There is no formal study I have yet to look at, but as I used some common sense to avoid being infected in the last apartment building we got a place in mid-pandemic, I am starting to question if this might be another advantage of being taller in public spaces. I just bought some boots recently that are the retro platform style we all wore mid to late 90’s–and I will say they make you feel almost as badass as you might once have-but my knee isn’t the biggest fan of walking miles upon miles so I have to ease into it maybe more than I have. The only issue is the closer you get to the ground, the further everything seems in terms of judging distance walking, so thinking about wearing sneakers after running around in those makes it an easy choice if you’re feeling maybe weaker than you have, which I am as a general rule being over 40 now.
I do think the issue is with floating particles mostly indoors, generally speaking they can fall to the ground but would have to crash into others to do so in some circumstances. Let’s again look at some filmed examples of what a mouth can do in terms of polluting an indoor space, and why you have a hard time reasoning away the use of masks just for basic hygiene purposes, and most especially in a pandemic. Would being taller put you out of the way? Maybe somewhat, but some of these filmed examples below seem to show them flying wherever they want.
DIFFERENT FACE MASK droplets
Sneezer illustrated
How well do masks work illustrated
Masks vs no mask droplets
Every day I read opinion pieces about just getting on with things, like we should just pretend people aren’t dying all around us, ignoring specifically that protecting people sensitive to infection or worsening health later ALSO include the people who have endured COVID already. Sure you might feel invincible because you survived, but continuous exposure will not do anyone any favors who is not genetically immune, and again, we know there are people who are–but unless one of these DNA testing people is helping identify those people in the pool, you really have no idea yet. I’ve read a few stories of people who have already caught it multiple times, though I’d imagine those circumstances would not be the norm, though a few of you might have been able to test it already.
Early morning & 2/5/2022 reading of articles included below:
2/5/2022-The COVID JERK So this is nonsense, treating Sarah Palin very casually for exposing people to an illness we ALREADY know can kill people. This is just one of those circumstances I tweeted about that reminded me-3% of us are sociopaths and 1% are psychopaths, and why wouldn’t she be either one. Anyone who would demonstrate they would be the one refusing a mask in a room with a chemo kid (basically we all could be now) is not well in the head and certainly doesn’t deserve community support for a social contract price she’s refusing to pay.
2/5/2022 5 things that increase your risk of getting omicron
2/6/2022 Country with massive wealth inequality suffers worst COVID death rates & infections in world. This is the country the right wants, everyone at the bottom fighting each other and all of the richest living their best lives while they work everyone to death to ensure that richness continues. COVID will speed inequality up with a quickness people are not being smart about presuming will occur.
2/6/2022 Opinion piece criticizing shutdowns and cost An idiot wrote this. He’s apparently unable to see the writing on the wall here-he thinks the lockdowns were the reason people are still avoiding trying to get medical care, not realizing people being so lackadaisical in their approach to solving that problem is creating a backlog of people who STILL need to get in the hospital for treatments that people who have the tools to prevent have not so yes, people are still dying of COVID because you sit in their beds. I can’t wait to hear the moral reasoning behind hospitals needing to close because those who had healthcare treatments they were paying for had to give up their beds and time to care for people who might have no healthcare and whose care definitely will exceed a lot of hospital budgets. I never really was locked down. I did what I needed to there was no time I have cowered inside.
2/6/2022 Another guy’s opinion that masks are the end of the left there’s nothing like people not seeing the writing on the wall here with these illnesses coming down the line for us all. Masks are ridiculously easy and kids are getting their cues for how to behave from adults and acting like we are all dying and will have to do this forever is incredibly short-sighted. Sure, I’m not saying this is the best time of my fucking life, no chance, but I know it’s not forever because nothing is, and it’s seeming that’s the case for even the idea of America, too.