ElectricPhase
Fractal Fanatic
And on that note, I'm done. It was a good discussion....for a while.
I still haven't seen anything to convince me that that wearing a sock or a doo-rag or a craft project from your kid's old pajamas over your face makes any more sense than using a chain-link fence to keep out mosquitoes (an analogy that's been making the rounds, to describe the relative scale involved).
Okay, one more post...since that was directly to my address.It's also a very poor analogy that's going around. The virus is carried in the droplets you breath or spit out. Masks are meant to catch those before they can dry out, break down and turn the virus into smaller particles. It's not a chain link fence designed to keep out mosquitos, it's a chain link fence designed to keep beach balls in.
Your logic is flawed. The virus doesn't travel further than the droplets you spew out of your mouth. Masks vastly stop the travel distance of said droplets.Okay, one more post...since that was directly to my address.
A better analogy is a baseball covered in mosquitoes. The baseball gets lodged in the fence, but the mosquitoes still go through.
You might want to read the link that some people flamed me for posting upthread. It points to studies which evaluate the filtering efficiency of various materials. Also note this bit:Your logic is flawed. The virus doesn't travel further than the droplets you spew out of your mouth. Masks vastly stop the travel distance of said droplets.
You might want to read the link that some people flamed me for posting upthread. It point to studies which evaluate the filtering efficiency of various materials. Also note this bit:
"Virus-laden small (<5 μm) aerosolized droplets can remain in the air for at least 3 hours and travel long distances. "
Stop ignoring the real issues. its ok to pass HIV to person to person legally in California and on to poop all over the side walks but you better have your mask on. What since does that make? really. to make laws like that you have to be mentally unstable.
When our citizens and government did what was right and necessary for the good of the nation . 102yrs has had its toll . Thanks for posting this.They seemed wiser than us back in 1918. View attachment 70177
The real issue is why the US, the most powerful nation in earth is still suffering through this while other nations have made significant progress. Time to admit the ineptitude of our leaders. Stop deflecting and face the issues head on. Listen to the scientists, not to big mouth politicians.
These threads go down because one side wants to convince the other side they're wrong, and eventually one or both lose their s**t.Your logic is flawed. The virus doesn't travel further than the droplets you spew out of your mouth. Masks vastly stop the travel distance of said droplets.
How about stop deflecting that it's our leaders' fault. The problem is us!
Agreed that those people should have masks on and distancing themselves from others. I don't condemn the right to protest but they should also have to stay safe.