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This thread makes the most sense to me. If you watch the videos of the particles people emit when sneezing or talking loudly, you'd be astonished (I was). Appa

This thread makes the most sense to me. If you watch the videos of the particles people emit when sneezing or talking loudly, you'd be astonished (I was). Apparently these particles can hang in the air for very long periods of time and circulate throughout an enclosed space. It seems to me that the more of these particles you inhale, the more spots in your lungs they could land. If this thread is correct, the infection sites would be somewhat localized, especially to start. A person could potentially have one or two internal infection sites and their immune system respond in plenty time for them to avoid noticing the effects of the virus infections, whereas the same person could get many, many infection sites throughout their lungs, and then eventually be completely unable to breathe as each location slowly spreads to cover a large surface area of the lung. The implications are that anything you can do to reduce your chances of inhaling these particles increases your chances of not getting a noticeable infection. This means avoiding enclosed spaces with others and wearing masks. I wonder if masks will become the new style.

Izkata 6y ago
> I wonder if masks will become the new style. Dunno how long it may persist, but it's definitely a thing people have on their mind: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-05-29/17-options-matching-mask-outfits-summers-newest-fashion-trend https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-05-29/17-option...
Gibbon1 6y ago
One bit I finally gleaned about masks. A suspicion is droplets contain more virus than aerosols. Droplets will settle out of the air quickly. But kicker, droplets can also dehydrate and shrink to aerosol size and persist. But they still contain the same dose of virus. Eeek! That part of why masks help prevent people from spreading. Because even shitty masks do a good job of stopping droplets. Before they dehydrate and become aerosols. Beyond theory there is a paper the showed the results of wearing masks by people with influenza, rhinovirus and common coronavirus. Result. Slight benefit for influenza. Don't work for rhinovirus. Works very well for coronavirus. I think the take away there is. Wearing masks prevents people from producing highly infections aerosols. And you should avoid spending long amounts of time in enclosed spaces with other people.

Izkata 6y ago

> I wonder if masks will become the new style. Dunno how long it may persist, but it's definitely a thing people have on their mind: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-05-29/17-options-matching-mask-outfits-summers-newest-fashion-trend https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-05-29/17-option...

Gibbon1 6y ago

One bit I finally gleaned about masks. A suspicion is droplets contain more virus than aerosols. Droplets will settle out of the air quickly. But kicker, droplets can also dehydrate and shrink to aerosol size and persist. But they still contain the same dose of virus. Eeek! That part of why masks help prevent people from spreading. Because even shitty masks do a good job of stopping droplets. Before they dehydrate and become aerosols. Beyond theory there is a paper the showed the results of wearing masks by people with influenza, rhinovirus and common coronavirus. Result. Slight benefit for influenza. Don't work for rhinovirus. Works very well for coronavirus. I think the take away there is. Wearing masks prevents people from producing highly infections aerosols. And you should avoid spending long amounts of time in enclosed spaces with other people.