Surgical mask is really just to keep you from spitting on others. If you're going for self-protection, N95 or better is necessary.

No one told him what to do if this happened... programming in a loop looking for a queue it recognizes.

Stable genius at work.

And?

I read that as she learned rather quickly, at the age of 5 even, that it was a dumb idea. Didn't track down the author, so no idea how wrong or right I was in my interpretation.

Steve concurs!

Or opt out of having religious rules plastered on the walls of their schools...?

That explains a lot! Not quite as lucky as one would otherwise think 😉

That's some incredible luck! Pick my lottery numbers?