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   From: "sjedgingNOSp@m"@mwt.net   
      
   Siri Cruise wrote on 4/1/2020 10:06 AM:   
   > In article ,   
   >  jim <"sjedgingNOSp@m"@mwt.net> wrote:   
   >   
   >>   "The big mistake in the U.S. and Europe, in my opinion, is that people   
   >>   aren’t   
   >> wearing   
   >> masks. This virus is transmitted by droplets and close contact. Droplets   
   play  a very   
   >> important role—you’ve got to wear a mask, because when you speak, there   
   are always   
   >> droplets coming out of your mouth. Many people have asymptomatic or   
   presymptomatic   
   >> infections. If they are wearing face masks, it can prevent droplets that   
   carry the virus   
   >> from escaping and infecting others."   
      
      
   > Droplets have a diameter, and any mask has holes to allow gas   
   > exchange so the wearer doesn't suffocate. If the pore diameter   
   > exceeds the droplet diameter, the mask is less than worthless   
   > because it gives the illusion of working, encouraging closer and   
   > longer contact, while in reality the virus spreads as before.   
      
   I restored the part you snipped which explains why you   
   are wrong.   
   The idea behind the general population wearing masks is that   
   it prevents people who have the virus from spreading it.   
   Many people have the virus and are spreading it but do not have   
   symptoms of being sick. It is pretty obvious that countries where   
   everyone is wearing a cloth mask in public are the countries that   
   are successful in limiting the spread. There is no need for   
   extravagant medical respirator masks. A simple piece of cotton   
   cloth over the mouth and nose will trap the droplets coming out   
   of the mouth and nose that carry the virus.   
      
   The small droplets that pass through the mask aren't   
   a problem. That is why standing 6 ft apart prevents   
   infection. The droplets that carry the virus are large   
   enough to fall out of the air very quickly and land on   
   surfaces around the person spewing them. The virus can   
   live on the surfaces for hours to days.   
   Masks don't do much to protect the person wearing them   
   because in general there are not viruses floating around in   
   the air.   
      
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