I said social distancing, not wearing masks. Everyone wearing masks is very, very effective in stopping the spread. I've been saying it for months even when the CDC and WHO said the opposite, and some sheeple started to parrot that malicious misinformation.
Regarding social distancing, which I specifically mentioned, someone put in the effort to calculate a model and simulate it.
Social distancing is another myth. In a place like a supermarket, microdroplets with SARS-CoV-2 will linger in the air for 10 minutes. Social distancing is meaningless.
I've been using Whole Foods delivery about 3 times a week, and it's been fantastic, I may never go back. Sometimes the fruits aren't the greatest, but the rate of that is low. Compared to the amount of time I save, it's totally worth the risk.
No, it has nothing to do with conditioning. It's just how people are wired. Some people cannot handle lack of sleep, and it doesn't really show until they have prolonged sleep deprivation like when they have kids.
I discovered that about 1/3 of people can be sleep deprived without any ill effects, which is the bucket I fall in. Another 1/3 will be disgruntled but can function at a lower level, but for the last 1/3, it's catastrophic and can't function at all. That's my wife, and what exemplified this the most was after having kids. She was almost immediately a wreck but I was able to hold together with the lack of sleep and spent most of the time being the caregiver for our kids during the toughest parts of the night.
Previous, I had another incident of sleep where I got 4-5 hours of sleep a day for about a year, and then it all came crashing down on me eventually.
About 10 years ago, I was doing algorithmic trading globally and would sometimes watch my trades until 1-2am, and then wake up at 6am to be ready for US trading. I was doing fine with no problems from lack of sleep, and then one day after about a year I stopped being able to think clearly. I was having real trouble thinking or learning new things and had a bad headache. I went to my doctor and she immediately scheduled an MRI because she thought I might have a brain tumor. I was scared shitless, but I was able to get the MRI the next day. After the results came back negative for brain tumor, I thought maybe it's sleep, so I left work in the middle of the day and fell asleep and slept for about 16 hours. I realized right there and then I was sleep deprived, so I stopped trading immediately and focused on trying to sleep properly.
These days I need close to 7.5 hrs of sleep a day and if I get less, I'll feel it pretty quickly as opposed to 10 years ago when I felt nothing.
I would love to know what Brin, Page or Pinchai would think about this entire thread? I have a friend who joined Google a couple of years ago, and he said that working at Google has killed his love of coding. He comes into work, does minimal work, and then goes and works out. So this sounds like a common theme. I'm curious how the founders and CEO would feel if they saw this or if they think this is just an aberration?
Regarding social distancing, which I specifically mentioned, someone put in the effort to calculate a model and simulate it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv9JQ0iPfgE
Have you done the same or are you just guessing?