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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Thu May 14, 2020, 08:27 AM May 2020

Black light experiment shows how quickly a virus like Covid-19 can spread at a restaurant

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/health/japan-black-light-experiment-coronavirus-trnd-wellness/index.html

CNN)A viral video from Japan aims to show how easily germs and viruses can spread in restaurants when just one person is infected.

The experiment simulates the atmosphere at a buffet restaurant or on a cruise ship. It was conducted by the public broadcasting organization NHK in conjunction with health experts.

The video shows 10 people coming into the restaurant, with one singled out as the "infected" person. Each participant goes about the buffet as they normally would, not considering a potential contamination.
At the end of the video, the participants are cast under black lights illuminating where the "infection" has spread.

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Black light experiment shows how quickly a virus like Covid-19 can spread at a restaurant (Original Post) SheltieLover May 2020 OP
I've seen this called "spoofing the lede." Igel May 2020 #1

Igel

(35,275 posts)
1. I've seen this called "spoofing the lede."
Thu May 14, 2020, 11:26 AM
May 2020

The point is that if you have a virus that's widely spread by contact, through fomites, that kind of environment is really, really dangerous.

But, as the commentary in the article itself points out, there's not much evidence for this virus being spread that way.

Meaning, when you compose those two statements into one proposition, the result is "there's not much evidence for this kind of environment's being really, really dangerous."

However, the article's title suggest the exact opposite. If you wouldn't otherwise click, that means you need bait.

Beware the jabberwock, my son.

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