01-17-2022, 04:40 PM
@my Manao: "Since it appears omicron is so infectious that one only needs a single casual exposer to get I have taken to wearing a mask (three layer cloth) in my car whenever I'm in traffic, and my window is down. My logic is if a single exposure can be that consequential I imagine that means virus on the wind as well as in a confined space."
There's still a lot of mystery surrounding this virus as one can still find so much conflicting information online. So I guess better safe than sorry, I respect that. However I am not buying that there is any noteworthy risk of infection when driving in your car alone or with normal household members. Perhaps there is a miniscule chance someone sneezed in the car in front of you and a particle finds it's way to you. However it's been proven that UV light kills the virus. (eg. good ol' sunlight) So even if that microscopic percentage of a chance happens were a random particle in the outside air finds you, it's probably dead from sunlight by the time it reaches you.
Yeah Kanders point: the actual driving is much more risky.
There's still a lot of mystery surrounding this virus as one can still find so much conflicting information online. So I guess better safe than sorry, I respect that. However I am not buying that there is any noteworthy risk of infection when driving in your car alone or with normal household members. Perhaps there is a miniscule chance someone sneezed in the car in front of you and a particle finds it's way to you. However it's been proven that UV light kills the virus. (eg. good ol' sunlight) So even if that microscopic percentage of a chance happens were a random particle in the outside air finds you, it's probably dead from sunlight by the time it reaches you.
Yeah Kanders point: the actual driving is much more risky.