Re:Estimated 1.56B face masks will have entered oceans in 2020
by yibg on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @04:18PM
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Judgement is important of course. I wear masks around people but not when I’m driving or outdoors by myself. I think for a lot of people, it’s just easier not to put it on and take it off. For me for instance if I’m out hiking I just put it on and leave it on. Where as my partner will remove it when there is no one around and put it back on when someone is coming close by. I see the same thing with people driving short distances.
People getting infected at home may be a large vector, but the virus got in the home some how in the first place. It’s just easier to spread from that point onwards once it’s in.
Re:Estimated 1.56B face masks will have entered oceans in 2020
by EB-Barrington on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @04:29PM
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New York State recently reported that 74% of infections spread between Sept and Nov 2000 took place during household social gatherings (based upon contact tracing data).
Re:Estimated 1.56B face masks will have entered oceans in 2020
by worker767424 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:19AM
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> household social gatherings
Also known as pods and bubbles.
If people think a mask offers them more protection than it really does, they might engage in riskier behavior.
When I see people out walking around the neighborhood with masks on, I really wonder what they're trying to accomplish. You're not going to get covid walking outdoors passing within 6 feet of someone for 5 seconds.
These days, my theory is more people get infected at home than out in public.