Posted on 07/06/2020 3:34:41 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
Milton, a professor of environmental health at the University of Maryland who studies how viruses are transmitted, has helped lead a group of 239 scientists who wrote an open letter to appeal for better recognition of the potential airborne transmission of coronavirus.
They don’t want to talk about airborne transmission because that is going to make people afraid,” he said. There’s also an element of worry that if people think the virus is airborne, they’ll stop doing other things they need to do to prevent transmission, such as washing hands, staying apart and cleaning surfaces.
There is significant potential for inhalation exposure to viruses in microscopic respiratory droplets (microdroplets) at short to medium distances (up to several meters, or room scale), and we are advocating for the use of preventive measures to mitigate this route of airborne transmission,” Milton and his colleagues wrote.
“Studies by the signatories and other scientists have demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that viruses are released during exhalation, talking, and coughing in microdroplets small enough to remain aloft in air and pose a risk of exposure at distances beyond 1 to 2 meters (yards) from an infected individual,” they added.
(Excerpt) Read more at whdh.com ...
It’s the death rate, stupid. The generic flu kills more people under 18 than the virus.
/s is nobs and trolls
I thought Brix and Fauxci were they “experts”? lol
My state requires mask now, and the grocery store I visited this afternoon says it’s mandatory.
I went in, shopped without a mask.
If anyone was going to say anything, I’d have asked why they were not wearing gloves or eye protection. And if they wanna push it...”call the cops”. Write me a ticket for what “law”??? There is no law, there is an EO by the Governor who’s had us in emergency state illegally since March.
F/ Inslee, F/Fauci et al...
You aim low. I'm going to get mine to wash the windows. :)
That sucker’s going to be floating all over God’s green earth until November 3. Oh ... and it will gain strength at an amazing speed.
I just hold my breath.
“But they can’t travel more than 6 feet and die if the 7th person in the group leaves. And can’t go around plexiglass!”
And it knows to stay in the empty middle seat on planes, and not venture in any direction, even though people still are less than six feet apart.
Yeah and so is the seasonal flu but they never tell you to wear a mask for it.
Maybe they can all go suck it up and die?
” I’d have asked why they were not wearing gloves or eye protection. “
Gloves and eye protection don’t protect others.
Oh...you better not shout. You better not cry. Even if you have gout, I’m telling you why: Rona-19’s comin’ to town.
Rona knows you’re fearful. Rona sees you when you shake. Rona knows if you’ve been bad or good, so wear your mask for goodness sake!
” And if they wanna push it...”call the cops”. Write me a ticket for what “law”??? “
They can trespass you from the store and the chain.
It was specially-trained in a desperate bid to somehow improve Joe Biden’s election chances.
It failed.
Nope. My daughter works for another grocer, they have legal liability in requiring people to put something over their nose and mouth. Kroger/Fred Meyer.
It can also sing, dance and do the cha cha... But I think a career in Broadway isn’t in the cards.
Heh....wonder how long it would survive in 96 degree heat and super high humidity? Such as south Louisiana/east Texas. 30-40 minutes? Or less?
The referenced article makes no mention of what happens to Coronavirus floating in air in sunlight.
Please consider a couple of relatively recent references about Coronavirus versus sunlight.
A summer break? New Homeland Security research shows sunlight, humidity kill coronavirus quickly
It turns out that, when it comes to the Wuhan flu, sunlight is the best disinfectant
Corrections, insights welcome.
Seriously, the mask nonsense needs to end. Very limited usefulness in reality.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.