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1 & 2 - There are no absolutes in virus transmission. You have to think of it as a probability problem. If you wear a mask, you reduce the probability that you will inhale infected droplets. If I'm unknowingly infected and I'm wearing a mask, I reduce the probability that I'll transmit infected droplets. Neither are 100% but the reduction due to the mask is much greater for the transmitter than for the receiver. Since EVERYBODY is potentially a transmitter (and receiver), the transmission will be reduced most effectively if EVERYBODY wears a mask. 3 - The latest CDC statements are referring to aerosolized particles which are much smaller than droplets. There is some evidence that coronavirus can be transmitted by these but it's a much smaller probability than by droplet transmission. The CDC's apparent conflict is the difference between scientists who want to be as safe as possible and government policy to inform the public about what we can reasonably do. It's not reasonable to expect everybody to wear a respirator capable of stopping 2micron particles to make us just a little bit safer. Any time you have a cost/benefit discussion, there will always be a difference of opinion - in this case, the scientists disagree with government policy. Last Friday the CDC released the scientists statements and yesterday the government told them to stop saying it. If you decide to not wear your helmet and are killed is a crash because of it, that doesn't affect me (much). If you wear your helmet, your chance of surviving is greater. If you're shedding coronavirus and you don't wear a mask, you could unknowingly kill my Mom and Dad. If you wear a mask, my parents have a better chance of surviving a chance encounter with you.

I've stayed out of this shitshow so far but you ask a reasonable question and sound like you would like a real answer so here goes. The mask I wear is not for me, it's for you. I'm not able to work from home and isolate myself from the world so that puts me at a higher risk for contracting COVID. If I'm asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic, my sneeze, cough, or even speaking could spray droplets carrying coronavirus. If you're not wearing a mask in public, you could, unknowingly, be spreading it to me or some other "higher risk" person that you love. At my workplace, I often can work distantly from others but I often have to be closer. We wear the damn masks when we're close, but mine is sitting on the desk in front of me right now. And, like Pauly, I'm about as politically conservative as you can get. But I believe the science that says that masks DO work.

I take credit for that. I overseeded $100 worth of grass that now needs watered every day! 😲

Maybe not weird news, but here's a list of requested vanity plates rejected by the state of Ohio since Jan 1. https://www.citybeat.com/arts-culture/culture/blog/21143776/eatbutt-mehorny-and-fucovid-are-just-a-few-of-the-many-rejected-ohio-vanity-plates-in-2020?fbclid=IwAR0L5ZiZkQfP5Jb9tvvKOn1yCCQ6S_fo2yHtOpMDloHlP_oShesnt4dmPxA

Nice pan, Derek! What did you shoot that with?

Don't think I've ever known anybody who had a Wrangler that was "done".

I'll let you know when I get around to it. A 3rd hand is always helpful mounting tires. How are your angels working out?

Picked these up today. Now I just need some time to mount them.

Here's my new yard sign.

I'm pretty sure the dragon has been closed to trucks for the last few years?

374, 278, 555, 676, 26

I hastened the need for tires by riding 350 mi today. I tried to only use the sides, but Ohio roads require too much riding on the middle. An hour plus, each way, to get to the twistys. Guess I'll get to install the 83 degree stems sooner than I thought. I really liked my Michelin Power RS tires but they've been replaced by the Power 5. Anybody have any experience with these? I can save $11 by buying online, but I'll probably just pick up a pair at Iron Pony. It's worth it to me to be able to check the date codes.

Got these in preparation for my next tire change. My Michelin Pilot RSs are about done in the middle. Too much commuting miles... I really liked these on my stock wheels, but they were hard to find for the 8.3mm aftermarket wheels.