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Wouldn't be dangerous to live in buildings nearby the "coronavirus hospitals"?

by pulse7 7y ago

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No, it isn't that contagious. You need to be physically very close to someone... they have to be coughing on you, or touching the same door knobs as you.
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  The question of waste materials (solid, liquid, and that messy in-between state) could matter. Those would have to be decontaminated. The risks of infected sewage or tissue winding up in muncipal systems, possibly backing up onto streets (or into buildings) would ... not go so well.
kohtatsu 7y ago
I think it's fine with proper controls. I don't think the virus is going to fly out the smoke stacks and infect anyone. Of course getting infected people in can be dangerous if they're just walking themselves to it, or taking a taxi. In Hong Kong there were protests against the gov't using an apartment building of sorts for quarantine, because the building was within 500m of residences. One protester even set fire to the lobby of the building. https://twitter.com/ezracheungtoto/status/1221406982361378817?s=21 https://twitter.com/ezracheungtoto/status/122140698236137881...
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- touringa 7y ago
  Actually, some dude took a fat shit during the SARS epidemic and infected 329 people in other apartments... I think I came across this on HN many, many years ago! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971211000245#bib0160 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197121... From this paper https://europepmc.org/article/med/15737152 https://europepmc.org/article/med/15737152 "The index patient in the second super-spreader outbreak was an individual on hemodialysis for chronic renal failure who had diarrhea and, on two occasions, stayed with his brother in Block E in the Amoy Gardens residential complex.30, 31 Amoy Gardens has 19 residential blocks, with eight apartments on each of the 33 floors.31 In several bathrooms from block E, it was reported that the U-shaped traps linking the vertical drainage pipes, known as risers, to the sanitary fixtures, did not function properly. As a result, when water flowed down, the backflow from the risers was able to generate aerosols and spread pathogens into individual bathrooms. In addition, powerful window fans installed by residents in many bathrooms created a significant negative pressure that amplified the aerosol backflow. In the Amoy Gardens complex outbreak, 329 individuals were infected and 42 died."
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Wouldn't be dangerous to live in buildings nearby the "coronavirus hospitals"?

by pulse7 7y ago

Wouldn't be dangerous to live in buildings nearby the "coronavirus hospitals"?

No, it isn't that contagious. You need to be physically very close to someone... they have to be coughing on you, or touching the same door knobs as you.

dredmorbius 7y ago
The question of waste materials (solid, liquid, and that messy in-between state) could matter. Those would have to be decontaminated. The risks of infected sewage or tissue winding up in muncipal systems, possibly backing up onto streets (or into buildings) would ... not go so well.

kohtatsu 7y ago

I think it's fine with proper controls. I don't think the virus is going to fly out the smoke stacks and infect anyone. Of course getting infected people in can be dangerous if they're just walking themselves to it, or taking a taxi. In Hong Kong there were protests against the gov't using an apartment building of sorts for quarantine, because the building was within 500m of residences. One protester even set fire to the lobby of the building. https://twitter.com/ezracheungtoto/status/1221406982361378817?s=21 https://twitter.com/ezracheungtoto/status/122140698236137881...

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touringa 7y ago
Actually, some dude took a fat shit during the SARS epidemic and infected 329 people in other apartments... I think I came across this on HN many, many years ago! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971211000245#bib0160 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197121... From this paper https://europepmc.org/article/med/15737152 https://europepmc.org/article/med/15737152 "The index patient in the second super-spreader outbreak was an individual on hemodialysis for chronic renal failure who had diarrhea and, on two occasions, stayed with his brother in Block E in the Amoy Gardens residential complex.30, 31 Amoy Gardens has 19 residential blocks, with eight apartments on each of the 33 floors.31 In several bathrooms from block E, it was reported that the U-shaped traps linking the vertical drainage pipes, known as risers, to the sanitary fixtures, did not function properly. As a result, when water flowed down, the backflow from the risers was able to generate aerosols and spread pathogens into individual bathrooms. In addition, powerful window fans installed by residents in many bathrooms created a significant negative pressure that amplified the aerosol backflow. In the Amoy Gardens complex outbreak, 329 individuals were infected and 42 died."

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