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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) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 14 2017, @05:57PM (3 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 14 2017, @05:57PM (#567971) Journal

    it is not revokable for at least for the immediate time period.

    :-) That procedure is also well documented.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @06:30PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @06:30PM (#567990)

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    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 14 2017, @06:46PM (1 child)

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 14 2017, @06:46PM (#567999) Journal

      :-) Take yer pick, I'm easy

      Hey, Buzz! Wazzup? Is this a Turing test? Am I talking to a chat bot?

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @06:56PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @06:56PM (#568010)

        Take yer pick

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