COVID-19 could affect more races this year.

[strad]

This virus has been shown to be very frail compared to others.
As for the wand, I use it after I wipe packages with disinfectant.

[Big Tea]

Where it will not damage the item, I wipe it over with 20% bleach and let it stand for a while, then wipe it off with kitchen towel. Bleach is one of the few things (supposed) to defiantly the virus, but a soak in a tank and a wipe are not comparable. Next option is a wipe in IPA 99% but all packaging goes out, then good hand wash before putting into storage.
I know nothing is for sure, but I try.

I think alcohol would be faster at deactivating the virus, although bleach will do the job, just not quite as quickly.
At least according to ¶8 here: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04 ... rink-them/ Forgive me for the arstechnica link.

I have some 99% IPA, but the cost and availability of replacing it mean I have been keeping it for the special items.
Some say use vodka etc, but it is only 40% and not much use. I am not considering it a replacement for washing, but using as another 'layer' of security. Where possible I remove outer packaging, but the wife gets rather annoyed with me Lol. I have been back intouch with my usual supplier of IPA 30 min ago and it is back in stock for immediate delivery, so have replenished stocks. The electronics can wait lol.

[3jawchuck]

Where it will not damage the item, I wipe it over with 20% bleach and let it stand for a while, then wipe it off with kitchen towel. Bleach is one of the few things (supposed) to defiantly the virus, but a soak in a tank and a wipe are not comparable. Next option is a wipe in IPA 99% but all packaging goes out, then good hand wash before putting into storage.
I know nothing is for sure, but I try.

I think alcohol would be faster at deactivating the virus, although bleach will do the job, just not quite as quickly.
At least according to ¶8 here: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04 ... rink-them/ Forgive me for the arstechnica link.

I have some 99% IPA, but the cost and availability of replacing it mean I have been keeping it for the special items.
Some say use vodka etc, but it is only 40% and not much use. I am not considering it a replacement for washing, but using as another 'layer' of security. Where possible I remove outer packaging, but the wife gets rather annoyed with me Lol. I have been back intouch with my usual supplier of IPA 30 min ago and it is back in stock for immediate delivery, so have replenished stocks. The electronics can wait lol.

You could use meths. It is generally as cheap as water, well not quite but cheap anyway.

[Just_a_fan]

I think alcohol would be faster at deactivating the virus, although bleach will do the job, just not quite as quickly.
At least according to ¶8 here: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04 ... rink-them/ Forgive me for the arstechnica link.

I have some 99% IPA, but the cost and availability of replacing it mean I have been keeping it for the special items.
Some say use vodka etc, but it is only 40% and not much use. I am not considering it a replacement for washing, but using as another 'layer' of security. Where possible I remove outer packaging, but the wife gets rather annoyed with me Lol. I have been back intouch with my usual supplier of IPA 30 min ago and it is back in stock for immediate delivery, so have replenished stocks. The electronics can wait lol.

You could use meths. It is generally as cheap as water, well not quite but cheap anyway.

Drinking meths is a definite no!

[Big Tea]

I think alcohol would be faster at deactivating the virus, although bleach will do the job, just not quite as quickly.
At least according to ¶8 here: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04 ... rink-them/ Forgive me for the arstechnica link.

I have some 99% IPA, but the cost and availability of replacing it mean I have been keeping it for the special items.
Some say use vodka etc, but it is only 40% and not much use. I am not considering it a replacement for washing, but using as another 'layer' of security. Where possible I remove outer packaging, but the wife gets rather annoyed with me Lol. I have been back intouch with my usual supplier of IPA 30 min ago and it is back in stock for immediate delivery, so have replenished stocks. The electronics can wait lol.

You could use meths. It is generally as cheap as water, well not quite but cheap anyway.

Good idea. I have a gallon about somewhere for my (old fashioned) blowlamp

[neilalexander]

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/14919 ... to-63-days

[Wouter]

'Chassis, gearbox and suspension development frozen from GP Austria'

On Wednesday, all team bosses met again in a videocall to discuss the development of the 2021 car with the technical working group. The coronavirus is causing financial problems at the race stables and for that reason a radical new measure seems to have been introduced.

