No, you’re right, the speculation initially was how much it was spread by surfaces initially in addition, not primarily.
And yeah, calling it ‘hygiene theater’ is so fucked up but it’s in line with my observations. People obviously don’t want to be inconvenienced at all, in the slightest, but if they must be, only one thing is allowed, either:
wash hands/surfaces
x ft distancing
wear mask
And God help you if you try to make somebody do some combination of the above.
It was baffling to see my local grocery store go overnight from no-mandatory-masks but distancing and a hard limit to occupants, to mandatory-mask but no enforced distancing and no limit to occupants.
Over a year later and the thought I have at least once a day is: “Oh, so I’m one of the only ones who read The Andromeda Strain as a little kid and had it imprinted on his brain?”
Got 2nd dose of Moderna today and total time I had to wait for both doses combined was < 5 minutes. Total time I’ve spent waiting in online queues for basketball gifs in that same span completely dwarfs it.
I’m trying to scroll up and find the stuff, but were people mad at you because you said you weren’t convinced that covid isn’t spread on surfaces? Is it a debate on the matter of degree?
I finally found an appointment for my first shot, which means now the clock is ticking and there’s only 5-6 weeks left of me having the greatest excuse ever to avoid people. Kinda bummed.
I think as long as I do the 10-second-rule like with dropped food and don’t eat an ass directly after somebody else got their fill, I’m good. That’s just science.
