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RSteve503 wrote:If the NSS really wants to stop the spread of WNS, they would tell all members to CAVE LOCALLY for a year or two...dont take a chance on some caver going to the convention, and bringing WNS to that region.
And decontamination of gear? An associate who is a doctor tells me that it wont work, as it will not achieve surgical sterility. Its a placebo.
RSteve503 wrote:But I only registered to post this one message.
RSteve503 wrote:But for now lets presume humans do spread it.
RSteve503 wrote:If the NSS really wants to stop the spread of WNS, they would tell all members to CAVE LOCALLY for a year or two...dont take a chance on some caver going to the convention, and bringing WNS to that region.
RSteve503 wrote:And decontamination of gear? An associate who is a doctor tells me that it wont work, as it will not achieve surgical sterility. Its a placebo.
RSteve503 wrote:If you are a conservation-minded caver, and from a WNS infected area.....you will not attend that convention. And to the NSS admin....how about splitting the convention, one inside the infected area and one outside... or just calling off the one in Colorado?? Dont take a chance...
RSteve503 wrote: and there seems to be no way to contact the forum folks to get this fixed.
RSteve503 wrote:If the NSS really wants to stop the spread of WNS, they would tell all members to CAVE LOCALLY for a year or two...dont take a chance on some caver going to the convention, and bringing WNS to that region.
BrianC wrote::rofl:
that is probably very true! But, you're indicating that you're accepting the knowledge of one person then; and, in the scientific world--You are one yourself, right? A scientist, that is--would you accept all hypothesis to be fact, just from one individual.As for this comment, "And decontamination of gear? An associate who is a doctor tells me that it wont work, as it will not achieve surgical sterility. Its a placebo.
You and I...and all the rest of the folks in the NSS, I would believe, know that isn't a strong possibility. First of all, the convention has been worked on for several years and financially, a disaster for those folks putting it on. You know that for sure! As for "splitting the convention, one inside the infected area and one outside," do you know what headaches that could and would cause...even if there were two areas that would take on the problem? It's difficult enough, now, getting grottos and regions to step up to the plate, in putting on a convention. Most of those individuals have given up caving for a year or more, because of the amount of business, planning, and labor it takes to put on such an event. Maybe we should go back to conventions in hotels, etc. away from any caving areas, to implement your thoughts. That might be the only solution...but, today's cavers probably wouldn't want to attend those kinds of conventions...unfortunately! Or, in the case of WNS, fortunately! It might accomplish what you were suggesting.If you are a conservation-minded caver, and from a WNS infected area.....you will not attend that convention. And to the NSS admin....how about splitting the convention, one inside the infected area and one outside... or just calling off the one in Colorado?? Dont take a chance...
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