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I've noticed this condition probably more than 30 times. Since it happened to me a week ago I've gone looking for clues. Hot day ~100 F. Feeling fine then within five minutes, light headed, anxiety, slight nausea then malaise. General intestinal discomfort. Drank about 20 oz cold water and...

Why point fingers at Thailand? It is only one of a dozen Asian countries profiting from a consumerism glut that has the export capability to some of the worlds largest marketplaces. Buyer beware. No loyalty or ethics when huge profits are at stake.

Posted due to concern PPEs may be compromised or defective.

The big 'Chinese' label is highly misleading. A vast amount of these knock offs are shipped to foreign countries in pieces, assembled in that country thus receiving a different country of origin label, then either shipped directly or trans-shipped to tertiary countries. China has cultivated a...

S.E. Asia is now up to it's eyeballs in ordinary face masks. Cottage industries on out to major manufacturers are cashing in on the virus. Some of these masks are obviously home made with questionable materials, others, in typical pirating style are using reputable manufacturer logos, designs...

Get real. You medicals are just dealing with symptoms. Lambs to the slaughter.

Of course it's just a bizarre coincidence the U.S. far exceeds the number of infections of all countries (presently over 1/4th of all reported infections world wide) and the denial, misinformation and outright lies from Fox and Trump. The worst is yet to come. Look to the countries Trump has...

I agree completely. I suggested tiny bits of corn starch to keep masks from slipping around. A few dots of corn starch paste the size of the head of a pin. I assumed nobody would use enough to compromise the seal! That would be ridiculous. Also agree with the pos press. We had some antique...

Sealed? Better reread my post.

Common uses of corn starch: Athlete's foot, chemical free base for makeup, relief from itching from bug bites and irritants like poison ivy (rhus), non toxic base for children to make paints with, deodorant, water based adhesive, diaper rash, sunburn, etc etc. Got a problem with it, don't use...

What is your problem? Do you represent the tens of thousands of guests and click bys that visit this forum? Why are you the supreme authority of what is to be posted? Ordinary people visit these forums all the time just looking for information. Just stop driving them away with your elitist...

Sounds very FD. But if you think about it, their flexibility strongly lends to effectiveness. I'm thinking of when I was a seasonal on wildland fires and how they would play musical chairs with the people power to get boots on the ground where it was needed most as fast as possible. I bounced...

Give it some serious thought. That mask stays in place and does NOT MOVE. If you have to adjust it, tweak it around or whatever, you stand a good chance you contaminated it and removing it later can be much more difficult. The #1 source of self contamination is hands to face. Adjusting your mask...

If the contamination hazard is that critical use alcohol for the starch wetting agent of course. Or povidone iodine. You can also use that as an weak adhesive by itself. Additionally, though it will look weird, povidone iodine is the cats meow for those contaminated places like the edges of the...

When the epidemic task force gets rebuilt it needs to have a priority list with 'sitting duck' victims such as nursing home receiving both in place and quick response preventive/protective measures. Maybe Trump dismantling the task force was a blessing in disguise. Between what it was and what...

In the field get bys. Nearly all disposable masks can withstand this: 20 minute bath in boiling water followed up with 24 hours in a 200+ ppm chlorine bath. Got access to an autoclave? Slow cooker, 217F, 2 hours. Flasher? 5 minutes @228F+. EO, 48 hours. Common autoclaves in hospitals can...

Shades of haz mat training, sulfur triox, cyanides, PCBs and their friends. Got to be some FFs here who have done this. SCBA practice. Don your full turnout and other PPE gear and put on the SCBA blind in a toxic environment. Repeat until you do it rote perfect. Especially the part of a...

It's a really good idea to misspell thread titles. Helps to ferret out the fussbudgets, nitpickers and trolls at a glance. Simple solution that will assure a pandemic never gets out of the gate: At the first hint close all public venues that serve alcohol. That is, the locations where personal...

Apologies. Not ignoring you just ... arseholes and alligators ring bells? Sob story. Violins and/or crying towels U.S. Citizen. My disability hit full on in 1997. Permanent non reversible, degenerative. Employer at that time managed to trash out most of my benefits as my wife cleaned out the...

Not that this is anything to go by but, that is what happpened to both my wife and I. Our symptoms, aside from irritating lung congestion were minor. More or less just that congestion and no other significant symptoms. So there seems to be a threshold which makes this virus stealth. No big deal...