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If you're talking about the nitric oxide spray, my friend used it at a conference and got COVID anyway, so where n=1, it didn't work. But then again, almost all of us got COVID. I was masked the whole time, he used the spray, others took no preventative measures, and it didn't seem to matter much.

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Your anecdote and other similar stories I've heard seem to lend credence to one of the biggest factors for covid spread being circulated air systems.

It's one of the biggest reasons I don't want to return to working in an office any time soon.

I don't think we need to resort to anecdotes to conclude this. I think it was some time during the first wave that scientists began to communicate that indoor and enclosed spaces were far more risky than outdoor and well ventilated places.

Oh sure, but since a good half of the US doesn't believe in science I think it's nice to point out that people's personal experience corroborates it.

Science isn't a religion and isn't something people should "believe in".

As to the lack of critical thinking skills on display over the past few years, now that's something I can believe is a problem.

You misspelled "superfluous groups of people in enclosed spaces", which is why we had a pandemic in the first place. Some folks just can't be satisfied with a warning and have to stick the fork in the outlet for themselves.

Very poor anecdata, but does a lot of data worth of damage. What is the point of sharing this?

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