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SWBTATTReg

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6. Yikes. Ridiculous. People should have been prepared better. I keep Hand S. around all of the...
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 01:39 PM
Mar 2020

time and also, know where other medical supplies are at (guages, etc.) here at home.

Thank goodness I don't have to go rushing out to buy medical stuff because we already have what we need (and more than likely, no body is going to have any more of it).

Makes me kind of concerned that when there wasn't a CV crisis around, just how unprepared people are when a more minor injury occurs at a place of work or at home?

Goddammit [View all] ismnotwasm Mar 2020 OP
Yikes😳 I hope you stay well. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #1
Wow. LaurenOlimina Mar 2020 #2
Goddammit Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #3
Holy shit! MelissaB Mar 2020 #4
Frightened people will react in fear when they are not given valid, factual information. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #42
My nurse manager just informed me a third reason ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #5
OK that is effing ridiculous. eilen Mar 2020 #87
Yikes. Ridiculous. People should have been prepared better. I keep Hand S. around all of the... SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #6
Good luck to you and everyone in medical. Brainfodder Mar 2020 #7
jeez. barbtries Mar 2020 #8
I got a good tip from a coworker Skittles Mar 2020 #40
i have CeraVe barbtries Mar 2020 #45
ooh Skittles Mar 2020 #46
I have the same problem. Silver Gaia Mar 2020 #65
Try this mercuryblues Mar 2020 #56
yeah Skittles Mar 2020 #84
I am told soap & water more effective. Hand sanitizer more convenient. A few ruin it for th rest. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #9
I have bacterial soap True Blue American Mar 2020 #58
My daughter-in-law just start at our local hopspital. Delmette2.0 Mar 2020 #10
Are you suggesting "keep all visitors out of hospitals" that I can't visit Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #34
My apologies. Delmette2.0 Mar 2020 #38
Thank you. I am very paranoid when I enter her room... Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #39
sending both you and your wife a heartful of love orleans Mar 2020 #44
Thank you so much Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #62
Wishing you much courage and much luck in her battle. We've been there twice already DFW Mar 2020 #88
So very glad to hear about your wife. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #91
Good to hear about the good news on your end as well DFW Mar 2020 #92
people are already anxious Skittles Mar 2020 #47
Thank you Skittles Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #63
Wishing your wife True Blue American Mar 2020 #59
Thank you so much Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #64
Maybe they should be handed out at the info desk. Chemisse Mar 2020 #54
Recipe for hand sanitizer Missiris Mar 2020 #11
A pharmacist in this article says making moonscape Mar 2020 #24
Word Stryst Mar 2020 #30
Yes, you have to get the 91 percent at the pharmacy defacto7 Mar 2020 #79
+1 keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #12
There are always some who would knock another Harker Mar 2020 #13
Good luck. Next, it'll be the gloves. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #14
remember lotion proud patriot Mar 2020 #15
It certainly does, i always buy the Neutrogena intensive dewsgirl Mar 2020 #28
Pro tip - try Eucerin Advanced Repair, mixed with Gold Bond Healing Foot Cream. I somehow bullwinkle428 Mar 2020 #35
Thank you very much, if my store ever re stocks I will try it. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #37
Got a question about the Gold Bond creams FakeNoose Mar 2020 #57
Hand washing is best - the outer envelope of the virus is oil based. Claritie Pixie Mar 2020 #16
Wow! I love getting a new science tidbit about this! Ty. n/t Chemisse Mar 2020 #55
How does hand sanitizer affect Nature Man Mar 2020 #17
Nope ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #18
Since the virus can lie dormant on a surface for up to 9 hours McCamy Taylor Mar 2020 #20
My OCD "prophylaxis" Nature Man Mar 2020 #21
I think you meant up to 9 days ... n/t moonscape Mar 2020 #74
People are evil! McCamy Taylor Mar 2020 #19
think about how MAGAts cannot empathize with children in cages Skittles Mar 2020 #48
We are unprepared for this pandemic. gademocrat7 Mar 2020 #22
AND knowing that the Senate had a chance to ditch his crazy ass Skittles Mar 2020 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #23
I was surprised to see the local VA had masks in boxes. I expect that will change too. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #25
Southern Nevada Health district recommended yesterday that all cash handlers wear gloves pecosbob Mar 2020 #26
I am a cancer patient and my little travel sized bottle of sanitizer lasts for weeks. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2020 #27
I'm also a cancer patient on chemo and am concerned. I moonscape Mar 2020 #75
I have never cared for that sanitizer stuff. Tipperary Mar 2020 #29
Couldn't you just wipe your hands down with Clorox wipes or use a diluted bleach solution? smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #31
Washing hands is fine ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #32
This is just the beginning. warmfeet Mar 2020 #33
Peroxide works malaise Mar 2020 #36
I use Hydrogen Peroxide True Blue American Mar 2020 #60
So did my mom malaise Mar 2020 #66
I can not True Blue American Mar 2020 #67
We have always tried to stay away from bleach malaise Mar 2020 #68
No smell with peroxide. True Blue American Mar 2020 #69
You know that we use peroxide for every scratch, as well as for splinters malaise Mar 2020 #70
3%, 32 Oz bottle,88 cents. True Blue American Mar 2020 #71
Cool malaise Mar 2020 #72
Boxes of masks were stolen at the hospital where I work. nt Lisa0825 Mar 2020 #41
that is disgusting behavior Skittles Mar 2020 #50
People do that all the time.--Visitors think hospitals are community centers there to provide. eilen Mar 2020 #89
see this is why I could never do a job dealing with the public in person Skittles Mar 2020 #94
Y'all have some really good soap though Under The Radar Mar 2020 #43
the front line of healthcare workers entirely at risk and poses even greater danger beachbumbob Mar 2020 #51
Thank you for your efforts snowybirdie Mar 2020 #52
Best wishes True Blue American Mar 2020 #61
I made my own lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #53
Hand soap is just as effective as sanitizer with coronavirus, Nitram Mar 2020 #73
But for a nurse going from patient to patient at breakneck speed, it's a bit Squinch Mar 2020 #77
Yep, maybe a little better. defacto7 Mar 2020 #80
Alcohol and Aloe Vera are the main components of hand sanitizer. I found 91% alcohol and 33taw Mar 2020 #76
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Narcissism is a hell of a disease in itself. defacto7 Mar 2020 #81
hand sanitizer dispensers are "missing" from the walls at our hospital AllyCat Mar 2020 #82
A easy recipe for homemade sanitizer mntleo2 Mar 2020 #85
That's what I did, but substituted a hand lotion I had in the house for the aloe vera gel. Vinca Mar 2020 #90
Local supermarkets Aussie105 Mar 2020 #86
That's what happens when there are shortages. You can't be surprised by that. Iggo Mar 2020 #93
absolutely Locrian Mar 2020 #95
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