Coronavirus meme/panic/fear mongering general thread
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rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Yeah, people teaching kids to swim. Idiots.
But there's no need for a face mask, and certainly not a face shield, in a pool in a massive airy building and with a bloody high ceiling, and hardly anyone else in it.
danski
"vibey"
But that was the guidance. My osteopath and hairdresser both wore the same when I saw them before the most recent lockdown. I believe it’s because of being close up to your client.
Yes, standing over somebody breathing right in their face — what’s to worry about in that when you have a high ceiling?
magneze
🎧
Have you been in an indoor swimming pool? Airy isn't the word I'd use.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Also some folks (especially older people) will be wary of swimming pools during any pandemic - that was thought to be a vector of transmission for polio, and although that may not be in our experience, it is for the generation older than us. (You know, when there was last a major pandemic and somehow most people got through it ok - not so good for the ones who didn't though and devastating for many, don't want to make light of a horrific situation - but being wary of swimming in public pools is very understandable in that context).
Storm Fox
Trying the find the next noun to verb
Yes well it's idiocy, but at least it's caring idiocy. Unlike the deniers and anti-maskers.
T & P
|-o-| (-o-) |-o-|
I can’t be arsed to look it up now but I’m sure I remember reading more than once that chlorine is a pretty effective germ killer including the Covid virus, and that someone in a swimming pool would be at far less risk than most other indoor environments?
Unless someone blows air in your face, I can’t imagine the virus concentration a few centimetres above the water being very high. I guess it’d be more risky if you’re standing in the shallow end and interacting with others, but someone swimming a few lanes with no one near him, and drawing air just a couple of inches above water cannot be at that much risk if chlorinated water is indeed bad for the coronavirus’ health?
Unless someone blows air in your face, I can’t imagine the virus concentration a few centimetres above the water being very high. I guess it’d be more risky if you’re standing in the shallow end and interacting with others, but someone swimming a few lanes with no one near him, and drawing air just a couple of inches above water cannot be at that much risk if chlorinated water is indeed bad for the coronavirus’ health?
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Nature is healing
tbf, we've been in lockdown for quite a long while. It isn't unexpected that there might be a bonobo chimp reaction upon interacting with other people for the first time in months. It's very easy to get overexcited about social contact with others.
Thora
Differently Ethical
If you’re teaching children to swim there’s a pretty high chance of them coughing or sneezing in your face, hence the visor I imagine.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Some are going to go crazy and hug and touch and freak out, others are going to recoil in horror.
It's going to take me years to resocialise myself.
Every single thing about that photo is pure UK magic.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
A major environmental/health issue in 1890s cities was horse manure. Maybe they should have asked before putting that fire out with motor vehicles! Hmm?
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
But what about Jesus. He didn't wear a mask?
Yossarian
⏭️
How long before they conclude that the best way to protect themselves from the vaccine would be to develop resistance by taking a small amount of vaccine?
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Homeopathic amounts of the vaccine perhaps?
