johnbear44 | 15 Mar 2020 10:28 a.m. PST |
Is anybody decontaminating their wargames packages? A good healthy dose of Lysol? |
Stryderg | 15 Mar 2020 10:42 a.m. PST |
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Editor in Chief Bill | 15 Mar 2020 11:00 a.m. PST |
Wait 3 days before touching? |
Extra Crispy | 15 Mar 2020 12:11 p.m. PST |
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HMS Exeter | 15 Mar 2020 12:23 p.m. PST |
+1 Bill I heard on the radio on the way home from Cold Wars that, depending on the surface, the little s can survive up to 3 days. Stainless steel and hard plastic were surfaces it liked, but it liked cardboard even better. |
HMS Exeter | 15 Mar 2020 12:23 p.m. PST |
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Herkybird | 15 Mar 2020 1:12 p.m. PST |
No need, just wash your hands with soap and water before touching your eyes/mouth after handling the package. |
von Schwartz | 15 Mar 2020 4:30 p.m. PST |
It bleeped b-u-g-g-e-r? Yep, same thing always happens to me. It seems that in Scottish, the term implies intimate relations between two persons of the same sex. The damn thing is, I'M not even Scottish!!! |
von Schwartz | 15 Mar 2020 4:32 p.m. PST |
No need, just wash your hands with soap and water before touching your eyes/mouth after handling the package. You mean I shouldn't put the figures in my mouth to clean them off? |
Calico Bill | 15 Mar 2020 5:48 p.m. PST |
No. Haven't checked to see if the sky is falling either 😁. |
Thresher01 | 15 Mar 2020 10:18 p.m. PST |
The sky fell last week, according to sources on FB, so no need to bother checking. |
Wolfshanza | 15 Mar 2020 10:59 p.m. PST |
VS #1 <lol> |
HMS Exeter | 15 Mar 2020 11:43 p.m. PST |
So that's what all that blue crud in my yard is. |
etotheipi | 16 Mar 2020 7:40 a.m. PST |
I haven't bought anything new this year! I haven't bought anything new this year! I haven't bought anything new this year! I haven't bought anything new this year! I haven't bought anything new this year! I haven't bought anything new this year! I haven't bought anything new this year! I haven't bought anything new this year! I haven't bought anything new this year! I haven't bought anything new this year! My will was flagging until I recapitalized two commuting hours into painting/basing/converting hours and I can do an early morning spraypaint outside since I will be at home to reposition in case of inclement weather. And an extra one during my lunch hour (expanded from half an hour). |
von Schwartz | 16 Mar 2020 5:48 p.m. PST |
eto, SEEE you're adapting rather nicely! |
HMS Exeter | 17 Mar 2020 2:38 a.m. PST |
If I tried to go any meaningful length of time without buying something, I suspect my head would explode. I buy, therefor, I am. |
COL Scott ret | 17 Mar 2020 11:27 p.m. PST |
I deal with safety in my paying job and here is some info on how long it survives (both longer on some surfaces and shorter on others – opposite what I would have expected). Some of the info in the above posts is not the most recent, this is from a BBC article dated 3/17/2020: It is worth noting that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, touching a surface or object with the virus and then touching one's own face "is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads". Even so, the CDC, the World Health Organization and others health authorities, have emphasized that both washing one's hands and cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces daily are key in preventing Covid-19's spread. So although we still don't know exactly how many cases are being caused directly by contaminated surfaces, experts advise exercising caution. the virus could survive in droplets for up to three hours after being coughed out into the air. Fine droplets between 1-5 micrometres in size – about 30 times small than the width of a human hair – can remain airborne for several hours in still air. But the NIH study found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus survives for longer on cardboard – up to 24 hours – and up to 2-3 days on plastic and stainless-steel surfaces. The researchers did find, however, that copper surfaces tended to kill the virus in about four hours. But there is a speedier option: research has shown that coronaviruses can be inactivated within a minute by disinfecting surfaces with 62-71% alcohol, or 0.5% hydrogen peroxide bleach or household bleach containing 0.1% sodium hypochlorite. On clothing and other surfaces harder to disinfect, it is not yet clear how long the virus can survive. Although they are still do test it on clothing, the absorbent natural fibres may cause the virus to dry up quickly, Based on the above it would seem that boxes unless you pay for same day delivery are not your problem, it is more likely the counter top or door handle. However in an effort to have us "Keep calm and game on" remember that there is not many known cases of transmission from a surface.
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Legion 4 | 18 Mar 2020 11:53 a.m. PST |
Well I ain't dead yet ! |