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Re:India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates by eric_b on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @08:27AM (#23006307)
Yep, since 2014 at least. I always assumed it was some kind of insecticide/pesticide? Is it just a disinfectant?
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Re:India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates by NovemberWhiskey on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @08:59AM (#23006507)
It's a disinsection (i.e. insect-killing) procedure; the pesticides permitted by the WHO are synthetic pyrethroids like permethrin.

ref. https://www.cdc.gov/features/pesticides-aircraft/index.html

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Re:India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates by benibela on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @01:31PM (#23009477)
Pyrethoids are really used everywhere for everything

That is why bed bugs have become resistant to it

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Re:India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates by naravara on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @10:59AM (#23007624)
Insecticide. It's mainly to kill mosquitos. IIRC they introduced it when Zika and Chikungunya were spreading.
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Re:India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates by _-___________-_ on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @08:53AM (#23006466)
It's an insecticide. It's common on routes to/from a number of countries.
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