Can we get an emergency closure tomorrow?

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Wear a mask during your brief time outdoors.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

Okay. The point is that you can smell the smoke indoors and outdoors. Wo, likely you are exposed to particles indoors AND outdoors.

It’s unavoidable.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

Poisoning the earth to pwn the libs!

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

Okay. The point is that you can smell the smoke indoors and outdoors. Wo, likely you are exposed to particles indoors AND outdoors.

It’s unavoidable.

No. That's just plain factually wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

Are you running air purifiers in your house? Because otherwise I still fail to see how going to school is any worse than staying at home.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

Are you running air purifiers in your house? Because otherwise I still fail to see how going to school is any worse than staying at home.

Everybody in public health: stay inside.
Rando on DCUM:

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

You're right! In California and other western states, they routinely close schools and shut down commercial activity when there is smove from wildfires present.

Wait . . .

When the air quality is this bad? Yes, they do.

No. They absolutely do not.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

Care to elaborate? Given how many smoky days there are in many areas in CA and other western states every year, the populace there must be dealing with some pretty substantial long term effects. This 2 day smoke, which you say can have sone long term effects, is pretty minimal in comparison.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

Care to elaborate? Given how many smoky days there are in many areas in CA and other western states every year, the populace there must be dealing with some pretty substantial long term effects. This 2 day smoke, which you say can have sone long term effects, is pretty minimal in comparison.

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

You're right! In California and other western states, they routinely close schools and shut down commercial activity when there is smove from wildfires present.

Wait . . .

When the air quality is this bad? Yes, they do.

No. They absolutely do not.

Yes, they do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

Are you running air purifiers in your house? Because otherwise I still fail to see how going to school is any worse than staying at home.

Everybody in public health: stay inside.
Rando on DCUM:

I’m a rando who formerly lived in a European country that still relies heavily on coal. The air quality was not great, especially in winter, and most folks, us included, ran air purifiers in their homes. Unless you are doing something to filter the air in your home, it is likely not that different from your child’s school. If you’re worried about the brief time they had to go outside to get to school, drive them or have them wear a mask.

I’m guessing yours stayed home? Should be better tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

Care to elaborate? Given how many smoky days there are in many areas in CA and other western states every year, the populace there must be dealing with some pretty substantial long term effects. This 2 day smoke, which you say can have sone long term effects, is pretty minimal in comparison.

Yes.

Studies please?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

Care to elaborate? Given how many smoky days there are in many areas in CA and other western states every year, the populace there must be dealing with some pretty substantial long term effects. This 2 day smoke, which you say can have sone long term effects, is pretty minimal in comparison.

Yesterday was one of the worst days since they started keeping track in 2006 - even worse than some of the big ones in California in 2020. Today's air quality will probably beat yesterday's record. I thought that was pretty interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland’s air quality was deemed hazardous today. I’m keeping my kids home.
—OP

Just be aware that the air inside your house is the same air that is outside and the same air that is at school.

Maybe you should consider moving to Florida to avoid the bad air quality.

This isn’t true at all. Maybe you should consider reading a book once in a while

What isn’t true? Is your house completely sealed off? It would be weird if it was. You realize that the air from outside is still getting inside your house?

Keep your kid home all week if you want. Makes no difference to me. But realize that your kid is breathing in the same air that the rest of the kids are breathing in, at home or at school.

Exactly - this is why you see all of these pictures from inside people's homes and apartments in NYC where they can't see 5 feet in front just like it is outside on the street. Pollution levels of air outside are always exactly the same as those inside. It's science.

When I open the door and go outside, I smell smoke. I don’t smell it when I go back inside. I realize that outside air gets in, but there is no way that the indoor air has the same pollution levels. Otherwise why bother telling people to stay indoors?

What do you want them to tell you? Don’t breathe?

It’s the same air. I smell the smoke inside also.

The smell is actually not the problem. The particulates are the problem.

What do you think is going to happen in 2 days? They’re not going to get cancer

Would you be ok with 2 days of breathing asbestos or lead dust, or 2 days of high levels of radiation, or 2 days of drinking water with high levels of arsenic or benzene? Well, maybe you would, but most people who are aware of chronic health hazards would not.

Total false equivalency.

Dude. No. PM2.5 is bad stuff, just like asbestos, lead, radiation, arsenic, and benzene.

I'm expecting all the Fox News watchers to take up cigarette smoking next, just to pwn the libs.

This. People need to do some research on PM2.5. Even short-term exposures can have long-term effects.

Care to elaborate? Given how many smoky days there are in many areas in CA and other western states every year, the populace there must be dealing with some pretty substantial long term effects. This 2 day smoke, which you say can have sone long term effects, is pretty minimal in comparison.

Yesterday was one of the worst days since they started keeping track in 2006 - even worse than some of the big ones in California in 2020. Today's air quality will probably beat yesterday's record. I thought that was pretty interesting.

But Sept 13 & 14, 2020 on the west coast was worse than yesterday.