Joshua, has there been any solid evidence that Covid can be transmitted via water fountains? During this heatwave has been frustrating with still so many fountains turned off, which I personally experienced yesterday.
Have not seen any report on this.
You’re right. Many have been turned off, really since 2019.
Vicki, I hope you’re feeling okay today. Usually, the side effects from the shot are 1 to 3 days.
Hi Joshua. Thank you. I am improved today from yesterday but still not myself. It is more of an inconvenience than anything else. In this heat, I don’t mind just taking it easy. And it is definitely better than the last three.
That’s good to hear! I hope you are soon back to normal.
Thank you. 🙂
Get better soon Vicki! I find it interesting how in some people, the “cure” is almost as bad as the “disease” itself.
I heard just yesterday that most Covid protocols will be lifted once the new school year starts. Among them is the 6-foot distancing rule, for example. Not to mention masks being “optional”.
In most instances the six foot as well as fully quarantining was lifted last year. I’ve seen some health folks questioning how monkey pox will play into school.
My four grandkids who were home schooled last year will hike school again with one entering kindergarten added to make it five.
All four just completed testing and submitting the years results to the town. In many subjects they tested above their peers and in others they were right where they should be. I absolutely do not believe the reason is lack of good education in Their respective towns. Both towns are excellent. I believe it is consistency that public schools didn’t experience due to absences/Covid illness
Joshua, can you do some follow up research regarding Covid and water fountains? Yesterday, I was at my healthcare facility and every fountain I passed by was off. Usually I don’t need a drink but with the extreme heat, it was more noticeable. Even where I work at Mass. Art, they’ve been shut off since March 2020.
I am obviously not in the medical field but imho I really don’t believe Covid-19 is transmitted this way, at least not in a particular meaningful way.
Btw, at work the only way to get a drink is from the restroom faucet.
Ugh. I’d think the restroom faucet would be horribly unhealthy. Can you bring water? Or do they have a vending type machine
One son in law is a plumber….not the one mentioned earlier…and has always said bubblers can’t harbor bacteria. Covid or not, he won’t let his kids drink from them.
I admit to not reading all of this because I won’t drink from a bubbler under any circumstances but it seems interesting
I have no problem drinking from a bubbler as long as the water is nice and cool.
Did you mean to write “CAN harbor bacteria?”
Oh my. I sure did. Thanks for the catch. Apologies for the confusion.
Philip, I don’t know about the water fountains. I tend to avoid them unless they’re the old-fashioned kind which you no longer see. Near where I lived – on Heath Street in Brookline – there was a water fountain in the 70s (probably dated back to the 30s). It had a faucet dial on it, like you have in a bathroom. Water would come gushing out of a bubbler, 4 inches in the air. I did drink from that.
I recommend you bring water to work, say, Poland Springs or something like that. Or, simply bring a thermos from home with tap water that’s been chilled. I do that on my hikes and bike rides.
Vicki, I steer clear of the scary model simulation stuff, like the one on monkeypox as a bioweapon. I am concerned about monkeypox, but I don’t think it’s going to wipe out large swaths of the population. Covid-19, on the other hand, has already wiped out large swaths of the population; especially the vulnerable and elderly.
Biden did the right thing by declaring monkeypox a public health emergency, as this frees up federal funding to states for the distribution and administration of vaccines and other treatments.
I agree. My bad for posting it. I should have looked more closely at the source.
I read ….and I am paraphrasing badly as I don’t know exact numbers ….there were a ton of MP vaccines available in NY and they disappeared in a very short time due to demand
Yes, I’m writing a brief Forbes post on this and on the monkeypox PHE.
Joshua, do you think Biden should have taken on monkeypox much sooner?
Thanks TK.
Joshua, has there been any solid evidence that Covid can be transmitted via water fountains? During this heatwave has been frustrating with still so many fountains turned off, which I personally experienced yesterday.
Have not seen any report on this.
You’re right. Many have been turned off, really since 2019.
Vicki, I hope you’re feeling okay today. Usually, the side effects from the shot are 1 to 3 days.
