Perhaps the BEST B1G Forum anywhere, here at College Football Fan Site, CFB51!!!

Not sure if they (CVS) were just overwhelmed or there was a problem with their website- but in addition to getting her a test yesterday, I jumped on this morning and easily scheduled one for myself today.  Choice of times. 

When she got hers yesterday they told her 5 days for results, although the website says 6-14, and local people I have spoken to said it took 2 weeks.  So... we will see. 

She is much improved today- eating and running around the house cleaning like there’s no tomorrow 😊

She is much improved today- eating and running around the house cleaning like there’s no tomorrow 😊

You gotta love her for that, but when I re-read this sentence, it is sort of cryptic. 

So, Sweden is perhaps signaling a message that some of us are immune/resistant, perhaps as much as half the population.

A mask isn't going to keep you from contracting it, it could reduce the chances by 5% or so.

It's obviously highly contagious so you could pick it up unknowlingly in an innocent situation, as could we all.  I just can't figure how countries and states are leveling off with such a low percentage of people infected.

If your pants cannot contain a fart, then your mask isn't going to be able to protect you from the much smaller virus particles. 

It helps a little, but it is hardly a force field. The ones they are selling to the public aren't even medical grade. Basically the hands free version of holding your shirt up over your mouth and nose. 

A mask isn't going to keep you from contracting it, it could reduce the chances by 5% or so.

It's obviously highly contagious so you could pick it up unknowlingly in an innocent situation, as could we all.  I just can't figure how countries and states are leveling off with such a low percentage of people infected.

I've heard other speculation that a mask can entirely prevent it - depending on the mask. The Dock Doc thinks it's about 50 percent for the general public, and also thinks the homemade varieties published by various folks online are better than the "surgical" masks being sold in stores.

The ones my wife made have layers. That's what we wear.

I think it's very possible that half of the US has had it already.

Based on what evidence?

If your pants cannot contain a fart, then your mask isn't going to be able to protect you from the much smaller virus particles.

It helps a little, but it is hardly a force field. The ones they are selling to the public aren't even medical grade. Basically the hands free version of holding your shirt up over your mouth and nose.

Again, the mask doesn't make you "safe" in that it entirely prevents you from getting it. 

The virus particles are mostly carried by droplets from coughing/sneezing and aerosolized from general exhaling and talking. The mask will catch most of those leaving your mouth, reducing the likelihood of spreading to another person. As far as protecting you from the virus, the mask will help to catch some of those droplets or aerosols, but I worry that if you catch virus on your mask, your normal breathing might pull it in. Still better than no mask, but capturing it at the source is more important than capturing it at the destination to reduce the spread. 

But the idea of the mask is much more simple. It reduces transmission, hopefully allowing us to get to an R0 of <1, while still being able to go out in public and not all be on lockdown. The higher the rate of mask usage, the better we get as a society of getting R0 down. Even if the mask only reduces the likelihood of transmission within a specific encounter of 15%, the aggregate of doing that across society helps us get to an R0 of <1.