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San Diego workers will power-wash streets with a bleach solution in an attempt to stop the spread of Hepatitis A:
At least 15 people have died in San Diego from an ongoing hepatitis A outbreak. In an effort to stop the spread of the viral liver disease, city officials have begun power-washing streets across the downtown area, according to NBC San Diego.
As of Monday, workers dressed in protective white gear and red hard hats were seen outside spraying the sidewalks with a bleach-based liquid in hopes of killing the virus that lives in human feces. "We're probably going to be doing them every other Monday, see how that works out at least for the time being," Jose Ysea, a city spokesman, told NBC San Diego.
The high-pressure power-washing system using bleach will hopefully remove "all feces, blood, bodily fluids or contaminated surfaces," according to a sanitation plan included in a letter delivered to San Diego city officials, the Associated Press reports. For now, just streets in San Diego are being washed, but in the near future hand-washing and street-sanitizing efforts will be implemented in other cities in the region, Dr. Wilma Wooten, the region's public health officer, told the AP.
Also at LA Times. San Diego outbreak page.
Previously: San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A
(Score: 3, Informative) by frojack on Wednesday September 13 2017, @06:22PM (3 children)
What makes you think that they want screening and treatment?
Some cities have people running around offering "services" and shelters and not getting any takers.
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/06/166666265/why-some-homeless-choose-the-streets-over-shelters [npr.org]
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @07:22PM
Do you also have a number on how many people *did* accept the help offered?
If not, please allow me to label your post as propaganda, somewhere between "willfully distractive" and "strawman argument".
(Score: 3, Insightful) by NotSanguine on Thursday September 14 2017, @03:57AM
What makes you think that a homeless shelter (essentially a dormitory) is a home. Most homeless shelters are gritty, dangerous places for homeless people, especially women and children.
They are absolutely not housing or a home, nor do they provide the stability for the homeless to get back up and rejoin society and the economy.
You're talking out of your ass again, Frojack. And it smells that way too.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @04:48AM
From your link: