This is de facto a non technical thread in a non technical forum. I'm sure there are formal terms for whether viruses are 'live' or 'dead'. I'm also sure this is not the place for that, because we are not masters of that language. For instance, when it comes to vaccines, there are so called 'live' virus and 'killed' virus vaccines. I'm making a point about language here not vaccines.

There is a large (HUMONGOUS) amount of knowledge out there and even professionals don't agree with each other. Masquerading as one in here is simply making yourself similar to our SierraFoxtrotBravo CIC who has promoted his own ferkakhte antidotes for the current contagion.

Simply put: Masks good, Everyone in the midst of the current contagion who can should wear one to restrict emission and inhalation of particles.
Also simple: We're dealing with a virus with respect to Covid-19.

Earlier in this thread I tried to make the point that this virus mainly infects and kills humans through their nasal and breathing parts. This puts it in its own biological field of warfare with its own technical complications known to the experts and those fighting it in the field. It is indeed a kind of warfare, as our SFB CIC has noted, and entitles our reaction to involve mandated behavior and collective reaction, as our SFB CIC has alternately noted and derided.

A lot of people are dying as a result of confusion as to what to believe and as to what to do about it.