Eager to get back to normal? Hate wearing a mask? Read on and feel free to share. A helpful Q&A:

๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป& #39;๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ, ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป& #39;๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ, ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜?

Wrong. Totally f@*$ing wrong.
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ-๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฉ๐Ÿฎ?

"Based on infectious dose studies with MERS & SARS, it is estimated that as few as 1000 SARS-CoV2 viral particles are needed for an infection."
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€?

Being around anyone infected. Entering a space where an infected person was. Touching something an infected person touched, then touching your face. There is more than one way to get infected.
Sitting still doesn& #39;t expel much virus. Speaking expels more. Coughing & sneezing spreads the virus rapidly. "The droplets in a single cough or sneeze may contain as many as 200M virus particles... A single sneeze releases ~30k droplets, with droplets traveling at up to 200 MPH."
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?

A person infected with influenza sitting still releases 3-20 virus RNA copies/minute. Even if every virus ended up in your lungs, you& #39;d need 50 minutes to get 1,000 copies.
You can get infected quickly indoors. If a person coughs or sneezes, those 200M viral particles go everywhere & can hang in the air for minutes. Enter a room soon after a cough/sneeze, take a few breaths & you have potentially received enough virus to establish an infection.
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ?

This is an important question as we reopen businesses. Studies show risk everywhere. Cruise ship outbreaks aren& #39;t even in the top 50 outbreaks to date. Nursing homes have obviously been terrible sources of deadly outbreaks.
Open Offices: A single infected employee came to work in a call center. The floor had 216 employees. Over a week, 94 coworkers become infected. Almost all came from one side of the floor--only 5 who sat on the other side of the floor became infected. ( https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1274_article)">https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/artic...
Public restrooms have a lot of high-touch surfaces (door handles, faucets, stall doors). Also, the virus has been found in the feces of COVID-19 patients. We don& #39;t know if the virus in feces can cause COVID-19, but toilet flushing aerosolizes droplets. ( https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/water.html)">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavir...
๐—ฌ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€?

One study found that the odds that a primary case transmitted COVID-19 in a closed environment was 18.7 times greater compared to an open-air environment. ( https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.28.20029272v2)">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...
Another study found that homes were the riskiest place (where, if one family member becomes sick, others spend a LOT of time in contact with someone infected.) Shopping was relatively rare (but not zero!) And outdoor transmission was quite rare. ( https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.04.20053058v1.full.pdf)">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...
Get outside but be smart. Enjoy the sun. Just do so cautiously! Stay away from others. Wear masks. Social distance.

Socializing w/ a few family & friends should be okay, but don& #39;t throw the ball around, hand beers to others, hug, or sit close together.
And if you run, walk or bike, have a brain and some care for others. Don& #39;t exercise where it may be crowded. Give other people a lot of space. Stay on roads away from crowded sidewalks. Your need for carefree exercise shouldn& #39;t become someone else& #39;s stay in the hospital!
๐—•๐˜‚๐˜, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜?

No. A choir rehearsal in Seattle is a sad example.
๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป& #39;๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ& #39;๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ, ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€?

Wear your masks!
Wear your masks, not for you but everyone else. In a 2013 study of the influenza virus, it was found masks produced a 3.4 fold reduction in viral aerosol shedding. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591312/

Be">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic... safe. Be cautious. And wear your damn masks when you& #39;re out and about!
You can follow @augieray.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword โ€œunrollโ€ to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: