Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Correlation does not necessarily mean causation. It is obvious that people got to their destinations on airplanes. It is not obvious that the contamination took place on the airplane or in the airport. I leave for Heathrow in about 2 hours. I intend to take every precaution. On 2020-03-15 4:47 pm, Frank Filippone wrote: > i do not disagree with anything you are saying... however my belief is > that the most significant way this disease is sneaking into this country ( > and any other country) is through the airports. ( How else would it get > into Iceland as an example; or skip from China to Italy?). Not hanging > out at an airports negates the potential that you would catch the disease > from THAT source. (Source = People with the disease flying into the US) > > My conclusion is that ( hanging out at) the airports are one of the least > safe places to be.... right now..... My thinking is sort of like the old > vaudeville lines.... Why did you rob a bank? Because that is where the > money is...... > > In a very short time frame, the disease will spread and airports will be > no more or less safe than going to your local Costco. > > Note that we we just flew back last week from Hawaii to Lax. We wiped > down everything and we were not alone in our actions..... > > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at gmail.com > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 3:59 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: > >>> I saw a US map this morning with the infection numbers. It does not >>> take a >>> genius to tell that EACH of the centers of infection are the same as >>> major >>> airports. >> >> True, but major airports are all built near major cities. It's the >> population centers that are the problem. Each time you add one person to >> a population, that gives one more possible host and one more possible >> victim for infectious spread. That means that the probability of disease >> growth is proportional to the square of the population. So larger cities >> will have more cases, and will also have bigger airports. I don't >> believe there is any reliable data on how much airports are involved in >> the spread of this disease.