Quote Originally Posted by dragmerc View Post
saw this on the infamous BBC.
i know it's not a far right wing site.
it's run by a canadian liberal.
thought this might add to the paper mask debate.

One of my boys tested positive

For Covid...he's a RN in a nursing home and has been in the closed-to-the-public Covid center for months now. He wears a bio hazard suit and mask, uses a specific door to avoid other people. The only time he's out in public is to get gas, stays home when not working. He comes out of quarantine next Tues., back to the Covid unit...He had a few rough days, his breathing is still labored, but he's starting to feel a little bit better. Even though he's very meticulous, he got it. He was scheduled for a cornea transplant tomorrow, now they've rescheduled to early Dec. He's had a rough '20...
There was a guy in Boonville, IN that only went to the grocery store at Schnucks and Walmart. He was elderly and afraid of getting the virus. His daughter was a nurse at the local hospital. He got the virus and died. It just happens. This was before the Governor required everyone to wear a mask.

I saw a video about how masks work. It's the one where they used a green lase to see the spit coming out of the mouth of a man talking. With a mask on the spit particles were lessened considerably. This is why we are required to wear a mask. It's to protect others from our infecting them. And those Hazmats suits need to have a positive pressure inside them at all times in order to keep the virus particles out of them. They can leak or you can get the virus on your hands and then touch your mouth, nose, or eyes and transfer virus particles to your body that way. That is why you need to wear a mask, wash your hands often, and then keep away from other people. Even family can give you the virus. Young me and women coming home from college can spread it to mom and day during thanksgiving holidays.

The amount of humidity in the air can have an effect on infections. If the air is dry your nose can dry out and the nasal layers can crack and dry out thus allowing the virus to enter the cells of the nose and mouth easier.