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On Fri, 01 May 2020 17:02:28 -0400, John wrote:

On Fri, 1 May 2020 16:16:33 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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On Fri, 1 May 2020 03:02:20 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:32:38 -0400,
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:10:27 -0400, wrote:

That will also include all of the pathogens you vacuumed up in your
travels too.

Bull****.

So you are saying they don't stop any pathogens. The ones you
encounter pass through 100%.

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That's not entirely accurate. Masks are very effective at stopping
droplets and dust. They act as carriers of the virus.

But the droplets and dust are still on the mask, waiting to be
projected across the room with those sneezes everyone seems so afraid
of. Since this is really talking about being in a store, the fact that
you are only spraying counters and merchandise that is a foot or two
in front of you is not that consoling. I understand John carries a bag
and he carefully puts his mask in there but that is not what I see
happening. People pull it off and shove it in their pocket, with their
keys, money or whatever else they carry around. A woman shoving it in
her purse is even more disgusting since everything she owns is in that
purse. You can wash your hands all you like but if your pocket or
purse is infected, you are not accomplishing much.

You sneeze with the mask on, those droplets ain’t goin as far as no mask.

But if they land on the counter in front of you or the apples, celery
or what ever, what difference does it make? You are not only spreading
your germs, you are spreading all the ones you vacuumed up in your
day.

The sneeze only covered the first row of apples, not the whole counter with
a mask.

And any fruit or vegetables purchased should be washed, especially if they came
from the first row. Of course, the produce man could have sneezed and coughed on
everything!

I have been doing that for years. Everything gets the clean surface
dirty surface scrubbing.