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WTF is going on here? You claim "If the virus were truly airborne, which it isn't" yet provide no evidence. But looking at you history you have provided exact
by throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
WTF is going on here?
You claim "If the virus were truly airborne, which it isn't" yet provide no evidence.
But looking at you history you have provided exactly evidence that it is airborne "Video showing microdroplets suspending in air (vimeo.com)" a few months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22776194 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22776194)
And to quote from another commenter "The part showing how a single cough can create a room-wide cloud of virus that lingers for 20+ minutes in spaces with poor circulation was especially enlightening."
Having watched the vid I can confirm that's what they show, at least as a simulation.
Even the main article says (I'm re-quoting from another of my posts): "There is a big dispute in the scientific community, however, about both the size and the behavior of these particles, and the resolution of that question would change many recommendations about staying safe. Many scientists believe that the virus is emitted from our mouths also in much smaller particles, which are infectious but also tiny enough that they can remain suspended in the air, float around, be pushed by air currents, and accumulate in enclosed spaces" which directly opposes what you say.
How is your parent post not either plain wrong or deliberately sowing confusion? I'm flagging you.