Please explain this to me

[JaneV2.0]

I think we'll find ways to cope. Effective treatments, social distancing, masks in crowds, etc. If enough people participate, the infection rate will go down. That's the way it worked for HIV, after all.

[bae]

The pandemic may not be over in time. Today the World Health Organization said it may not go away. They compared it to HIV which has been with us for 4 decades now. Do you really think people will want to wear masks for 40 years?

People have been wearing condoms for 40 years, getting regular STD testing, and discussing sexual health history with their partners so that informed consent can happen.

Well, the responsible people.

[ApatheticNoMore]

It seems to me if the issue is just protecting others, there will be at home tests eventually, but public places may still require masks, but maybe not visiting someone, depending.

[Yppej]

Now there are reports of people getting infected through their eyes. Face shields next? Followed by hazmat suits for everyone? The part of the body that sweats the most is the feet. Maybe just to be safe we should outlaw sandals this summer. If it saves just one life, it's worth it, right?

[bae]

Now there are reports of people getting infected through their eyes. Face shields next? Followed by hazmat suits for everyone? The part of the body that sweats the most is the feet. Maybe just to be safe we should outlaw sandals this summer. If it saves just one life, it's worth it, right?

I don't think you understand the mask thing, or perhaps you do, and are being deliberately difficult.

[Yppej]

Bae, here is the story on infection through the eyes. I saw the story on TV. It is being reported in numerous news outlets.

https://nypost.com/2020/05/14/infect...ough-his-eyes/

[bae]

Bae, here is the story on infection through the eyes. I saw the story on TV. It is being reported in numerous news outlets.

https://nypost.com/2020/05/14/infect...ough-his-eyes/

I am aware that you can be infected through the eyes. (We've known this for months.) As I mentioned, I am trained and equipped to handle Ebola.

However, COVID-19 doesn't seem to spread *from* the eyes in casual social settings.

The point of the mask is to serve as a damper on spread, not by protecting the wearer from other people so much, but by protecting other people from the mask wearer.

There is no need to wear a HAZMAT suit to protect others from you, according to the best available science at this moment.

So, take your hyperbole and put it in your salad spinner :-)

[Yppej]

How do you define casual social settings? To include or exclude airplanes?

[bae]

How do you define casual social settings? To include or exclude airplanes?

I presume you are saying "Omg, this guy got it through the eyes on an airplane".

Did you read my actual words above?

Is there evidence he was infected *from someone else's eyes* on that trip?

Are you being deliberately obtuse?

[Yppej]

So I take it Bae that you are only interested in protecting other people not yourself. So long as you don't infect others it doesn't matter if you are protected. No need for a face shield to protect yourself from infection through your eyes. We are all just to be altruists with no self-regard.