[sten]

i read a CDC posting that said physical contact with body/bodily fluids ... OR within 3 feet.

which implies the virus is briefly viable while in the water molecules expelled from the lungs of an infected person

a standard surgical mask would prevent contamination from that source

[Black Agnes]

The surgical mask won’t protect your eyes. Any mucous membrane will do.

[SisterK]

that’s right
we lose vapor through our skin and our lungs

[formosa]

Surgical masks do not seem to be protecting medical personnel. So it must be more virulent than they are letting on.