/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11525288
Another issue is that it's aerosolized and can linger in air for hours. How do we deal with that? Distancing alone is fucking bullshit.

>>11525268
To give us a false sense of security while still infecting the shit ton of sheeple reducing world population number in the process.

>>11525296
You cang, but it's probably better in the long run to not make people panic about having walked in the same space that someone else did 20 minutes ago and get sick.

>>11525338
So anon, what do we do???
>>11525370
>not make people panic
Whats wrong with people panicking? Isn't panic good because people will take it seriously?

>>11525375
What do we do? Same thing like before, we are just NEETs here so we just keep #stayingathome. Simple. Let's make society dwindle by themselves. Let's watch it all go down from the security of our mother's basements.

>>11525268
>the virus can travel up to 27 ft

There's two important questions to ask here:

-How likely is it to travel this far?
-How much of the viral load is still there?

The concentration of a cloud like that goes down exponentially as distance increases. Say for example infectivity is halved every foot. Getting coofed on at point blank range might have a 100% infection rate, adding 1' lowers it to 50%, 2' to 25%, 3' to 12.5 and so on. This means that those first 3 feet are far more effective than adding even 5 feet after that. Ideally everyone would just isolate completely in solitary cells, but as that is not feasible guidelines need to exist that are both meaningful and attainable. Tell people to stay 27' apart and they'll just say 'fuck off' and don't bother with any social distancing, which is worse.

It's unscientific but it is also a guideline. It's like the recommendation to take 10000 steps per day - it's not really based on anything, but it promotes useful habits as moving around is generally speaking better than not moving around.

>>11525375
Panic overwhelms everything and creates enough chaos to cause more deaths. See: hospitals right now.

>>11525375
No, panicking is not ideal. Panicked people dont listen and they dont make good choices. Also, panicking brings out the worst actions from the worst people. If the virus can hang on the air for a bit, its better to tell people to cough into their shirts and give people the information they need. Most people dont "need" to know that this stuff can hang on the air. What benefit comes from that? It just makes people afraid to do anything.

>>11525396
>-How much of the viral load is still there?
How much viral load can you take before you get infected?

>>11525268
Guidelines are about risk reduction not risk elimination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law

Experts are now saying that breathing alone transmits the virus.

>>11526221
>experts
>cnn article
>cohen

i guess you should stfu then

>>11526390
National Academy of Sciences

They Say.

They Say

>>11526842
>>11526844
try /x/ for ayyyys bro

>>11525375
>Isn't panic good because people will take it seriously?
No not really on the whole. Yes you need some level of dramatism and panic so that you reach the dumb shits, like the spring breakers partying through corona a few weeks ago. But if you overdose society on the panic, then you drive people literally crazy. At a certain point there is just not any more that people can do. If you're indoors, not leaving the house, not socially interacting or spreading the virus at all, then reading all the panicked news about doom is just gonna make you implode. I'm certain that this kind of shit is gonna cause suicide rates to skyrocket.

>>11525268
>Why is social distancing limited to 6ft only???
How will we make money for our masters if we can't be within 25 feet of each other.

>>11527670
>How will we make money for our masters if we can't be within 25 feet of each other.

>>11525268
after someone sneezes. And not everyone is sneezing simultaneously you dumbass. I hope you get it.

>>11527723
What would happen if every animal in the world sneezed at the same time?

>>11526390
/pol/ really melts your brain

>>11525268
Maybe it's safe to assume most people are covering their mouth or at least tilting their head down when they cough/sneeze instead of trying to break a distance record.

>>11527923
I've seen people sneeze while making no effort to covering their mouth or redirect the sneeze. It's disgusting.

>>11527923
>maybe it’s safe to assume most people are not disgusting retards
No. No that is not safe to assume.

>>11527923
>Maybe it's safe to assume most people are covering their mouth
lol'd

>>11527934
>>11527941
>most people
of course there will be retarded exceptions

>>11527967
What the hell? Some people are completely screwed in the head.

>>11527967
If you aren't avoiding asians like the plague then you deserve what your alternative strategy brings.

>>11527978
https://twitter.com/209TimesCA/status/1244768513199206400
>Meanwhile in Stockton...Did we mention San Joaquin County has more cases of COVID-19 than the entire Central Valley and Foothills COMBINED?

You have no idea how bad things are fren.

>>11525299
Logic is unwelcome in this place

>>11527978
>>11527980

>>11525268
>>11525296
None of that makes distancing bullshit. Distancing still greatly reduces the probability of transmission. Transmission over 27ft may be possible, but it's highly improbable.

>>11525268
I don't know. Why do you think so retard?