Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Regarding the need for masks. Also, think about the implications for live sports crowds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...293ba2-9557-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html

Experiment shows human speech generates droplets that linger in the air for more than 8 minutes


Ordinary speech can emit small respiratory droplets that linger in the air for at least eight minutes and potentially much longer, according to a study published Wednesday that could help explain why infections of the coronavirus so often cluster in nursing homes, households, conferences, cruise ships and other confined spaces with limited air circulation.

The report, from researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the University of Pennsylvania, was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed journal. It is based on an experiment that used laser light to study the number of small respiratory droplets emitted through human speech.

The answer: a lot.

“Highly sensitive laser light scattering observations have revealed that loud speech can emit thousands of oral fluid droplets per second,” the report states.

 

That is interesting and helps explain “asymptomatic” transmission.

 

Totally different thing. Asymptomatic means that you become infected, but your body's immune system keeps you from falling ill. You still have the virus, you are still shedding virus, you just feel bad for a few days and shake it off instead of getting deathly ill.

It does explain why people in tight, poorly ventilated spaces like cruise ships spread it so quickly, and in general how being in a crowd close together is an infection risk.

 

Here's why Trump did not emphasize testing.

Trump Feared Testing Too Many People for Virus Would Spook Stock Markets, Says Report

 

I mean that people can catch corona from talking, not only sneezing and coughing.

 

The “stay at home” thing was always conflated with “don’t leave your fucking house!” Remember the mayors from Italy? Or the drones in New Jersey? Or the essay of a writer in NYC who was told her socially bike rides outside were a mistake because of the viral load in the air?

The virus was turned into a sentient monster with moral qualities, punishing the bad children who went to an abandoned beach, or something. Our government turned into helicopter parents.

There’s an ingrained human instinct that, when we have power, we seek to control to whatever extent we’re allowed. An equal instinct to kick against that control when applied against us. What political leaders did for two months, instead of coming up with logical boundaries, was tell us to get in our homes to make themselves feel less anxious and worried about it. On some level I get it. But it was bound to wear out. And it has.

 

We're here at Nick's Bar in Platteville, Wisconsin where we've switched their regular air with covid crystals. Let's see if they notice.

 

Men don’t want to wear masks because it’s not cool and a sign of weakness.

‘Shameful, not cool, a sign of weakness’: Men are less likely to wear face masks to protect against coronavirus, study finds

 

Lingering death, very cool, great sign of strength.

 

Ever thus in president Biff Tannen's America.