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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday September 13 2017, @04:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the crappy-job dept.

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


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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @09:15PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @09:15PM (#567470)

    If 2 parties agree to enforcement in advance, then that enforcement is by definition voluntary.

    That is not what government offers. Government doesn't offer agreement in advance; government mandates.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @09:19PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @09:19PM (#567472)

    Ugh no point in trying to help this person, clueless is as clueless does. New born humans can't agree to the rules they're brought up in, your idea fails. It is infeasible to reproduce every aspect of society on a per-individual basis, your idea fails.

    Get a freaking clue!

    • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @11:53PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @11:53PM (#567535)

      Fallacious thinkers are as fallacious thinkers do. Try again.