March Madness and Covid-19

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SoonerBounce13 said:
It may stop the large droplets from projecting further but is it stopping the smaller ones? I guess that is the question. And in practicality, is the difference it makes even substantial enough to have an effect? Is going from all forward 6 feet much better than 4 feet foward and 1 ft sideways?
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It's not just a matter of the droplets. It's also the total air velocity. Aerosol flow is like an independent fluid within the total volume of moving air due to density differential. So its' speed is independent of total air velocity but dependent upon it for inertia. Kind of like oil in water. The obstruction slows that total velocity which slows the aerosol.
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
Is it shown that the virus is slowed down by the clothe?
I don't know the size of the average droplet or average virus.
But a bowling bowl isn't going to be slowed down going through a 10 ft cave vs a 5 ft cave.
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The air coming out of your mouth that carries the droplets is significantly slowed due to the laws of physics.
 
coolm said:
It's not just a matter of the droplets. It's also the total air velocity. Aerosol flow is like an independent fluid within the total volume of moving air due to density differential. So its' speed is independent of total air velocity but dependent upon it for inertia. Kind of like oil in water. The obstruction slows that total velocity which slows the aerosol.
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Lol I said the same thing before I saw your post.
 
steverocks35 said:
Lol I said the same thing before I saw your post.
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they let you do that. If I try to do that without including a complete explanation down to the slightest iota I am questioned. and ridiculed. They can envision a hard-working doctor in their minds and they trust that image. I'm completely foreign to them.
 
steverocks35 said:
The air coming out of your mouth that carries the droplets is significantly slowed due to the laws of physics.
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again, what is significant? what percentage of droplets are actually really slowed down? It a plume of 3 ft going out but also traveling perpendicular to the mouth (out the sides of the mask---if the velocity is slowed, pressure is generated and the air will move in the path of least resistance) any safer than 6 ft straight out? I don't know.

I think we all realize the large droplets will be stopped. The question is the percentage of droplets stopped and the distance reduced they travel and if that has a real effect on transmission to others
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
again, what is significant? what percentage of droplets are actually really slowed down? It a plume of 3 ft going out but also traveling perpendicular to the mouth (out the sides of the mask---if the velocity is slowed, pressure is generated and the air will move in the path of least resistance) any safer than 6 ft straight out? I don't know.

I think we all realize the large droplets will be stopped. The question is the percentage of droplets stopped and the distance reduced they travel and if that has a real effect on transmission to others
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This article breaks it down really well, and be sure to click on the links if you want to research the topic more thoroughly.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/dont-wear-mask-yourself/610336/
 
By the way, all state colleges in California will be virtual in the fall. They have made the decision that it's too risky to open the campuses until next year at the earliest. This decision makes me think there will not be collegiate sports of any kind until 2021.
 
steverocks35 said:
This article breaks it down really well, and be sure to click on the links if you want to research the topic more thoroughly.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/dont-wear-mask-yourself/610336/
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Thanks. Maybe I missed it but I didn't see where the study shows the distance the droplets will travel with and without. I saw where they said from 8 inches away that it reduces the amount of virus by 90%. Well most people are staying 6 ft away. At 6 ft away, is there really a realized decreased risk of contracting the virus with or without a mask?

And in jest, I've told my wife from the beginning that the US will probably have the most infections because we aren't on the metric system. Our social distancing is 6 ft...i assume the rest of the world is 2 meters
 
steverocks35 said:
By the way, all state colleges in California will be virtual in the fall. They have made the decision that it's too risky to open the campuses until next year at the earliest. This decision makes me think there will not be collegiate sports of any kind until 2021.
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California is ridiculous.
 
steverocks35 said:
Counterpoint, California is trying to avoid a second wave, and that is not ridiculous.
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They are only delaying a second wave.
And putting millions out of work and dependant on the government.
They know what they are doing. They are taking advantage of the crisis.
They don't care about saving lives, they care about control
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
They are only delaying a second wave.
And putting millions out of work and dependant on the government.
They know what they are doing. They are taking advantage of the crisis.
They don't care about saving lives, they care about control
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<eyeroll>

Does *everything* have to be viewed through a hyper-partisan conspiratorial lens? It gets really old and tiresome.
 
steverocks35 said:
<eyeroll>

Does *everything* have to be viewed through a hyper-partisan conspiratorial lens? It gets really old and tiresome.
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I view things through the truth lense, independent of where it leads.
California has always shot for more power over it's citizens.
They have now a big excuse to do it.
 
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