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    Quarantine: Any research on prevention?

    If there is any research on prevention, we can start education now before a cure is distributed.

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    I'm curious if people with a predisposition to lung disorders, such as 1. people with asthma, 2. smokers, 3. people living in polluted environments, and 4. people with allergies have been harder hit than others. Has any research been done on this? If so, outreach/education could take place. If we have any information, some action as far as prevention is better than none while we wait to distribute a cure.

    Current research we\\\'ve conducted is showing the behavior and environment of the individual is far more predictive of communicability than those with a predisposition to lung disorders. However, predisposition to lung disorders directly affects the mortality rate as well as the impact the symptoms have on an individual. Additionally, some common sense applies here, if you\\\'re smoking you\\\'re going to feel it worse. If you have asthma and or allergies you\\\'re going to feel it worse. So the surgeon general warnings, are as applicable today as they were ten years ago. Those with lupus for example are going to be far harder hit. The mortality rate is significantly higher in those with preexisting immunosuppressive disorders. We are currently analyzing whether or not the current prevention methods and outreach play a significant role in reducing transmission or not. At this point in time we suggest several simple procedures to at the very least secure your household and self from potential infection. 1)It is recommended that if you see even one person showing symptomatic signs to report this immediately and steer clear. It is more than likely though due to the asymptomatic onset of the pathogen that more than one person is acting as a disease vector in the area you are at. 2)Purchase ReDS Prot3ct face masks, they\\\'re cheap and easily obtained by delivery, which is currently the most popular option. 3)Have a ReDS Prot3ct air filtration system installed in your house. There are downsides to this. It\\\'s expensive as ReDS Prot3ct creates a positive air pressure environment inside the household and requires decon procedures at entry. As such certain houses simply cannot handle ReDS Prot3ct. Finally, stay in touch with the US ReDS Central Command Superstruct. We\\\'ll be releasing additional information in the coming days. R&D Head US ReDS CentCom Jarrett Wold

    Current research we\\\'ve conducted is showing the behavior and environment of the individual is far more predictive of communicability than those with a predisposition to lung disorders. However, predisposition to lung disorders directly affects the mortality rate as well as the impact the symptoms have on an individual. Additionally, some common sense applies here, if you\\\'re smoking you\\\'re going to feel it worse. If you have asthma and or allergies you\\\'re going to feel it worse. So the surgeon general warnings, are as applicable today as they were ten years ago. Those with lupus for example are going to be far harder hit. The mortality rate is significantly higher in those with preexisting immunosuppressive disorders. We are currently analyzing whether or not the current prevention methods and outreach play a significant role in reducing transmission or not. At this point in time we suggest several simple procedures to at the very least secure your household and self from potential infection. 1)It is recommended that if you see even one person showing symptomatic signs to report this immediately and steer clear. It is more than likely though due to the asymptomatic onset of the pathogen that more than one person is acting as a disease vector in the area you are at. 2)Purchase ReDS Prot3ct face masks, they\\\'re cheap and easily obtained by delivery, which is currently the most popular option. 3)Have a ReDS Prot3ct air filtration system installed in your house. There are downsides to this. It\\\'s expensive as ReDS Prot3ct creates a positive air pressure environment inside the household and requires decon procedures at entry. As such certain houses simply cannot handle ReDS Prot3ct. Finally, stay in touch with the US ReDS Central Command Superstruct. We\\\'ll be releasing additional information in the coming days. R&D Head US ReDS CentCom Jarrett Wold

    What happens if one person in the family has the disease and the house is equipped with Prot3ct? Will the disease be able to be transmitted?

    Also: As far as the \\\"basic facts\\\" are concerned, are they all really well-known to the public? Or is the average person in the dark about the disease?

    The best prevention once a person is symptomatic is early containment, within their current location. Make it easy for family to contact the healthcare workers equipped to deal with ReDs via GPS-enabled mobile phones to locate nearest healthcare worker in real-time.

    Dana Elliott, what about in third world countries? Will they have the same systems in place?

    Dana Elliott, what about in third world countries? Will they have the same systems in place?

    ReDS Prot3ct was a modern modification of \\\"tight housing\\\" design along with positive pressure ventilation systems. The design of ReDS Prot3ct incorporated some of the concepts behind Biosafety Level 2+ labs. In a lab dealing with infectious agents the air is pulled from the outside filtered and exchanged with the air from inside. The air is then passed with through several filtration units and passed out. Effectively scrubbing the air. However, these labs are negatively pressurized so in the event of a breach, air is sucked in versus out. ReDS Prot3ct is positively pressurized meaning that air is pushed out rather than in. However, it doesn\\\'t meet the stringent requirements that Level 2+ facilities have. It\\\'s simple job is to create weak pressure pushing outside of the house. Further, the decon procedures are relatively straightforward involving ultraviolet light, forced air exchange in the entry along with filters. All of this offers the best protection a household can have outside of a pre-fab home designed under Level 2+ conditions. Most homes built from 2006 onward have increasing levels of tight design built into them, it was part of an energy initiative later combined into LEED certification programs in late 2010. Ultimately, any person infected with ReDS obviously isn\\\'t going to be symptomatic in the first week. Since ReDS can survive outside of the body for a small period of time there is a moderate likelyhood of infection due to the enclosed nature of the household.

    Thank you Jarrett, you\\\'ve really helped me understand this much better.

    Making face masks acessible via health distribution points will slow the rate of communication, as would anti-malaria nets and insect repellant. We need more information of the disease, the report states during the first week although asymptomatic the individual is highly contagious. What is the contagion rate of the long term infected and does it follow the same infection vectors? Long term morbidity is also an issue as is the debilitating effect of the disease, we have 27 million people worldwide with a potentially long term debilitating illness who will need to be cared for. That is if the cross infection is stopped today.

    We found that elderberry juice will actually block the virus attachment point on the cells in the BirdFlu breakout, and didn\\\'t have the side effects of Tamiflu. (which we couldn\\\'t get anyway.) We have recommended that if you are caring for a family member in the house, that you should be spraying bleach on all surfaces that the infected has been touching, keep the patient isolated, and bleach bomb all linens. And take your elderberry ! It is a common tree in most landscapes done by cities and towns throughout NorAm. Don\\\'t know if it has been studied for ReDS, but if it\\\'s all you have, you should try it till a cure is found.

    In creating a PSA on prevention, we should tailor the PSA's objective towards means of avoiding the virus. I know thus far I've managed to avoid it, and although I can't say exactly why, I know that I have always followed certain life rules and that might be the answer. A short fictional/speculative PSA that I made quite a few years back as a visual arts student outlines these life rules pretty well: http://www.grpatten.com/BureauofHealth.html The Reds PSA can follow a similar structure.

    Caring for ReDS victims at home, although sounds nice, should NOT be practiced. Most members of the public are unfamiliar with proper isloation techniques that would need to be used and/or do not have the facilities to conduct such isolation even if they did know how. People will be drawn into a false sense of security with masks and bleach spray bottles, and become a HIGH risk for cross-contamination. www.cphotoday.org has some information, and detailed proper isolation techniques are available upon request.




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