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Re:Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks... by lurquer on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:28PM (#23197030)
>Drive through windows and me going to the store have been our only exposures.

Let me reword this for you: "interacting with a teenager who deals with about a thousand people a day, and going to a facility that is frequented by tens of thousands of people a week, has been my only exposure."

Re:Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks... by sushid on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:46PM (#23197868)
Seriously, how is this not comprehensible to people? If you or your family members are going outside, you HAVE NOT been in isolation. You've been interacting with people outside and bringing in germs from your visits.
Re:Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks... by estoniandwarf on Saturday May 16, 2020 @04:10AM (#23201422)
People go out once a week and thinking its comparable to living on Antartica, I know lockdown is very different from normal life but yet lol
Re:Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks... by lurquer on Friday May 15, 2020 @06:49PM (#23198437)
As Jeff Goldblum would say, "Life finds a way."

I'm avoiding Covid conversations as my self-esteem is too fragile to tolerate downvotes. ;) But, if I were opining on the subject, I'd say that masks, social distancing, lock-downs, etc. are absolutely and utterly worthless and unecessary. But, if it makes some people feel virtuous to wear their placebo masks while cowering in the apartments, so be it. As for me, I'll be at the river this weekend tubing with several hundred others, drinking a Corona, and thinking of you all.

Re:Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks... by sushid on Saturday May 16, 2020 @01:30PM (#23205408)
Is the irony not lost on you? You're not really avoiding a COVID conversation in your comment...
Re:Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks... by sjg007 on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:50PM (#23197908)
I think the issue is that we are wearing masks and gloves so despite those protections you still can get sick while maintaining 6 foot social distance and even strictly limiting the time in a store (if ever)... Also the vector is one adult here max.
Re:Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks... by abfan1127 on Friday May 15, 2020 @06:34PM (#23198306)
short of N95 masks, masks don't help you at all. In fact, they make it worse from the standpoint that as you touch it, you are applying various yuck on it to inhale.
Re:Outbreak of common colds at Antarctic base after 17 weeks... by sjg007 on Friday May 15, 2020 @07:54PM (#23198944)
Right but 6 feet and more in a highly ventilated store should... so..