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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @06:08PM (2 children)
It would be considered perfectly natural for the State of Oregon to decide to start taxing people's income. That's imposition; it doesn't whether the majority of people voted to take other people's resources. The whole system is based around the cultural acceptance of this one particular organization ("government") being able to steal from people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @06:26AM (1 child)
And you think it's perfectly natural to be a leech on that system. Gaining all the useful benefits of such a system and society, but baring no responsibility for its functioning and upkeep. Without a government to protect you, you would be run out of town / the tribe, or just killed in your sleep.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @01:23PM
You and your government are like that homeless bum who rushes up to people's clean cars without consent to "wash" their windshields with his dirty rag and bucket of filthy water.
"Hey, pal. You need to pay your fair share for enjoying the benefits of this cleaning service!"