THE DANGER AT THE BEACH, NOW! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

fishnfoool · 04-07-2020, 04:48 PM

Relax people. You can only die once.

govomit · 04-08-2020, 08:04 AM

Ok that's it, this is the final straw! No more risking my life close to this poisonous soup!

Going in the Sierras for clean streams and farmed trout. Or just to Vons...
Safety FIRST.

Pocoloco · 04-10-2020, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by govomit

Ok that's it, this is the final straw! No more risking my life close to this poisonous soup!

Going in the Sierras for clean streams and farmed trout. Or just to Vons...
Safety FIRST.

camp grounds are closed until june according to grant lake manager.

govomit · 04-12-2020, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Pocoloco

camp grounds are closed until june according to grant lake manager.

...next time I'll add <sarcasm>. Drive 400 miles for an artificial "abundance" of farmed trout? Instead of wrestling real wildlife steps from home - nah! Still prefer the local 'soup'.
Besides, I'm not too terrified by scientists - most of them are wrong most of the time

Salty · 04-08-2020, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by fishnfoool

Relax people. You can only die once.

"YODO"

TheBentRod · 04-08-2020, 05:44 PM

Actual study on Covid-19 and it’s viability on various surfaces and aerosolized.

Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2004973

jbl_91762 · 04-10-2020, 09:10 AM

If there were any concerns, there have been hundreds of surfers in the water and NOT ONE has been reported to have gotten sick. Just saying.

Salty · 04-10-2020, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jbl_91762

If there were any concerns, there have been hundreds of surfers in the water and NOT ONE has been reported to have gotten sick. Just saying.

You're still probably a thousand times more likely to get a staph infection while surfing than COVID. I guess this study shows it is POSSIBLE for the disease to survive at the surface in these conditions. But the probability of it happening has to be astronomically low. I mean, if someone with COVID hacks up a lung-nugget into a gutter that drains to a local surf break and it winds up in the lip of a wave as I'm going over the falls and get a nosefull of contaminated whitewater, then yeah, I probably now have COVID.

My takeaway is that the virus survives better outside our respiratory systems in wet environments. The air at the beach has more moisture. If someone with COVID is at the beach and you're standing downwind of them, the virus will probably travel much more than the recommended 6 feet. Same reason the virus spread so well in the wet markets in China I imagine. Whether I can get it on the water or not, I'm still gonna be extra cautious and not take unnecessary risks.

COVID DON'T SURF

04-08-2020, 05:44 PM	#6
TheBentRod Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Murrieta, CA and Bonney Lake, WA Posts: 424	NEJM - New England Journal of Medicine Actual study on Covid-19 and it’s viability on various surfaces and aerosolized. Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2004973

04-07-2020, 04:48 PM	#1
fishnfoool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Long beach Posts: 298	Relax people. You can only die once.

04-08-2020, 08:04 AM	#2
govomit Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 77	Ok that's it, this is the final straw! No more risking my life close to this poisonous soup! Going in the Sierras for clean streams and farmed trout. Or just to Vons... Safety FIRST.

04-10-2020, 09:10 AM	#7
jbl_91762 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 346	If there were any concerns, there have been hundreds of surfers in the water and NOT ONE has been reported to have gotten sick. Just saying.