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Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?

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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #40 on: 05/11/2020 23:56:33 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 05/11/2020 23:48:04
I'm guessing BC is posting BS again for you.

Nope. Bored Chemist is pretty good about making informed posts.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #41 on: 06/11/2020 01:33:47 »
Quote from: Kryptid on 05/11/2020 23:56:33
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 05/11/2020 23:48:04
I'm guessing BC is posting BS again for you.

Nope. Bored Chemist is pretty good about making informed posts.
Quote from: Kryptid on 05/11/2020 23:56:33
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 05/11/2020 23:48:04
I'm guessing BC is posting BS again for you.

Nope. Bored Chemist is pretty good about making informed posts.
You are obviously about as good.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #42 on: 06/11/2020 05:49:58 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 06/11/2020 01:33:47
You are obviously about as good.

Can you point out where either of us have a habit of making demonstrably incorrect posts?
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #43 on: 06/11/2020 09:09:26 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 05/11/2020 23:48:04
Quote from: alancalverd on 05/11/2020 11:18:15
I think "subdifuge" may have come from the infamous PhD thesis that led to the disastrous invasion of Iraq: SUBterranean DIffusion and centgriFUGE plant for uranium enrichment.

It's a neat word, but AFAIK these are located in Iran, not Iraq, and you wouldn't expect a US president to know the difference.
I'm guessing BC is posting BS again for you.
Would you like to guess again.
Preferably without making up covfefe words like "subdifuge".
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #44 on: 07/11/2020 02:51:38 »
Quote from: Kryptid on 06/11/2020 05:49:58
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 06/11/2020 01:33:47
You are obviously about as good.

Can you point out where either of us have a habit of making demonstrably incorrect posts?
No, not to your satisfaction, as illustrated above, to point it out is a logical impossibility. Any posts that are drivel would have been posted knowing as such, as I pointed out above but would have been posted it anyway, as above.  You will contest any provided examples, as you did above originally and thus will not accept and will contest the point, as you did above. Thus its impossible as you will never be satisfied and accept it.

I could find  people other than myself who do not appreciate the content posted by either of you, find examples of junk posted by you both. You will forever contest it, instigating antagonism intentionally, as you have above, whilst positioning yourself to be accounted to in a feigned position of innocence and ignorance.

So no, I cannot decide your mind for you as you well know and frankly, why should I bother to try with the stance that you have and the position you will take.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #45 on: 07/11/2020 04:22:42 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 07/11/2020 02:51:38
Thus its impossible as you will never be satisfied and accept it.

Hardly. All you have to do is show from a reputable source (i.e. one backed by scientific consensus) that any claims that I have made are incorrect. I have admitted to being wrong before.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #46 on: 07/11/2020 06:31:29 »
Quote from: Kryptid on 07/11/2020 04:22:42
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 07/11/2020 02:51:38
Thus its impossible as you will never be satisfied and accept it.

Hardly. All you have to do is show from a reputable source (i.e. one backed by scientific consensus) that any claims that I have made are incorrect. I have admitted to being wrong before.
Lol
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #47 on: 07/11/2020 10:39:32 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 07/11/2020 02:51:38
...find examples of junk posted by you both. ...
Well that's what he asked you to do, and now I am asking you to do it too.
Please  post examples where I have posted stuff that's wrong.
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 07/11/2020 02:51:38
So no, I cannot decide your mind for you
That's not what anyone is asking.
It's not my mind that you need to judge, but the words I type.
So, please  either show that we post stuff that's not true or admit that you were mistaken / lied about it.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #48 on: 07/11/2020 10:48:43 »
Congratulations, Kryptid and BC. You have identified a true  Disciple of Trump.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #49 on: 07/11/2020 10:59:16 »
Quote from: alancalverd on 07/11/2020 10:48:43
Congratulations, Kryptid and BC. You have identified a true  Disciple of Trump.
I'm not sure he's quite as trumpy as puppypower who thinks that Trump has handled the economy well- as evinced by it falling by 30%.
But then again, he believes in homoeopathy, so we should expect much...
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #50 on: 07/11/2020 11:13:50 »
Alan I thought you were about 75 years old and too young to have any recollections from WWII 
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #51 on: 07/11/2020 12:29:55 »
Quote from: syhprum on 07/11/2020 11:13:50
Alan I thought you were about 75 years old and too young to have any recollections from WWII 
Alan is like Odin with Hitler tourettes appearing as an old man someday, and a sprightly child the next who has some birds to peck at those who disagree with him.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #52 on: 07/11/2020 17:25:09 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 07/11/2020 06:31:29
Lol

