Melbourne's in lockdown again.

Sadly America has reached the 500,000 covid death mark today.

Finally scheduled for shot #1. Saturday morning.

Boru

Still never caught the dreaded C-19. I've even stopped worrying about wearing the proper mask at work. Still, as negative as can be. One coworker constantly went into the Covid unit, which we no longer have, without a mask and she never caught it.

Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/8/e2021830118.long

If infected I'll be a superspreader.

Quote:Superspreading events have distinguished the COVID-19 pandemic from the early outbreak of the disease. Our studies of exhaled aerosol suggest that a critical factor in these and other transmission events is the propensity of certain individuals to exhale large numbers of small respiratory droplets. Our findings indicate that the capacity of airway lining mucus to resist breakup on breathing varies significantly between individuals, with a trend to increasing with the advance of COVID-19 infection and body mass index multiplied by age (i.e., BMI-years). Understanding the source and variance of respiratory droplet generation, and controlling it via the stabilization of airway lining mucus surfaces, may lead to effective approaches to reducing COVID-19 infection and transmission.

(March 2, 2021 at 9:37 am)Eleven Wrote: Still never caught the dreaded C-19. I've even stopped worrying about wearing the proper mask at work. Still, as negative as can be. One coworker constantly went into the Covid unit, which we no longer have, without a mask and she never caught it.

Masks are to protect your patients more than the staff, and a requirement for nursing staff by FL law (as far as I can tell). Apparently she does not give s shit when caring for a vulnerable population.

https://ahca.myflorida.com/docs/AHCA_E-B..._Masks.pdf

(March 2, 2021 at 9:37 am)Eleven Wrote: Still never caught the dreaded C-19. I've even stopped worrying about wearing the proper mask at work. Still, as negative as can be. One coworker constantly went into the Covid unit, which we no longer have, without a mask and she never caught it.

And people wonder why this shit is still going on.



Boru

Governor Abbott opened Texas up today. All businesses allowed to run at 100% and no more mask mandate.

I get my first shot Saturday...I figure I may venture out into the world about mid-April.

(March 2, 2021 at 6:20 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Governor Abbott opened Texas up today.  All businesses allowed to run at 100% and no more mask mandate.

I get my first shot Saturday...I figure I may venture out into the world about mid-April.

This is a murderous act. It's difficult for me to believe this is actually happening.