Plexiglass Barriers Won't Stop the Virus at the Debate, Experts Warn

[Buckeye_Democrat]

Sorry if this NYT article was already posted!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/health/coronavirus-debate-pence-harris.html

... Linsey Marr, an expert on airborne viruses at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., laughed outright when she saw a picture of the debate setup. “It’s absurd,” she said.

When she first heard there would be plexiglass barriers, Dr. Marr said, she had imagined an enclosure with an open back or top: “But these are even smaller and less adequate than I imagined.”

Other experts said the barriers might have made some sense if the debaters were to be seated close together.

“Those plexiglass barriers are really only going to be effective if the vice president or Kamala Harris are spitting at each other,” said Ellie Murray, an epidemiologist at Boston University. “Those are really just splatter shields.”
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[DLCWIdem]

1. Oh great. Seeing as how pink eye is a Covid sympton that is scary

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. I want no more in-person debates with those Covidiots.

Droplets tend to contain more virus particles, but it's crazy because of long-term aerosol exposure and how the Trump team can't be trusted to act responsibly.

Edit: The differences between droplets and aerosols were explained well in this old blog from May. https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them

[SheltieLover]

2. Trying again to infect Joe through Kamala

I wish she would have insisted on zoom.as a deal breaker!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. Kicked for a possible Pence-Covid announcement.