mdvle Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Mass transit, perhaps due to a lack of interaction, appears to be one of the few crowded indoor spaces that doesn't create Covid transmission - be interesting to see if the same thing is found in the western world. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/japan-ends-its-covid-19-state-emergency 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 What if its near a 5G mast? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2020 26 minutes ago, brack said: What if its near a 5G mast? , or bats? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 ........ if everyone wears a mask .......... like they do on public transport in Japan. Whereas, in Europe, where mask-wearing still seems a bit socially awkward, things might be a bit different. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Maybe if we all wore a 5G mast.......... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 It will be easy for governments in Europe and elsewhere make mask usage on public transit mandatory - not the least because a rule is cheap and easy, particularly when the (minor) burden of buying a mask is placed on the user. The other options (if they can be found), where some way is found to permanently support social distancing, are much more expensive. Thus for at least Canada the use of masks on airplanes has become mandatory, and it has been advised for rail and bus. To that end the first municipality (Ottawa) has decided to make it mandatory while others at this time are so far only recommending it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) So, gorilla mask, or Guy Fawkes mask? Edited June 1, 2020 by BernardTPM 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 8 hours ago, BernardTPM said: So, gorilla mask, or Guy Fawkes mask? Neither. Dominic Cummings mask should ensure people keep their distance. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 ....... about 250 miles ! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 But news this morning that Japan is seeing new clusters of cases from small church gatherings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, black and decker boy said: But news this morning that Japan is seeing new clusters of cases from small church gatherings. Do they wear masks at small church gatherings? That seems to be the big difference in countries where infections one public transport have been shown to be minimal. There is also some evidence that singing helps transmit the virus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted June 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2020 31 minutes ago, Edwin_m said: There is also some evidence that singing helps transmit the virus. Wales is screwed then! 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Edwin_m said: Do they wear masks at small church gatherings? That seems to be the big difference in countries where infections one public transport have been shown to be minimal. There is also some evidence that singing helps transmit the virus. Apparently no masks but reading of verses and saying prayers in small groups. No singing mentioned. one event saw a 73% transmission rate between attendees!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Edwin_m said: Do they wear masks at small church gatherings? That seems to be the big difference in countries where infections one public transport have been shown to be minimal. There is also some evidence that singing helps transmit the virus. Is hard evidence really necessary to discover that singing helps transmit a virus, whether it is Corona, the flu or a cold? The harder you breathe out, the further your breath (& therefore germs) will go. That is pretty basic physics. A miserable commuter standing on a train, refusing to speak will potentially transmit a virus less distance than somebody running hard on a treadmill in a gym with air conditioning blasting their expelled breath around further (which is why gyms are closed), although there may be people in closer proximity on a train. For the same reason, it also makes sense to walk for a train when many of us would usually run. Singing probably falls somewhere between breathing at rest & doing hard exercise. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Phatbob said: Wales is screwed then! We've been pretty much screwed since Vortigern invited Hengist and his Horsa to stay... Actually, we've been fairly screwed since the Romans landed, double screwed when they went home, and then Vortigern (Gwytherin in Welsh) invited Hengist and Horsa in as paid mercenaries, gifting them land so that they'd remain in his service. They sent back home to Germany for their families, and one thing led to another... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 That means all the joggers should be wearing masks & how often should they be washed ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, duncan said: That means all the joggers should be wearing masks & how often should they be washed ? Outdoors probably not. The virus seems to dissipate enough that it isn't a threat unless you were right up in the joggers face. So far the most common reported cases where there has been significant transmission of Covid have all been indoor spaces where people have been exposed for extended times, and where there is activity other than just breathing - the South Korean call centre, a restaurant in China, the ski resort bars in Europe, the nightclubs in South Korea. Edited June 3, 2020 by mdvle 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted June 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3, 2020 On 01/06/2020 at 21:59, doilum said: Maybe if we all wore a 5G mast.......... But what if someone two meters away has with them one of those £399 holographic quantum-disentanglement time-dilation memory stick thingies? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted June 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3, 2020 22 hours ago, duncan said: how often should they be washed ? The masks or the joggers? 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken.W Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Alex TM said: The masks or the joggers? ... Both? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold daveyb Posted June 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2020 On 02/06/2020 at 09:31, The Johnster said: We've been pretty much screwed since Vortigern invited Hengist and his Horsa to stay... Actually, we've been fairly screwed since the Romans landed, double screwed when they went home, and then Vortigern (Gwytherin in Welsh) invited Hengist and Horsa in as paid mercenaries, gifting them land so that they'd remain in his service. They sent back home to Germany for their families, and one thing led to another... Surely Hengist, Horsa and Vortigern were on the cross channel run, not Irish Sea services. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted June 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, daveyb said: Surely Hengist, Horsa and Vortigern were on the cross channel run, not Irish Sea services. Not sure. I think that one or more may have subbed on Irish services to cover for maintenance. But yes, primarily the short services from Dover/Folkestone, hence the names. Edit: Found this interesting list of BR vessels (usual caveats about anything on Wikipedia). Names there that bring back many memories but unfortunately not much info about routes that they operated.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Railways_ships Edited June 3, 2020 by Joseph_Pestell 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted June 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2020 http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/mv-hengist-past-and-present/ My memory is not completely shot! Hengist moved to Fishguard - Rosslare. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert17649 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Hengist and his wife or Horse Horsa probably went to Dunloghaire which due to the awkward motion of the ferry they developed severe Vortigern, resulting in Naussicca and so on. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2020 Sounds about right. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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