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Re: Disinfecting techniques

Author: kdk ★2017 Date:   2020-03-13 22:55 Dan Shusta wrote: > I'm not so sure you can't "further infect" yourself if you have > Covid-19. To me, adding more of these germs to one's health > system could possibly make a person's health worse or at least > prolong the healing time frame. However, that is just my > opinion. Respectfully, Dan, this is really the crux of the authority issue. Opinions of non-experts in a medical discussion fall within a range of harmless but irrelevant to possibly dangerous (if they lead others to destructive behaviors). The conventional wisdom among experts is that recovering from a virus leaves antibodies that protect us from being reinfected with the same virus. (This is not, apparently, true of bacterial infections). If COVID-19 is atypical in this regard, not an impossibility, the ability **of the same strain of the virus** (the one that might still be living in your reeds and on your mouthpiece) to reinfect you **if you have completely recovered** would take a longer research study to establish than COVID-19 has been on the ground among humans. And, of course, if what got to you is strep, you could apparently be reinfected. So, I have no argument with you or anyone else who wants to disinfect reeds and mouthpieces between uses. COVID-19 isn't needed as a reason. The author of the article about alcohol, btw, is easy to find references for online and seems to be quite respectable. And she's writing about a topic that has enough history to allow for research-based conclusions that don't need to rely on anyone's opinion. So, i'll go back to spritzing my reeds and mouthpieces with Sanimist (70% alcohol) when I think there's a need and save the booze for other uses. Karl

Topics	Author	Date
Disinfecting techniques  new	Dan Shusta	2020-03-12 21:18
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Bob Bernardo	2020-03-12 22:22
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	LFabian	2020-10-15 07:34
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Ken Lagace	2020-03-12 23:12
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Paul Aviles	2020-03-13 01:40
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Dan Shusta	2020-03-13 02:39
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	kdk	2020-03-13 04:25
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Paul Aviles	2020-03-13 03:47
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	hans	2020-03-13 04:04
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Paul Aviles	2020-03-13 05:40
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Dan Shusta	2020-03-13 06:49
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	hans	2020-03-13 07:08
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	kdk	2020-03-13 07:09
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	rtaylor	2020-03-13 18:57
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Dan Shusta	2020-03-13 20:32
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	hans	2020-03-14 03:10
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Paul Aviles	2020-03-13 21:25
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Dan Shusta	2020-03-13 22:17
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	kdk	2020-03-13 22:55
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Philip Caron	2020-03-14 00:12
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	NOLA Ken	2020-10-13 18:33
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Dan Shusta	2020-03-14 01:29
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	kdk	2020-03-14 03:06
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Dan Shusta	2020-03-14 03:28
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	hans	2020-03-14 03:41
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	kdk	2020-03-14 04:29
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	SunnyDaze	2020-03-15 00:32
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Tom H	2020-03-15 04:33
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	crusius	2020-03-17 04:00
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	SunnyDaze	2020-03-29 09:42
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	eac	2020-03-31 16:41
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	oian	2020-03-31 23:24
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	hans	2020-04-01 03:12
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	SunnyDaze	2020-04-08 00:55
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Dan Shusta	2020-04-08 02:30
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	SunnyDaze	2020-04-08 10:16
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	SunnyDaze	2020-04-08 23:13
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Plonk	2020-04-09 10:53
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	SunnyDaze	2020-04-09 14:02
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	NOLA Ken	2020-10-13 19:02
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	MichaelW	2020-10-13 19:19
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	NOLA Ken	2020-10-13 20:23
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	kdk	2020-10-13 21:19
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	NOLA Ken	2020-10-13 23:07
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Paul Aviles	2020-10-14 00:12
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	NOLA Ken	2020-10-14 02:07
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Dan Shusta	2020-10-14 02:09
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	kehammel	2020-10-15 01:08
Re: Disinfecting techniques  new	Chris J	2020-10-14 14:24

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