To answer M. T. Green's question: Cotton or a mask will not stop a fart, but they will usually stop a COVID virus for two reasons. 1. A fart is SO2 molecules of gas. They are 150 times smaller than a COVID virus. 2. A covid virus usually emerges from the body when the patient sneezes, which means it is usually in a drop of water, mucus o…
To answer M. T. Green's question: Cotton or a mask will not stop a fart, but they will usually stop a COVID virus for two reasons. 1. A fart is SO2 molecules of gas. They are 150 times smaller than a COVID virus. 2. A covid virus usually emerges from the body when the patient sneezes, which means it is usually in a drop of water, mucus or dust, which are all far larger than the virus itself. Overall, the particles are usually many thousands of times larger than an SO2 molecule. SO2 molecules are not entrained in water or dust.
People often ask how the particles of water or individual viruses can be caught by a mask even though the mask fibers are much farther apart than many drops, or than any virus. The answer is that there are many fibers, and the drop tends to hit one along the way. It resembles a person running through a forest in pitch dark. The trees are far enough apart to run between them, but sooner or later you will hit one of them. When water hits a fiber, it sticks.
To answer M. T. Green's question: Cotton or a mask will not stop a fart, but they will usually stop a COVID virus for two reasons. 1. A fart is SO2 molecules of gas. They are 150 times smaller than a COVID virus. 2. A covid virus usually emerges from the body when the patient sneezes, which means it is usually in a drop of water, mucus or dust, which are all far larger than the virus itself. Overall, the particles are usually many thousands of times larger than an SO2 molecule. SO2 molecules are not entrained in water or dust.
People often ask how the particles of water or individual viruses can be caught by a mask even though the mask fibers are much farther apart than many drops, or than any virus. The answer is that there are many fibers, and the drop tends to hit one along the way. It resembles a person running through a forest in pitch dark. The trees are far enough apart to run between them, but sooner or later you will hit one of them. When water hits a fiber, it sticks.
“Overall, the particles are usually many thousands of times larger than an SO2 molecule. SO2 molecules are not entrained in water or dust.”
Of course this is only true if the fart 💨 is not a shart! 😅
Dealing with MAGA on any kind of good-faith basis is simply casting pearls before swine. And swine are more intelligent than the average MAGA voter.