SeaOfBlue
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- Aug 1, 2013
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My take on this is that in bars/bowling alleys groups of people would be spending longer amounts of time together, talking to one another, drinking, using the bathroom etc. The very nature of those businesses provide conditions that are conducive to the spread of the virus.
From what I've seen at grocery stores, people tend to go in, usually alone, get their stuff and get out.
It's also a lot harder to keep clean probably too. At a bar you are putting fluids in your mouth and doing a lot of direct touching with your face, etc. I mean I guess in Canadian Tire and stuff you can't stop the droplets from getting on the products, but if you wear gloves and especially wash your hands, you will be fine and it is not like you are touching your face all that much.
The main thing is that if you are wearing a mask, make sure you are wearing it properly and ideally you get an airtight mask, which is not most of the masks I have seen people wearing... And really you should be wearing gloves if possible too. A guy ripped into me because he did not understand how wearing gloves does anything for an airborne virus (I guess he did not know it spreads through droplets and these droplets can stick to surfaces, most notably your hands) and how wearing a mask incorrectly (which based on the news, seems to be very common) can actually be more dangerous (for yourself) than not wearing a mask at all, since it has a surface which it can stick to while still releasing a ton (if not as many) droplets.
Wearing a mask is really an overcompensation to prevent droplets from getting out there in the first place, much like complete isolation can prevent this thing too. Most likely the droplets just floating around in the air from talking and breathing is not enough, unless you were in a heavily infected area with a lot of people in a tight area and you are constantly breathing the droplets in (i.e. the subway, which is a complete cesspool with things that are far worse than Covid), or this is a really powerful virus which does not require a ton of droplets for infection (if someone can confirm this for me, that would be great). However if it is anything like the other airborne illnesses, simply breathing the same air (obviously sneezing or coughing on someone is completely different) as someone infected is not likely going to give you anything more than the droplets sticking to something and you touching that thing with your hands. Then if you don't clean them, or if it is like a drinking glass where you bring it into direct contact with your face, you could be in trouble if enough droplets accumulated.