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greenjar_01

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9. They don't really have evidence that it "lingers" in the air

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 9, 2020, 09:46 PM

Apr 2020

There are several supposed modeling studies like this one that speculate about what could happen with droplets in general. Here's how people running spray droplets and it sits in a cloud, etc. A lot of this is silly, with very "compelling" colored visuals ("Look, you can see the particulate matter in the air! It's the purple one!&quot Lots of nonsense going around.

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Model suggests how airborne coronavirus particles spread in grocery store aisles [View all] SheltieLover Apr 2020 OP

Which only confirms my practice of being the first one in the grocery store when it opens... mitch96 Apr 2020 #1

My store usually has about five to eight people waiting, so I hang back and let them brewens Apr 2020 #3

People, places and things will get ya.... Avoid if possible and If you can't make it quick mitch96 Apr 2020 #10

Excellent strategy! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #13

Pffft greenjar_01 Apr 2020 #2

greenjar - Please see #4 below and offer Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #5

Perhaps not Sherman A1 Apr 2020 #6

I've been searching for information about how long an exposure is needed to COVID Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #4

I work as a cashier. no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #7

Good for you SheltieLover Apr 2020 #14

I am likewise skeptical that if you walk down a grocery aisle a bit after someone who is actually PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #8

They don't really have evidence that it "lingers" in the air greenjar_01 Apr 2020 #9

Right. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #11

Derp-dee-lrp: Case in Point greenjar_01 Apr 2020 #18

The Guardian EllieBC Apr 2020 #15

I'm wondering how humidity factors in durablend Apr 2020 #12

I'vd read SheltieLover Apr 2020 #16

From what I've read SheltieLover Apr 2020 #17