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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by nightfly on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:32PM (#22586503)
I've been trying for 3 weeks to get _a_ 8oz bottle of hand sanitizer. Good luck getting number 2 happening.
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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by kragen on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:36PM (#22587009)
Manufacturing a hundred thousand 8-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer might be considerably easier than a hundred thousand times as difficult as getting a single one. I mean, have you tried distilling alcohol from fermented mash and mixing it with mucilage?
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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by xorcist on Sunday March 15, 2020 @06:52PM (#22587577)
Given the choice between hand sanitizer and soap, always go for the soap.

It is more effective against viruses.

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by nightfly on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:54AM (#22591086)
I wash with soap and water wherever I can. I want sanitizer for when I'm getting in the car after leaving stores and stuff.
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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by kn100 on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:50PM (#22586637)
Do what I did. eBay isopropyl alcohol and some vegetable glycerin. Should cost you less than 10GBP per litre and mix at a 70/30 ratio.
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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by mrob on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:02PM (#22586729)
30% glycerol seems very high. The WHO publishes recipes for hand sanitizers with only 1.45% glycerol by volume:

https://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/Guide_to_Local_Production.pdf

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by kragen on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:37PM (#22587019)
Glycerin is not a very good thickening agent for this purpose, but if it's the only one you're using, you're going to need more than 1.45% of it.
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