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What about farting? 馃憖馃槮
perceptivei 路 36-40, F
@MrFreeeeeze Mmhmm.
Somewhereovertherainbow 路 46-50, F
@MrFreeeeeze 馃槀
Paliglass 路 41-45, F
馃 so that's why you had fans pointing out of everyone of your windows
MartinTheFirst 路 22-25, M
@Paliglass That wouldn't be a great idea for an airborne disease. You'd want to create a positive pressure in your living space, not a negative one that will suck all of the outside air into it
Paliglass 路 41-45, F
@MartinTheFirst 馃し I didn't say it was smart 馃き馃槈
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You mean bullshit? 馃 Yeah, that stuff gets everywhere 馃槒
DeWayfarer 路 61-69, M
So when are the commercial flights being offered? Airborne!馃槇
Rokasu 路 36-40, M
I mean... What?
Graylight 路 51-55, F
Except it's not.
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perceptivei 路 36-40, F
@Graylight I thought airborne meant it can transmit via just talking. Is that right?
Graylight 路 51-55, F
@perceptivei Okay. There's droplet transmission and then there's airborne transmission. Essentially and for practical purposes, they're almost the same. Imagine a round microscopic piece or dust just floating in the air. If it's airborne, it can stay suspended and float freely for as long as it likes, much like pollen, until it lands on something.
If that same piece of dust could only travel via droplet transmission, it would have to collide with a droplet of mucous, saliva or similar in order to be "carried" by that droplet. Most often, it comes already encased in a tiny droplet as an infected person expels them both from their mouth or nose. On it's own, coronavirus (we think) is too heavy to simply float on air currents.
Does that make sense? If you're standing 10 feet from another person, the difference is negligible.
If that same piece of dust could only travel via droplet transmission, it would have to collide with a droplet of mucous, saliva or similar in order to be "carried" by that droplet. Most often, it comes already encased in a tiny droplet as an infected person expels them both from their mouth or nose. On it's own, coronavirus (we think) is too heavy to simply float on air currents.
Does that make sense? If you're standing 10 feet from another person, the difference is negligible.
SARS? Yeah scientists mentioned it can stay airborne for several hours
texasdaddydom 路 51-55, M
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MartinTheFirst 路 22-25, M
It's not.
MartinTheFirst 路 22-25, M
@perceptivei I don't believe it.
MartinTheFirst 路 22-25, M
@perceptivei We'd see a much more severe infection rate than we currently are if it was.
Somewhereovertherainbow 路 46-50, F
@MartinTheFirst exactly
Zonuss 路 41-45, M
Yes. Airborne. Highly infectious. And transcends everything we thought we knew about pandemics.