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Warpy

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12. There might be a marginal difference in air exchanges per hour
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 02:14 PM
Jan 2021

but yeah, I wouldn't go into one with a crowd inside unless the sides were open. Even then, I'd hesitate and double mask,

People are getting desperate out there. You are simply not going to be able to enforce isolation and distancing much longer, no matter how bad an outbreak is. The best hope is that we now have competent people in government who listen to the experts and that vaccines will be on the way soon, meaning vaccine outreach that allows us all a chance at the jab.

However, trying to contain the virus is a dead issue and has been for some time. I'm an extreme introvert and even I am getting a little frayed around the edges at the continued isolation, 11 months of solitary confinement are too many even for me.

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when it gets much warmer hubby and i are gonna try one of those locally.. samnsara Jan 2021 #1
Of course... I can't even imagine a setting where I would "eat-in" for the indefinite future hlthe2b Jan 2021 #2
This. MissB Jan 2021 #4
right. lindysalsagal Jan 2021 #6
Yep. ShazzieB Jan 2021 #23
I wouldn't call them 100% safe. Laelth Jan 2021 #3
I would guess that the crowded dining room SoCalNative Jan 2021 #17
No. They are sealed off, outside. No ventilation. we can do it Jan 2021 #18
If they're well ventilated, cleaned after each use and scheduled with a down time dem4decades Jan 2021 #5
hell, where I live d_r Jan 2021 #7
Same here exboyfil Jan 2021 #10
Laurie Garrett hates them... brooklynite Jan 2021 #8
In my state, the tents have to be open on two sides RainCaster Jan 2021 #9
I see some like that, many completely closed --south sound. Pobeka Jan 2021 #13
In many ways the sealed tents can be worse RAB910 Jan 2021 #11
filtering the air may be good (to some extent, anyway) but circulating air might actually be bad unblock Jan 2021 #16
You're Actually On To Something ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #24
There might be a marginal difference in air exchanges per hour Warpy Jan 2021 #12
You are not the only one Mattgoetznolovefromm Jan 2021 #14
There is little difference, but the die was cast when churches were exempted from the rules. PSPS Jan 2021 #15
the only unmasked people are the people you live with? Orangepeel Jan 2021 #19
Actually RobinA Jan 2021 #21
Like Us ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #25
No, I Had This Same RobinA Jan 2021 #20
I'm with you. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #22
exactly! no difference bc it is about ventilation and it is the same. That would be a hard pass Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #26
I've Seen One That Made Sense ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #27
I miss dining out so much! redwitch Jan 2021 #28
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