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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Quote:
In a drop (one millilitre) of seawater, one can find 10 million viruses, one million bacteria and about 1,000 small protozoans and algae (called “protists”).

The person who said that either has a really big eyedropper or a very small graduated cylinder - OR is wrong -



(how about 20 drops per ml (of water)).

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by wbradley

I wonder how many vaccinations a person can tolerate in a year without a clinical trend toward deteriorating health as a result.

It's an interesting question. I'm ready roll up my sleeve anytime. No ragrets.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by humfrz

The person who said that either has a really big eyedropper or a very small graduated cylinder - OR is wrong -



(how about 20 drops per ml (of water)).

Well technically, a drop isn't a unit of measurement. A drop is an arbitrary, small amount of water. We have drip lines that run 10 drops per ml and 60 drops per ml. The largest raindrop that was ever recorded was just under a ml having a radius of 8.8mm, and that is close to a ml, which is one cubic centimeter. Salt water technically has more surface tension than rain water, so a sea drop could be as large as a ml and still have enough surface tension to maintain form.

I'm surprised you went after the accuracy of the drops vs ml and not the drop vs the accuracy of measuring the viruses and microbes. I mean, really, exactly 10 million viruses and 1 million bacteria. I'm sure it is more like 12,568,462 average viruses per ml, but I guess it is just a rough estimate to illustrate a point.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Well technically, a drop isn't a unit of measurement. A drop is an arbitrary, small amount of water. We have drip lines that run 10 drops per ml and 60 drops per ml. The largest raindrop that was ever recorded was just under a ml having a radius of 8.8mm, and that is close to a ml, which is one cubic centimeter. Salt water technically has more surface tension than rain water, so a sea drop could be as large as a ml and still have enough surface tension to maintain form.

I'm surprised you went after the accuracy of the drops vs ml and not the drop vs the accuracy of measuring the viruses and microbes. I mean, really, exactly 10 million viruses and 1 million bacteria. I'm sure it is more like 12,568,462 average viruses per ml, but I guess it is just a rough estimate to illustrate a point.

First off, - that's fer maken me go look up a bunch of stuff about "drops", that I really didn't need to know.

Second off, I thought we were talken about "standard saline medical drops" (I just made that up - ).

In which:

"Standardized droplet sizes in medicine
Further information: Drop (unit)
In medicine, this property is used to create droppers and IV infusion sets which have a standardized diameter, in such a way that 1 millilitre is equivalent to 20 drops."

Since WIKI told me that, its gotta be true!

Third off, I didn't comment about the other stuff because that is waaay above my pay grade.

how many drops in a pint pf beer?

[humfrz]

Speaking of shots ......

[Sapphireho]

Best mask ever.

[Lantanafrs2]

^ he needs a k&n. He'll gain 5 horsepower. He obviously doesn't visit this site.

[reni]

Seeing a ton of stories similar to this one recently:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-vaxx...191433478.html

[Capt Spaulding]

Originally Posted by reni

Seeing a ton of stories similar to this one recently:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-vaxx...191433478.html

They do stretch my sympathy limit about as far as it will go. Karma can be a cruel mistress if ignored.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by humfrz

First off, - that's fer maken me go look up a bunch of stuff about "drops", that I really didn't need to know.

Second off, I thought we were talken about "standard saline medical drops" (I just made that up - ).

In which:

"Standardized droplet sizes in medicine
Further information: Drop (unit)
In medicine, this property is used to create droppers and IV infusion sets which have a standardized diameter, in such a way that 1 millilitre is equivalent to 20 drops."

Since WIKI told me that, its gotta be true!

Third off, I didn't comment about the other stuff because that is waaay above my pay grade.

how many drops in a pint pf beer?

It is not an SI unit.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_(unit)

The drop is an approximated unit of measure of volume, the amount dispensed as one drop from a dropper or drip chamber.


There are several exact definitions of a "drop":

In medicine, IV drips deliver 10, 15, 20, or 60 drops per mL. Micro-drip sets deliver 60 drops per mL and 10, 15, or 20 drops per mL for a macro-drip set.[2]

[Lantanafrs2]

It was suggested to me a while back by a person I trust to get immunized and avoid watching the news.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Lantanafrs2

It was suggested to me a while back by a person I trust to get immunized and avoid watching the news.

i've been saying the 'avoid watching the news' thing for years, probably closer to a decade at this point.

my quality of life is much improved over those that pay attention to the floppy-jaws.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

It is not an SI unit.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_(unit)

No where in there do I see "one drop per ml".

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by humfrz

No where in there do I see "one drop per ml".

I think the article was using a figure of speech and then specifying the exact amount. A different adjective could have been used to reduce confusion, but I think that is why the author followed the figure of speech with the exact amount, probably recognizing a drop isn’t a specific unit of measurement. Well, then why use the figure of speech and the actual amount at all then when the author could have just used the exact amount? Because they were making a figure of speech for the visual effect it creates.