# Brilliant Coronavirus Mask Explanations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-coronavirus-mask-explanations/923143>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-coronavirus-mask-explanations/923143 "2020-10-16T22:42:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-coronavirus-mask-explanations/923143/1 "2020-10-16T22:42:32Z")

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_Many_ of these diagrams explaining why and how to wear a mask are genius and/or hilarious. Wish I could post my favourites but will link instead.

> **[People Still Can’t Stop Posting Corona Jokes And Here Are 50 Of The Freshest...](https://www.boredpanda.com/covid-19-coronavirus-jokes/)**
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> As the pandemic has snowballed into its second wave, the corona jokes have matured like a collectible wine which should help us to get through the dark days.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-coronavirus-mask-explanations/923143/2 "2020-10-17T00:55:21Z")

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In particular see numbers: 29, 31, 34, 37, 45.

Some of the others are funny but some are just random.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-coronavirus-mask-explanations/923143/3 "2020-10-17T11:50:26Z")

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That lying down watching a device on it’s side?

I’ve been doing that for ages, and thought it was only me!  
(It’s hard to watch things when reclining, if you’re a side sleeper!)

It works brilliantly, but requires the right stand if it’s an Ipad not a laptop!

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-coronavirus-mask-explanations/923143/4 "2020-10-18T16:32:14Z")

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#23 implies the risk of transmission is 90% if an unmasked carrier sneezes in the face of an unmasked person and 1.5% if a masked carrier talks to a masked person. The numbers seem high but plausible - I wonder how accurate they are.

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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-coronavirus-mask-explanations/923143/5 "2020-10-19T18:02:12Z")

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#28, the Trump smoke detector, is my favorite.