Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on surfaces

Re:Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on sur... by faitswulff on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @09:32PM (#26009887)

It’s not even necessarily close proximity: “Infected after 5 minutes, from 20 feet away: South Korea study shows coronavirus’ spread indoors” https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-09/five-m...

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Re:Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on sur... by loyukfai on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:24PM (#26010251)

- Indoor environment

- No/limited air circulation

- Mask-less

All 3 combined, put a COVID-19 carrier there, trouble.

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Re:Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on sur... by Spivak on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @10:16AM (#26014341)

Yes but you're missing the point is that the advice right now is that a 6ft distance (indoor and outdoor) is sufficient for people to take off their masks.

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Re:Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on sur... by DanBC on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @10:19AM (#26014370)

Where is that the advice? In the UK it's very much saying that you must wear a mask indoors and maintain as much distance as you can.

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Re:Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on sur... by Spivak on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @11:28AM (#26015264)

My part of the US apparently. The local restaurant regulations is 6ft apart and if people are sitting you don't need a mask. Same with stadiums/theaters/etc..

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Re:Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on sur... by fomine3 on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @07:20PM (#26021049)

Is there any reason not to wear mask on stadium/theater/... (obviously except restaurant) ?

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Re:Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on sur... by airstrike on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:02PM (#26010092)

Thanks for sharing this. I finally have unequivocal data to support my argument that we should not eat indoors at restaurants.

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Re:Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on sur... by lamontcg on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @11:56PM (#26010733)

First published back in April, 2020:

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article

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Re:Coronavirus is in the air – there’s too much focus on sur... by f430 on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:01PM (#26010085)

one word of caution is the current South Korean administration has been dangerously leaning towards pro-CCP. President Moon has repeatedly praised the communist party and President Xi and they have effectively weaponized the pandemic to suppress protests.

Imagine if Trump handed plutonium yielding power plants to Iran on a usb device to win political concessions. That is what has happened in South Korea and there is a massive "USBgate" scandal that implicates the Korean president.

So anything out of South Korea right now under the current admin, we should take a grain of salt. The new Biden administration labelled South Korea as an "illiberal democracy".

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