Covid-19 Info and Help

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At this time we at Mr. K’s Carpet Service are in the Essential Front Line servicing our customers needs with virucide treatment to any and all textiles as needed to properly combat SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Also for your convenience in personal care of your home and facilities a list proposed by the EPA of effective disinfectants is below.

https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2

If you are choosing between products on this list, while they are all effective at killing the virus on surfaces, some maintain there effectiveness much longer then others. Bleaching agents may only be effective for as short as ½ an hour on a Formica counter top while a Quaternary Ammonium Compound could last as long a week in low humidity conditions.
If you take a moment to study the list you will notice many of these products are listed with a prefix in the active ingredients column as Quaternary Ammonium. Quaternary Ammonium compounds should be your first choice for use at this time as they will maintain a residue on the surface through positive and negative ionic charges and last longer then other products. So just because a product is on the list as effective, it doesn’t mean it will continue to be effective even after an hour making it a poor choice as compared to other products.

Below is some information on Quaternary Ammonium Compounds.

For any additional information or assistance concerning disinfectants, germicides, and virucides to combat Covid-19 Contact the appropriate branch of Mr. K’s Carpet Service here at
Branch Territories for more specifics.

For the most current information on COVID-19, go to:

CDC Center for Disease Control Prevention Website

Recent information on MUTATION from D614 varient to G614 variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

A SARS-CoV-2 variant carrying the Spike protein amino acid change D614G has become the most prevalent form in the global pandemic. Dynamic tracking of variant frequencies revealed a recurrent pattern of G614 increase at multiple geographic levels: national, regional, and municipal. The shift occurred even in local epidemics where the original D614 form was well established prior to introduction of the G614 variant. The consistency of this pattern was highly statistically significant, suggesting that the G614 variant may have a fitness advantage. We found that the G614 variant grows to a higher titer as pseudotyped virions. In infected individuals, G614 is associated with lower RT-PCR cycle thresholds, suggestive of higher upper respiratory tract viral loads, but not with increased disease severity. These findings illuminate changes important for a mechanistic understanding of the virus and support continuing surveillance of Spike mutations to aid with development of immunological interventions. For full publication see source below.

Cell Press

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