Posted on 07/16/2020 6:44:34 PM PDT by Triple
Wait, you really believe that exhaled water vapor from your own respiration carries germs? I am not so sure that even the experts know the contagion factors.
EDIT: Although with the large volume of asymptomatic cases showing up, it’s likely more widespread than previously assumed.
No, we are definitely not talking about vapor. Vapor droplets are about 3-4 orders of magnitude smaller than virus particles which are orders of magnitude smaller than droplets.
I absolutely have been exposed. Probably most people in America have been. I want that exposure but I would like a low dose if possible. Also I would like to avoid spreading in case I have the disease.
actually 20 minutes
“Wait, you really believe that exhaled water vapor from your own respiration carries germs?”
Wait, you really don’t know? Just how uneducated are you??
Did you know that the Earth is round and not flat? Just curious how far your ignorance goes.
My favorite is: stopping a bb with a tennis racket. You might get really lucky once.
“actually 20 minutes”
You know that, and I know that, but telling these magic fairy tales believers that is just painful.
I’m pretty sure they must have stopped teaching biology in high school. The word ‘microscopic’ means nothing to them. They can’t comprehend it.
Of course it’s round. There’s plenty of easy outdoor observations that show the Early is round, ranging from horizons on the ocean to shadows cast by fixed objects.
Let’s stay on topic
“Water vapor molecules”
No one is talking pure water vapor molecules.
We will find out later the wearing of these masks on a regular basis causes damage to your lungs and deprives oxygen to your organs.
If they block oxygen they certainly block viruses which are like a zillion times larger than oxygen molecules.
You can still have a lesser flow of fluid (gas or liquid) while still having passageways smaller than larger particles. Not a problem if you aren’t breathing really hard or are taking occasional breaks from the mask.
EDIT: You can still have a reduced fluid flow through passages larger than molecules. Like through a blanket. Yes there’s holes way bigger than Oxygen molecules or anything microscopic, but you will still have less air through the blanket.
First: I haven't heard ANYONE even suggest the healthcare providers should give up their masks. There are many reasons they need them that have nothing to do with virus infections like influenza or Covid-19.
(and by the way, one point of the study in this paper was to prove that health care workers were NOT protected from viruses by either surgical or N95 masks.)
Second: You answered your own question. They are part of the big conspiracy to shut down the country to control us sheep!
And finally, I agree, "This place is like a magnet for morons."
Medical professionals don't wear masks to protect the patients and they don't wear them to protect against viruses.
They remove them properly after leaving a room.
They wash their hands after removing them.
They dispose of them properly and rarely if ever wear them for more than a half hour.
The surgeon wears it to keep blood and other body fluids out of his mouth and nose. Same for the nurses.
Educate yourself on the protocols for Tuberculosis.
Actually talk to a health provider about what they were taught about masks. Do not be the moron you protest so strongly against. Learn something.
Physics is the perfect place to look when you hear about physical things and how they travel. If someone says “Masks prevent droplets from...” who better to ask? A virologist, an epidemiologist, a psychic? No, if the droplet is poison, water, bacterial, or viral, it's still a dang droplet - it will act as droplets do. It will not be more attracted to paper, cloth, or plastic just because it contains a virus. The only place I might look to that's better than the broad category of physics would by Aero and hydro dynamics. The droplet is not smart. Like you it just does what it does. In the case of the droplet it travels until stopped. In your case you bleats with the rest of the sheep. “Wear a mask to help someone else”
Well duh
For those who ask why surgeons wear them it’s to protect the patient from getting an infection in an open area of the body
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