The response I would expect of someone without evidence.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #53 on: 07/11/2020 17:45:30 »
Just old enough to have been issued with an infant gas mask. Weaned on jellied eels, or so I'm told.

Thanks, petro, for a good idea. I'll see if I can train the chickens to attack people who don't read the small print or understand Tourette's Syndrome. Not sure whether Hitler had it - I thought the fascist return salute was invented by Hugo Boss, along with the uniforms. 
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #54 on: 07/11/2020 17:56:45 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 07/11/2020 06:31:29
Quote from: Kryptid on 07/11/2020 04:22:42
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 07/11/2020 02:51:38
Thus its impossible as you will never be satisfied and accept it.

Hardly. All you have to do is show from a reputable source (i.e. one backed by scientific consensus) that any claims that I have made are incorrect. I have admitted to being wrong before.
Lol
It's good to know that you can laugh at yourself, but when do you plan to answer the question?
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #55 on: 07/11/2020 18:00:10 »
Quote from: Kryptid on 07/11/2020 17:25:09
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 07/11/2020 06:31:29
Lol

The response I would expect of someone without evidence.
Almost lol
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #56 on: 08/11/2020 01:21:03 »
I have said before that I think masks should be mandated outside the home. This is what they did in Melbourne. Seems to have worked there.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #57 on: 08/11/2020 03:36:40 »
Quote from: set fair on 08/11/2020 01:21:03
I have said before that I think masks should be mandated outside the home. This is what they did in Melbourne. Seems to have worked there.
Has not worked in France. But the outbreak in France in far more developed.  Like Australia New Zealand Japan and for all intents and purposes South Korea, Britain as an island should have been able to do better, but it is also far more of a hub, Heathrow being one of the major airports along with Charles de gaul, London being a business centre etc.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #58 on: 08/11/2020 10:11:28 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 08/11/2020 03:36:40
Quote from: set fair on 08/11/2020 01:21:03
I have said before that I think masks should be mandated outside the home. This is what they did in Melbourne. Seems to have worked there.
Has not worked in France. But the outbreak in France in far more developed.  Like Australia New Zealand Japan and for all intents and purposes South Korea, Britain as an island should have been able to do better, but it is also far more of a hub, Heathrow being one of the major airports along with Charles de gaul, London being a business centre etc.
Most places have airports.
The UK's problem is that we have Boris.
His policy seems to be to listen to what the experts say and then wait a month before doing it- badly.
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Re: Why are face coverings not working against coronavirus?
« Reply #59 on: 08/11/2020 10:52:10 »
Hub airports aren't a problem. Most of the internal space is "international" and thus segregated from the civilised world outside, is easy to clean, and has some medical facilities. Strict quarantine can be applied to anyone not in transit, since there are enough hotels (mostly empty these days) around the perimeter.

The current problem is regional airports. I have work to do in various places around the UK and Channel Isles but thanks to our absurd "system of government" I can't tell from one day to the next whether I can get out of the plane outside of England, or even in Manchester.

If Cummings had only waited a month before telling Boris to agree with his intellectual superiors, we wouldn't have a problem.  New Zealand has airports but is not governed by an unelected slug.
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