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> I'm not sure why no one's saying this, but the virus is adapting to masks Citation needed

• dehrmann 6y ago
  On one hand, fair. One the other, when have we seen life not adapt?
  • BenjiWiebe 6y ago
    Mice can get through small holes, but they won't adapt to fit through pin holes.
    • jjeaff 6y ago
      I suppose the virus could adapt to spread more easily via surfaces. Or, it could become more virulent, such that fewer particles have to get through the mask to cause infection.
  • deleted 6y ago
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    • jonboy95 6y ago
      alive-ish
  • tshaddox 6y ago
    More than 99% of species that have ever lived are now extinct.
    • dehrmann 6y ago
      That's technically true, but a large part of that is because similar, related species better suited to the environment did survive.
  • formerly_proven 6y ago
    Masks work by physically filtering viruses out of the air. How do you propose shall a virus adapt to that? The thing's packed with DNA, it can't easily evolve to be 1/10th the diameter (and 1/1000th the volume) to get through filters.
    • jimmygrapes 6y ago
      Except that's exactly how most masks people wear do NOT work; they serve simply to prevent large particles (spittle) to move too far from their origin. Yeah there are better masks/SCBAs, but even common use and enforcement of something that actually stops a virus is impossible so long as people keep chanting the "empathy" mantra.
    • dehrmann 6y ago
      Most masks that people are using aren't particularly good at blocking aerosols. Viruses also spread by contact.