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by blagie 1483 days ago
You're making statements with no backing, logic, or argument behind them.

2) The percent of material removed by a filter per unit time is the product of (1) filter efficiency with (2) what percentage of a room's air passes per unit time.

4) "Airborne" is generally via microscopic droplets. The CDC's guidance changed from large droplet transmission (which is relatively short-distance and short-time) to airborne. This doesn't mean individual viruses are floating around without any H20.

5) No one credible believes 1 virus particle is likely to infect you, except by very bad luck. Most citations give claims in the 100-1000 particle range. Low initial infectious dose also /appears/ to correspond to less aggressive infections. This has not been rigorously proven (and it's hard to do), but has a strong theoretical basis:

- One virus particle is unlikely to make it past the mucous layer, unless you're super-unlucky.

- If it does, your innate immune system can usually handle minor infections before they escalate.

- If it can't, your adaptive immune system has more time to respond. You're looking at a few days before it kicks in. With a lower initial infectious dose, you'll still have that much less virus when it kicks in.

If you'd like to contradict any of this, please provide citations. I'll read them. I'm glad to be proven wrong. Perhaps I'll learn something.