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[Sarcany]

rjmacs wrote:
Do they not appreciate that we have to breathe in their exhalations, whether we're near them or not? Keep your mask ON, please.

Show me a case where someone was infected from a jogger passing by at least 6 feet away.

[Sam3]

Sarcany wrote:
[quote=rjmacs]
Do they not appreciate that we have to breathe in their exhalations, whether we're near them or not? Keep your mask ON, please.

Show me a case where someone was infected from a jogger passing by at least 6 feet away.
Exactly. Or even closer. To become infected, time is a factor as well. Passing someone briefly will not get that much virus particles in a person.

Erin Bromage wrote:
But where are people contracting the infection in the community? I regularly hear people worrying about grocery stores, bike rides, inconsiderate runners who are not wearing masks.... are these places of concern? Well, not really.

Read the following link: https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-ris...avoid-them

[Speedy]

Sam3, I’ve read about those events as they each happened but this is a very good synopsis for those who are not followers of the news. Thanks!

[Ombligo]

I routinely hold my breath whenever I pass someone in a store even if they are wearing a mask. I figure it is better for both of us - I not breathing in any germs, nor am I exhaling any in case I am a carrier.

From my diving days, I can routinely just stop breathing for 30 seconds without taking a breath first. If I take a deep breath, I'm good for a couple of minutes (but sucking in a bunch of air at the grocery store would be counterproductive).

[Sarcany]

Ombligo wrote:
From my diving days, I can routinely just stop breathing for 30 seconds without taking a breath first...

Like, free-diving? Snorkeling?

'Cause that's bad if you're doing SCUBA. Especially if you're moving vertically.

[RgrF]

B-B-Que means gatherings. Not gonna be like the past.

Los Angeles County has more cases daily than all but three entire states, all fireworks canceled, beaches and bars closed - more restrictions coming tomorrow! This is an area that successfully followed early protocols, only to reopen too early.

Fauci's original projection of 100-200,000 dead is now adjustable by a 5 to10 factor.

The macho ignorant anti-mask crowd wouldn't fare well in other places. Australian's aren't pussyfooting around, they just announced 6 month jail terms + fines for anyone traveling from one Oz state to another. They may be the tip of the iceberg of what we're heading for.

[pdq]

Texas’s Covid daily deaths have spiked these last two days to ~100:



I have to imagine this is an artifact of reclassification, or the holiday weekend, but it’s rather striking. If it’s legitimately echoing the marked increase in new cases and hospitalizations, it’s seriously bad news.

[Speedy]

The seven day moving average should smooth out any delay in reporting due to the holiday.

[pdq]

30 year old Texas man dies after going to “Covid party”.

“One of the things that was heart wrenching that he said to his nurse was, you know, I think I made a mistake.“

... “He didn’t really believe. He thought the disease was a hoax. He thought he was young and he was invincible and wouldn’t get affected by the disease,” Dr. Appleby said.

Huh. Who would have given him that idea?

[deckeda]

pdq wrote:
Huh. Who would have given him that idea?

These instances shoot all the holes in the, “politicians don’t matter, it’s personal choice” dreamers. There would not BE any so/called “Covid parties” if people weren’t made to feel as if it was a joke.