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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. So masks aren't working?
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 04:09 PM
Jan 2021

Six feet of distancing was never realistic, imo. I think it was an MIT researcher who has studied how far & wide droplets & aerosols travel. 27 feet.

So masks aren't working? SheltieLover Jan 2021 #1
Maybe it survives longer on surfaces. Hugin Jan 2021 #2
Maybe SheltieLover Jan 2021 #5
I was just thinking a month ago that there appalachiablue Jan 2021 #19
Yes mask are working at SLOWING spread not eliminating it uponit7771 Jan 2021 #3
Ty SheltieLover Jan 2021 #6
N95 masks in combo with face shields DO work FakeNoose Jan 2021 #4
Hoping Joe will get N-95s made with DPA! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #8
I was able to get them at Staples office supply. GulfCoast66 Jan 2021 #18
That Was Maskless ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #7
Ty, Professor! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #9
I live in Tennessee, too..... BlueDawn Jan 2021 #12
Surreal, isn't it? SheltieLover Jan 2021 #13
It really is surreal. BlueDawn Jan 2021 #16
Which area of state are you in if I may ask? SheltieLover Jan 2021 #25
I am on the opposite side of the state, near Knoxville. BlueDawn Jan 2021 #26
Here in GA too. Of course I live in the 14th Cong. Dist.--that of Machine Gun Marjorie japple Jan 2021 #22
With the previous variant correct? FreeState Jan 2021 #10
It Wasn't About The Virus ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #11
What *is* specific to viruses is how long they stay viable in droplets. Girard442 Jan 2021 #14
That Wasn't The Topic ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #17
Now you have me thinking about the aerodynamics of a coronavirus. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #20
Definitely Yes ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #23
Fuck.. denbot Jan 2021 #15
Just waiting for the bombshell that current vaccines are less effective against new variants Baclava Jan 2021 #21
In the U.K. itself, daily new cases, 7 day moving average down 30% progree Jan 2021 #24
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