After a long meeting it would have appeared that the development of the chassis, the gearbox and the suspension will be frozen. As of the upcoming Austrian Grand Prix this will be the case, so also in the coming season no adjustments would be possible.
It is a new measure of Formula 1 to reduce costs.

Tokens return

The plan is that in 2021 the teams will have tokens that they can use to develop elements other than the chassis, gearbox and suspension of the car. The aerodynamic development will remain free, so especially in this area the teams will have to gain ground.

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/58862/-c ... tria-.html

[nzjrs]

A nice introduction to different types of immunity conveyed through vaccines https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01221-y

[Just_a_fan]

Have they checked with Jenny McCarthy whether any of these will be ok to use? It's important that we listen to the views of unqualified TV personalities on this issue...

[strad]

Yes Wouter, I ran across that yesterday. I think that the whole FIA/F1 scene has just gone stupid.

[Just_a_fan]

Apparent good news:
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus- ... 6jaqdfvC-8

The apparent "catching it twice" scare was down to testing errors. So herd immunity is back on.

[hollus]

Herd immunity was never off even if 20% could catch it twice. It would just take a few more people to get there.

[LM10]

Apparent good news:
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus- ... 6jaqdfvC-8

The apparent "catching it twice" scare was down to testing errors. So herd immunity is back on.

Like I’ve told, only media pushing every single (insignificant) scientific news. If there were no testing errors, sensitivity and specificity of those tests would be 100%, but no diagnostic tool can reach such accuracy. It’s like expecting mammography to show you the tumor in every single woman out of 1000 with breast cancer. But that’s not the case. You’ll have false positive and false negative results. Same goes with Corona tests.

Not building immunity against the Coronavirus will happen in people with underlying immune system problems. Other than that your body will build antibodies.

Two questions regarding immunity need yet to be answered:

1. For how long will people stay immune (anybody titer)?
2. Will the coronavirus undergo antigenshift like the influenza virus so that we’ll need a new vaccine every year?

[Just_a_fan]

2. Will the coronavirus undergo antigenshift like the influenza virus so that we’ll need a new vaccine every year?

It's worth remembering that SARS-CoV2 is not an influenza virus. It's a very different beast and so there's no reason to think it will behave like influenza. SARS (the original one) didn't behave like influenza so it's likely that SARS-CoV2 won't either.

[Wouter]

Good news. We need a medicine asap . A vaccine takes too long and doesn't work 100%, maybe 25-50%.

Pharming reports encouraging results from use of RUCONEST® in COVID-19 patients

Pharming announces encouraging results from five patients with confirmed COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) infections hospitalised with related severe pneumonia that were treated with RUCONEST® (recombinant human C1 inhibitor) under a compassionate use program at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.

Five hospitalised patients with confirmed COVID-19 infections administered RUCONEST® under compassionate use program to treat the related severe pneumonia

Multinational, randomized controlled, investigator-initiated study with up to 150 patients planned

Four male patients and one female patient (between 53-85 years of age) with COVID-19 and suffering from related severe pneumonia, who did not improve despite standard treatment, including hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir, were administered RUCONEST® at an initial dose of 8400 U, followed by 4200 U every 12 hours for three additional doses. No allergic reactions or drug related adverse events were reported.

Following treatment with RUCONEST®, fever resolved in four of the five patients within 48 hours, and laboratory markers of inflammation decreased significantly (CRP, IL-6). Soon thereafter, the patients were discharged from the hospital as fully recovered. One patient had increased oxygen requirement and was temporarily transferred to the ICU for intubation, but over the subsequent days recovered and was released from the ICU.

Following these initial results, a multinational, randomized, controlled, investigator-initiated clinical trial with up to 150 patients with confirmed COVID-19 infections, requiring hospitalisation due to significant COVID-19 related symptoms is planned. The study will be led by Dr. Michael Osthoff, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.

Although this is an uncontrolled, small treatment experience, the results demonstrate the potential effectiveness of using RUCONEST® as an anti-inflammatory approach to inhibit the complement and contact systems after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
- Dr Michael Osthoff, University of Basel

https://www.pharming.com/nl/node/185