# How are you personally affected by the Corona Virus?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 12, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340 "2020-03-12T15:26:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/630 "2020-05-18T19:19:23Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> Seeking opinions:
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> Is there any reason to believe air travel will be any safer in the months ahead, or is it already as safe/unsafe as it’s ever going to be? (airlines are sterilizing quite thoroughly; not so sure about airports though)

My completely unscientifical opinion is that you can’t sterilize the breath/droplets exhaled by CV carriers. Nor will a mask protect others unless that mask is sealed to the face of the infected person. What I’m reading is that the longer people are in a space together, the more hazardous it is. So dashing in and out of the grocery store is not so risky. Sitting next to (or even six feet away from) people in church, at a concert, and certainly for hours on an airplane is quite risky. YMMV.

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