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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, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @08:58PM
As a veteran who was homeless briefly let me share something:
1) Most homeless people are NOT veterans. There are many more fakers than actual veterans
2) There are a lot of good programs to combat veteran homelessness but the people who need them most typically don't even know they exist
3) Most of the people who are homeless do not want help they're either insane or want to use drugs
4) Don't believe anything a homeless person tells you ever.
5) Don't go near other homeless people if you're homeless. They are dangerous and stupid. Also they greatly increase your chance of getting arrested
6) There are good places to be homeless but there are no drugs or other homeless people there.
So there you go straight from the mouth of a homeless veteran. My opinions of the homeless were much better until I met actual homeless people.