Hi Joshua. Thank you. I am improved today from yesterday but still not myself. It is more of an inconvenience than anything else. In this heat, I don’t mind just taking it easy. And it is definitely better than the last three.
That’s good to hear! I hope you are soon back to normal.
Thank you. 🙂
Get better soon Vicki! I find it interesting how in some people, the “cure” is almost as bad as the “disease” itself.
https://twitter.com/danaparish/status/1555421472180514816?s=21&t=OVysp_2TkHJQzLhTKUkngw
Is this accurate??
And yet we keep allowing the tail to wag the dog
https://twitter.com/tracynovick/status/1555514346599579649?s=21&t=9EIZnB_1ODrKm4OPFSsYUw
I heard just yesterday that most Covid protocols will be lifted once the new school year starts. Among them is the 6-foot distancing rule, for example. Not to mention masks being “optional”.
In most instances the six foot as well as fully quarantining was lifted last year. I’ve seen some health folks questioning how monkey pox will play into school.
My four grandkids who were home schooled last year will hike school again with one entering kindergarten added to make it five.
All four just completed testing and submitting the years results to the town. In many subjects they tested above their peers and in others they were right where they should be. I absolutely do not believe the reason is lack of good education in Their respective towns. Both towns are excellent. I believe it is consistency that public schools didn’t experience due to absences/Covid illness
Joshua, can you do some follow up research regarding Covid and water fountains? Yesterday, I was at my healthcare facility and every fountain I passed by was off. Usually I don’t need a drink but with the extreme heat, it was more noticeable. Even where I work at Mass. Art, they’ve been shut off since March 2020.
I am obviously not in the medical field but imho I really don’t believe Covid-19 is transmitted this way, at least not in a particular meaningful way.
Btw, at work the only way to get a drink is from the restroom faucet.
Ugh. I’d think the restroom faucet would be horribly unhealthy. Can you bring water? Or do they have a vending type machine
One son in law is a plumber….not the one mentioned earlier…and has always said bubblers can’t harbor bacteria. Covid or not, he won’t let his kids drink from them.
I admit to not reading all of this because I won’t drink from a bubbler under any circumstances but it seems interesting
https://aquamedix.net/drinking-fountains-and-legionella/
I have no problem drinking from a bubbler as long as the water is nice and cool.
Did you mean to write “CAN harbor bacteria?”
Oh my. I sure did. Thanks for the catch. Apologies for the confusion.
Philip, I don’t know about the water fountains. I tend to avoid them unless they’re the old-fashioned kind which you no longer see. Near where I lived – on Heath Street in Brookline – there was a water fountain in the 70s (probably dated back to the 30s). It had a faucet dial on it, like you have in a bathroom. Water would come gushing out of a bubbler, 4 inches in the air. I did drink from that.
I recommend you bring water to work, say, Poland Springs or something like that. Or, simply bring a thermos from home with tap water that’s been chilled. I do that on my hikes and bike rides.
Vicki, I steer clear of the scary model simulation stuff, like the one on monkeypox as a bioweapon. I am concerned about monkeypox, but I don’t think it’s going to wipe out large swaths of the population. Covid-19, on the other hand, has already wiped out large swaths of the population; especially the vulnerable and elderly.
Biden did the right thing by declaring monkeypox a public health emergency, as this frees up federal funding to states for the distribution and administration of vaccines and other treatments.
I agree. My bad for posting it. I should have looked more closely at the source.
I read ….and I am paraphrasing badly as I don’t know exact numbers ….there were a ton of MP vaccines available in NY and they disappeared in a very short time due to demand
Yes, I’m writing a brief Forbes post on this and on the monkeypox PHE.
Joshua, do you think Biden should have taken on monkeypox much sooner?
Yes.
Also, we really need a pro-active vaccine policy. Here, I’m talking about traditional childhood vaccines, not Covid-19. More polio has been found in the wastewater in New York. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/polio-virus-hundreds-of-infections-possible-new-york-health-department/
https://twitter.com/blakemmurdoch/status/1555732268726960128?s=21&t=8lTIvSlF6kk4dh0h8VnnBQ
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