About Flu Viruses

[eilute]

My friend believes that viruses need moister. He believes that if he holds his breath for thirty seconds after someone coughs that all the moister in the cough will dry up and the viruses will die.

My friend also believes that he can prevent himself from contract a human version of the H5N1 bird flu viruses by wearing a Sears dust mask.

I'm no biologist, but I don't think that viruses contain any moister. I would guess that their survival outside a host is not determined by the availability of moister.

It is also my view that the holes in the Sears dust mask are 100,000 times larger than a flu viruses, and thus, will be very ineffective at preventing the spread of the disease.

Is my friend 100% totally wrong on this one? I could believe that the Sears dust mask is 01% affective, but I don't really think he understands much about viruses.

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: eilute


My friend believes that viruses need moister. He believes that if he holds his breath for thirty seconds after someone coughs that all the moister in the cough will dry up and the viruses will die.

My friend also believes that he can prevent himself from contract a human version of the H5N1 bird flu viruses by wearing a Sears dust mask.

I'm no biologist, but I don't think that viruses contain any moister. I would guess that their survival outside a host is not determined by the availability of moister.

It is also my view that the holes in the Sears dust mask are 100,000 times larger than a flu viruses, and thus, will be very ineffective at preventing the spread of the disease.

Is my friend 100% totally wrong on this one? I could believe that the Sears dust mask is 01% affective, but I don't really think he understands much about viruses.

WTF is "moister"? Are you trying to say "moisture"?

 

[shortspanishguy]

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: eilute


My friend believes that viruses need moister. He believes that if he holds his breath for thirty seconds after someone coughs that all the moister in the cough will dry up and the viruses will die.

My friend also believes that he can prevent himself from contract a human version of the H5N1 bird flu viruses by wearing a Sears dust mask.

I'm no biologist, but I don't think that viruses contain any moister. I would guess that their survival outside a host is not determined by the availability of moister.

It is also my view that the holes in the Sears dust mask are 100,000 times larger than a flu viruses, and thus, will be very ineffective at preventing the spread of the disease.

Is my friend 100% totally wrong on this one? I could believe that the Sears dust mask is 01% affective, but I don't really think he understands much about viruses.

WTF is "moister"? Are you trying to say "moisture"?

Isnt it obvious?

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: shortspanishguy

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: eilute


My friend believes that viruses need moister. He believes that if he holds his breath for thirty seconds after someone coughs that all the moister in the cough will dry up and the viruses will die.

My friend also believes that he can prevent himself from contract a human version of the H5N1 bird flu viruses by wearing a Sears dust mask.

I'm no biologist, but I don't think that viruses contain any moister. I would guess that their survival outside a host is not determined by the availability of moister.

It is also my view that the holes in the Sears dust mask are 100,000 times larger than a flu viruses, and thus, will be very ineffective at preventing the spread of the disease.

Is my friend 100% totally wrong on this one? I could believe that the Sears dust mask is 01% affective, but I don't really think he understands much about viruses.

WTF is "moister"? Are you trying to say "moisture"?

Isnt it obvious?

Non-dyslexic people who can't spell basic words, words that they obviously use often, have no business arguing anything more complex that jelly vs. jam.

 

[Sundog]

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: shortspanishguy

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: eilute


My friend believes that viruses need moister. He believes that if he holds his breath for thirty seconds after someone coughs that all the moister in the cough will dry up and the viruses will die.

My friend also believes that he can prevent himself from contract a human version of the H5N1 bird flu viruses by wearing a Sears dust mask.

I'm no biologist, but I don't think that viruses contain any moister. I would guess that their survival outside a host is not determined by the availability of moister.

It is also my view that the holes in the Sears dust mask are 100,000 times larger than a flu viruses, and thus, will be very ineffective at preventing the spread of the disease.

Is my friend 100% totally wrong on this one? I could believe that the Sears dust mask is 01% affective, but I don't really think he understands much about viruses.

WTF is "moister"? Are you trying to say "moisture"?

Isnt it obvious?

Non-dyslexic people who can't spell basic words, words that they obviously use often, have no business arguing anything more complex that jelly vs. jam.

You are describing 99.5% of OT.

 

[Squisher]

Although a dust mask would in no way be able filter a virus the fact that viruses would be contained in airborne droplets of bodily fluids the mask would be able to capture these droplets and prevent in inhaling them.

Actually the form fitting dusk masks probably do a much better job of filtering out stuff then surgical masks.

 

[msparish]

How long it lives depends on the type of virus. For example, with HIV infected blood, once the blood is dry the virus is dead (if we can say that a virus actually dies). Other types can survive much longer, even through use of relatively harsh chemicals. As for the flu...I don't know

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: Sundog

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: shortspanishguy

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: eilute


My friend believes that viruses need moister. He believes that if he holds his breath for thirty seconds after someone coughs that all the moister in the cough will dry up and the viruses will die.

My friend also believes that he can prevent himself from contract a human version of the H5N1 bird flu viruses by wearing a Sears dust mask.

I'm no biologist, but I don't think that viruses contain any moister. I would guess that their survival outside a host is not determined by the availability of moister.

It is also my view that the holes in the Sears dust mask are 100,000 times larger than a flu viruses, and thus, will be very ineffective at preventing the spread of the disease.

Is my friend 100% totally wrong on this one? I could believe that the Sears dust mask is 01% affective, but I don't really think he understands much about viruses.

WTF is "moister"? Are you trying to say "moisture"?

Isnt it obvious?

Non-dyslexic people who can't spell basic words, words that they obviously use often, have no business arguing anything more complex that jelly vs. jam.

You are describing 99.5% of OT.

And?

 

[Bryophyte]

Some viruses are fragile and cannot withstand dry conditions, others are not. HIV is fragile, cold viruses are not.