I want to open a store in Hong Kong.

Strange thing, when you are wearing a mask, there is a natural barrier that prevents your hands from touching your nose or your mouth.  You will have to use some self control not to touch your eyes.

There is a pathway through the eyes, but, as your eyes don't breath, the amount of air they are exposed to is a very very small fraction of that your air passages are exposed to.

tomcy61,854 posts11-22-2020 9:39pmAudio2design,

What are the odds on viral particles that are transferred from the air onto your eyes or from your hands into your eyes, nose or mouth?

bluemoodriver,

I may get to those statistics a little later, but the truth is that due to the nature of infection and response to it, most of the deaths with positive Coronavirus test will, in fact, be triggered by infection.

In the meantime, it is informative to read how deaths are actually certified. You might be surprised that it is not what some would want you to believe. There is some thinking involved.

@cd318  It seems you didn't notice I was using my sarcasm font.

bluemoodriver,

Those numbers "deaths within 28 days of positive test" are not "COVID deaths". They are deaths within 28 days of positive test. Detailed explanation (found on the same page) does not imply that those deaths have anything to do with COVID.

You might have associated it as "COVID deaths" because it is close to "COVID on death certificate" statistics on that same page.

However, both of those numbers can provide for nice statistical exercise and challenging detective work.

Practically all the people who had lessened immune systems due to, whatever, would still be alive if it weren't for having Covid added to the mix. Any doctor who'd not list Covid as the proximate cause of death should have their medical license revoked.

To complain about that is insane. That's like getting a murderer off for shooting someone who had diabetes, or who were obese, or had asthma, saying they were going to die anyway, maybe, at some distant point in time. How asinine can someone be to make such an argument?

These are the same people who accuse or infer that climate scientists are in it for the money, as are medical professionals and coroners who list Covid as the cause of death. Some people need to get a life.

All the best,
Nonoise