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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: 4, Interesting) by Sulla on Wednesday September 13 2017, @08:11PM
I am wondering if you live in a place that is swarming with homeless. The modern era of homelessness is less of people without homes and more of transients who decided to do drugs and live on the streets in west coast cities. I live in such a city and my morning jaunt to work is a glorious mixture of the smell of vomit and shit.
Cities are in denial because they are afraid of the political ramifications of dealing with the issue. My city complained that nobody is coming downtown anymore and held a townhall about it, the majorty response was there are too many transients. The city said that was incorrect and hired a firm from NY to research the issue for ~500k that told us it was transients, they city said money was wasted because the study was wrong.
So far our city has spent tens of thousants on
- downtown art people dont come downtown because not enough culture
- piano in front of one of the govt buildings because not enough culture
- made parking free because people must only not come downtown because they are cheap
- banned dogs because dogs cause violence
Surprise surprise, no improvement in business downtown because the city is afraid to fix the root issue.
If people want to live on the street and do drugs, whatever man I don't care. But the cities/towns need to address the actual crime that is occuring (shiiting on the streets, heroin, theft, assault) instead of burying their heads in the ground.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam