5 μm) remain in the air for only a short time and travel only short distances, generally <1 meter. They fall to the ground quickly. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30245-9/fulltext
This idea guides the CDC’s advice to maintain at least a 6-foot distance.
Virus-laden small (<5 μm) aerosolized droplets can remain in the air for at least 3 hours and travel long distances. https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMc2004973?articleTools=true
Air currents
In air conditioned environment these large droplets may travel farther.
However, ventilation — even the opening of an entrance door and a small window can dilute the number of small droplets to one half after 30 seconds. (This study looked at droplets from uninfected persons). This is clinically relevant because poorly ventilated and populated spaces, like public transport and nursing homes, have high SARS-CoV-2 disease transmission despite physical distancing. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30245-9/fulltext
Objects and surfaces
Person to person touching
The CDC’s most recent statement regarding contracting COVID-19 from touching surfaces: “Based on data from lab studies on Covid-19 and what we know about similar respiratory diseases, it may be possible that a person can get Covid-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose or possibly their eyes,” the agency wrote. “But this isn’t thought to be the main way the virus spreads. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/s0522-cdc-updates-covid-transmission.html.
Chinese study with data taken from swabs on surfaces around the hospital
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0885_article?deliveryName=USCDC_333-DM25707
The surfaces where tested with the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test, which greatly amplifies the viral genetic material if it is present. That material is detectable when a person is actively infected. This is thought to be the most reliable test.
Computer mouse (ICU 6/8, 75%; General ward (GW) 1/5, 20%)
Trash cans (ICU 3/5, 60%; GW 0/8)
Sickbed handrails (ICU 6/14, 42.9%; GW 0/12)
Doorknobs (GW 1/12, 8.3%)
81.3% of the miscellaneous personal items were positive:
Exercise equipment
Medical equipment (spirometer, pulse oximeter, nasal cannula)
PC and iPads
Reading glasses
Cellular phones (83.3% positive for viral RNA)
Remote controls for in-room TVs (64.7% percent positive)
Toilets (81.0% positive)
Room surfaces (80.4% of all sampled)
Bedside tables and bed rails (75.0%)
Window ledges (81.8%)
Plastic: up to 2-3 days
Stainless Steel: up to 2-3 days
Cardboard: up to 1 day
Copper: up to 4 hours
Floor – gravity causes droplets to fall to the floor. Half of ICU workers all had virus on the bottoms of their shoes
Filter Efficiency and Fit
*Data from a University of Illinois at Chicago review
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data
HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filters – 99.97 – 100% efficient. HEPA filters are tested with particles that are 0.125 μm.
Masks and respirators work by collecting particles through several physical mechanisms, including diffusion (small particles) and interception and impaction (large particles)
N95 filt
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curated by Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D.
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Note: A COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) particle is 0.125 micrometers (μm); influenza virus size is 0.08 – 0.12 μm; a human hair is about 150 μm.
*1 nm = 0.001 micron; 1000 nm = 1 micron; Micrometer (μm) is the preferred name for micron (an older term)
1 meter is = 1,000,000,000 nm or 1,000,000 microns
Droplets
Virus is transmitted through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. Larger respiratory droplets (>5 μm) remain in the air for only a short time and travel only short distances, generally <1 meter. They fall to the ground quickly. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30245-9/fulltext
This idea guides the CDC’s advice to maintain at least a 6-foot distance.
Virus-laden small (<5 μm) aerosolized droplets can remain in the air for at least 3 hours and travel long distances. https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMc2004973?articleTools=true
Air currents
In air conditioned environment these large droplets may travel farther.
However, ventilation — even the opening of an entrance door and a small window can dilute the number of small droplets to one half after 30 seconds. (This study looked at droplets from uninfected persons). This is clinically relevant because poorly ventilated and populated spaces, like public transport and nursing homes, have high SARS-CoV-2 disease transmission despite physical distancing. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30245-9/fulltext
Objects and surfaces
Person to person touching
The CDC’s most recent statement regarding contracting COVID-19 from touching surfaces: “Based on data from lab studies on Covid-19 and what we know about similar respiratory diseases, it may be possible that a person can get Covid-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose or possibly their eyes,” the agency wrote. “But this isn’t thought to be the main way the virus spreads. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/s0522-cdc-updates-covid-transmission.html.
Chinese study with data taken from swabs on surfaces around the hospital
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0885_article?deliveryName=USCDC_333-DM25707
The surfaces where tested with the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test, which greatly amplifies the viral genetic material if it is present. That material is detectable when a person is actively infected. This is thought to be the most reliable test.
Computer mouse (ICU 6/8, 75%; General ward (GW) 1/5, 20%)
Trash cans (ICU 3/5, 60%; GW 0/8)
Sickbed handrails (ICU 6/14, 42.9%; GW 0/12)
Doorknobs (GW 1/12, 8.3%)
81.3% of the miscellaneous personal items were positive:
Exercise equipment
Medical equipment (spirometer, pulse oximeter, nasal cannula)
PC and iPads
Reading glasses
Cellular phones (83.3% positive for viral RNA)
Remote controls for in-room TVs (64.7% percent positive)
Toilets (81.0% positive)
Room surfaces (80.4% of all sampled)
Bedside tables and bed rails (75.0%)
Window ledges (81.8%)
Plastic: up to 2-3 days
Stainless Steel: up to 2-3 days
Cardboard: up to 1 day
Copper: up to 4 hours
Floor – gravity causes droplets to fall to the floor. Half of ICU workers all had virus on the bottoms of their shoes
Filter Efficiency and Fit
*Data from a University of Illinois at Chicago review
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data
HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filters – 99.97 – 100% efficient. HEPA filters are tested with particles that are 0.125 μm.
Masks and respirators work by collecting particles through several physical mechanisms, including diffusion (small particles) and interception and impaction (large particles)
N95 filt