Recent history says otherwise.
correct! which means it is not an “airborne” virus. which has a completely different deffinition.
The kind of person who would attend a 900 person party during a pandemic most likely isn’t the kind of person who’d quarantine- otherwise, they would have avoided the big party in the first place.
Nowhere in that article does it state that. Only that some other viruses are far more efficient at airborne transmission.
it does not meet the criteria to be classified an airborne virus which requires "
it just doesn’t. it is droplet based not airborne which are two distinctly different things requiring different protective protocols. i know the narrative and the trump hate that drives it, doesn’t change science though.
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It’s more ambiguous than that. Nowhere does it say or suggest it is required as you claim.
If the mask shaming hasn’t worked up to now, why do they think it ever will?
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its guidance on how COVID-19 spreads to include airborne transmission.
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As usual, there is a failure to reach across the aisle.
I wear a mask all of the time because it is asked not mandated.
I require that people coming into my business wear one and immediately hand sanitize upon entry.
It isn’t mandated, it is asked. Now, it becomes a matter of respect. If you cannot respect what I have asked, please leave.
However, when government steps in and dictates? There are going to be those that oppose it based on principal. “Wear this or else!” does not work so well.
This explains a lot about the CDC and mixed messaging.
Mr. McGowan recalled a White House fixated on the economic implications of public health. He and Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the C.D.C. director, negotiated with Russell T. Vought, the White House budget director, over social distancing guidelines for restaurants, as Mr. Vought argued that specific spacing recommendations would be too onerous for businesses to enforce.
They compromised anyway, recommending social distancing without a reference to the typical six-foot measurement.
So they didn’t want CDC to state it was airborne.
I wear a mask too. But I also realize that shaming people who do not does nothing to help.
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Depends on if you © are susceptible to being shamed easily.
Some aren’t.
which does not make it an airborne virus. its precautionary advice to in certain circumstances treat it as one.
again, while it may be good precaution to treat it that way under certain conditions
(usually greater than 6 feet)
(typically hours).
“Usually” and “typically”
It also says “most” health care professionals view it that way. It doesn’t sound like the quibble over the finer points too much to me.
the accepted scientific definitions are clear. you disagreeing with the clear consensus of medical professionals and scientists because the narrative is (d)ifferent is rather irrelevant. There are some who have a more stringent definition where the virus itself would be aerosolized and not require a droplet of spittle to travel on to be airborne… hence, “most” and “usually”. There are few who would define it less stringently as then there would be no difference between airborne and droplet.
Shouldn’t you wear a mask because it is the right thing to do immaterial whether someone asks or it is mandated?
You’re probably right. You just know that for sure. Also consider the fact a lot of people are young and healthy and simply don’t care. The threat to them is insignificant. While everyone is busy calling this a pandemic it’s only killing people that have severe issues.
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