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03-17-2020, 08:56 AM #5401Funky But Chic
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That's why mask wearing needs to be mandated as soon as possible.
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03-17-2020, 08:59 AM #5402Banned
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03-17-2020, 09:01 AM #5403Registered User
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03-17-2020, 09:02 AM #5404
Soap up with Jameson’s?
Expensive, but effective.
Bushmill’s in a pinch.Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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03-17-2020, 09:03 AM #5405powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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03-17-2020, 09:05 AM #5406Banned
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03-17-2020, 09:05 AM #5407
From what I've read droplet size varies along a spectrum. So maybe as small as .112 microns but flu, for example, can spread via tiny particles as well as relatively large particles.
I agree let's not make perfect the enemy of good. One caveat is with air pollution particles, which might not apply with virus particles, is the best masks like the 3M Aura stop 99% while the worst N95 masks are only 70-80% effective. Some of the more stylish masks marketed for athletes like the colorful ones you see cyclists wearing are much less effective when it comes to stopping small particles.
So a buff or a handkerchief stops something like 30% of particles, a cycling mask maybe 60-80%, and a fitted top tier N95 99%.
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03-17-2020, 09:07 AM #5408
You'll have to be more specific. The post I responded to was about social distancing. We've been talking about that long before Spats arrived.
If you're talking about testing then rather than focusing elusively on the U.S. why not compare and contrast what we're doing with what other countries are doing?
How South Korea Scaled Coronavirus Testing While the U.S. Fell Dangerously Behind:
https://www.propublica.org/article/h...erously-behind
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03-17-2020, 09:28 AM #5409
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03-17-2020, 09:30 AM #5410
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03-17-2020, 09:32 AM #5411
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03-17-2020, 09:34 AM #5412www.dpsskis.com
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formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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03-17-2020, 09:35 AM #5413"We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch
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03-17-2020, 09:38 AM #5414
A lot of theories floating around on masks of various constructions and efficacy.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsan...ng-coronavirus
Surgical masks are just a physical barrier that will protect you against "a visible splash or spray of fluid or large droplets," explains Raina MacIntyre, an infectious disease researcher and professor of global biosecurity at the University of New South Wales in Sydney who has studied the efficacy of face masks. These masks fit loosely on the face around the edges, so they don't completely keep out germs, and small airborne particles can still get through.
Clarence Tam, a public health researcher at the National University of Singapore, notes that because wearing masks can be uncomfortable, "the discomfort might make you actually touch your face more." This could contaminate your fingers with any germs that might have attached themselves to the outside of the mask.
MacIntyre notes that cloth masks — which people wash and reuse — are also common in Asian countries. She says there's no evidence to show they have any benefit, and her research suggests they "may actually be harmful," because infrequent washing and moisture retention can make cloth masks a breeding ground for pathogens.
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03-17-2020, 09:39 AM #5415
It's safe to assume that a basic hypothesis like the one you're making has already been studied ad nauseam (at the very least by the face mask industry). The answer exists in the literature somewhere out there, so let's all at least act like this isn't a new thought and that there's intrinsically correct truth to your idea.
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03-17-2020, 09:40 AM #5416
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03-17-2020, 09:43 AM #5417
I never said people shouldn’t use masks, just they aren’t perfect and have downsides. “Double edged sword”
And when the people that need them can’t get them because some jagoff is just wearing a mask driving a car alone, its idiotic and short sighted.
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03-17-2020, 09:44 AM #5418Registered User
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03-17-2020, 09:45 AM #5419Registered User
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03-17-2020, 09:47 AM #5420
The people who are going to come out of this intact on the other side are the ones who don't need a paycheck for a living, aren't dependent on a business, and aren't all in on equities. In other words , the idle rich and retired people with conservative, balanced investments. The rest of Western society is fucked, and the scale of fucked depends on the timing. One or two months, not greatly fucked, but fucked, 8-12 months, stone cold fucked.
Either way, stuff is going to be really cheap soon.
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03-17-2020, 09:48 AM #5421
The mask also stops or at least severely limits people touching their own nose and mouth.
I think that is a huge benefit.
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03-17-2020, 09:51 AM #5422
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03-17-2020, 09:51 AM #5423
Even more reason to temporarily close Canadian and other countries borders to the US. At least to the public and constrain to commercial traffic
"Just about 56% of Americans consider the coronavirus a "real threat," representing a drop of 10 percentage points from last month. At the same time, a growing number of Americans think the coronavirus is being "blown out of proportion."
Poll from NPR
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/81650...-a-real-threat
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03-17-2020, 09:57 AM #5424
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03-17-2020, 10:03 AM #5425
I still can’t believe México is 100% ‘open for business’.
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