Covid-19

[Juice]

I agree with you generally.....however, it's just a mask. Fight the absurd ideas, but let's all wear the masks inside. Not outside (LOL, no), but inside stores and restaurants where we're around others. Just not a big deal.

My job involves talking to people in decent sized rooms. It's not awful, but it's annoying. And I do wear them because I'm now being threatened with fines.

But when someone violates a curfew order, their arrests are somehow unconstitutional.

[noteggs]

Alex Azar (Secretary of Health & Human Services) says:

schools can safely reopen. “Health care workers don't get infected because they take appropriate precautions. They engage in social distancing, wear facial covering....This can work. You can do all of this, there's no reason schools have to be in any way any different.”

Kaiser Health says at least 600 health care workers have died from the virus.
So, if a teacher dies, it must be their fault for not doing it right.
Guess they'll come to school looking like this:

Yikes! That would scare the kids to death. Even though he should, guess that’s why Trump doesn’t wear a mask in public.

Maybe Azar should have said something like: “As we have seen, kids are less likely to catch the virus. End of May, it was potentially discovered that they have a lower level ACE-2 gene expression in their nasal passage than adults therefore lowering their susceptibility. Also, there are some studies/evidence show kids are less likely to spread it. You would think kids would be one big Petri dish like with most viruses specially during the seasonal flu season, but this doesn’t seem to be the case Covid.” Instead of that drivel.

The good news is though, this hasn’t done near the damage to kids as the H1N1. During that time, we saw very little disruption on kids going to school.

[Juice]

Yikes! That would scare the kids to death. Even though he should, guess that’s why Trump doesn’t wear a mask in public.

Maybe Azar should have said something like: “As we have seen, kids are less likely to catch the virus. End of May, it was potentially discovered that they have a lower level ACE-2 gene expression in their nasal passage than adults therefore lowering their susceptibility. Also, there are some studies/evidence show kids are less likely to spread it. You would think kids would be one big Petri dish like with most viruses specially during the seasonal flu season, but this doesn’t seem to be the case Covid.” Instead of that drivel.

The good news is though, this hasn’t done near the damage to kids as the H1N1. During that time, we saw very little disruption on kids going to school.

https://twitter.com/andrewbostom/sta...253042176?s=20

Through 5/8/2020, hard CDC data demonstrated U.S. children <1 to 14 years old were ~7X more likely to die from this year’s seasonal influenza, despite available vaccination, than covid19.

Influenza deaths between 0-14 = 89 deaths, Covid = 13 deaths

[boozehound]

I agree with you generally.....however, it's just a mask. Fight the absurd ideas, but let's all wear the masks inside. Not outside (LOL, no), but inside stores and restaurants where we're around others. Just not a big deal.

That is my point exactly. It just doesn't seem like that big of a deal. I also don't like wearing a mask. What I really don't like is watching my investment portfolio tank. If wearing the mask can help prevent that from happening again, sign me up. If it doesn't, I was slightly inconvenienced for a relatively small period of time. I also don't really want to get COVID, even a mild case. If I do get it, I'd rather delay that until we know more about treating it. It seems like a lot of potential upside for limited downside.

To equate wearing a mask with shutting down the economy is an absurd false equivalency.

My job involves talking to people in decent sized rooms. It's not awful, but it's annoying. And I do wear them because I'm now being threatened with fines.

But when someone violates a curfew order, their arrests are somehow unconstitutional.

Right. It's not awful, but it's annoying.

[GoMuskies]

I might get masks with "Its not awful, but it's annoying" printed on them.

[xu82]

I might get masks with "Its not awful, but it's annoying" printed on them.

This could offset any decline in your investment portfolio. Find a contractor in China to make them for you, you’ll get a great price.

The restaurant where I tried to have lunch today was closed because some employees have tested positive. The rest of the staff is being tested now. I was there twice last week eating on their covered patio. They seemed to do everything possible in the restaurant (masks, touchless menus, etc.). Who knows where these people caught it? I’m not actually concerned, but that’s another lunch option off the list. Hope everyone is well.

Do you people eat out? Indoors? Outdoors? Just take out? Or still not yet?


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[JEHARDI]

That is my point exactly. It just doesn't seem like that big of a deal. I also don't like wearing a mask. What I really don't like is watching my investment portfolio tank. If wearing the mask can help prevent that from happening again, sign me up. If it doesn't, I was slightly inconvenienced for a relatively small period of time. I also don't really want to get COVID, even a mild case. If I do get it, I'd rather delay that until we know more about treating it. It seems like a lot of potential upside for limited downside.

To equate wearing a mask with shutting down the economy is an absurd false equivalency.



Right. It's not awful, but it's annoying.

I wore a mask early in March and April and then stopped until this week. I am not in favor of closing anything down and agree wearing one is an annoyance but a small price to be pay in the grand scheme of things. This country is allowing itself to be pulled apart by a political system that is broken. There is no leadership on either side, they are all all self serving and need to go.

[Lloyd Braun]

Maaaaybe they’ll flame out soon but there are many states that which we should be paying close attention. Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Texas to name a few. I don’t read any news articles about these places, simply watching data. The lagging deaths have started to appear in some of these places. It’s not a linear correlation but on the surface there appears to be some trouble in these areas. Major hospital flooding trouble? Probably not in most places, but with professional sports starting up in Florida soon you can bet on more attention to that area. The data still overwhelmingly supports the importance of masking/distancing/hygiene.

3 weeks later here we are with the NBA teams arriving in Central Florida. Hospitalizations are not reported from Florida though the governor stated Tuesday they will start reporting that.

However there is a site that you can view their open beds. This is staggering, and I have been watching these numbers increase the last couple weeks. To summarize, there are counties with zero available beds now and the occupancy rate is now over 90% for ICU beds.

The NBA has a good plan in place that could very well be ruined by their choice of places to play.

[STL_XUfan]

3 weeks later here we are with the NBA teams arriving in Central Florida. Hospitalizations are not reported from Florida though the governor stated Tuesday they will start reporting that.

However there is a site that you can view their open beds. This is staggering, and I have been watching these numbers increase the last couple weeks. To summarize, there are counties with zero available beds now and the occupancy rate is now over 90% for ICU beds.

The NBA has a good plan in place that could very well be ruined by their choice of places to play.

There is a good chance the FCC could with the MLS "were back" cup if they can just outlast the spread of COVID. Nashville and Dallas have already been eliminated without playing a game. #SurviveAndAdvance

[cutterX]

I gotta say the whole mask thing makes me scratch my head. If there is a .01% chance that it would help stop the spread and improve the economy it seems like a small inconvenience to deal with.

My wife is a nurse and wears the real deal N95 for a 12 hour shift. Please don't let her hear you b**ching about wearing one to Costco to get your 5 lb bucket of pork rinds! It makes her mental hearing the whining about wearing a cloth one for a small amount of time. And quite frankly a face covering would improve the looks of a lot of our fellow Americans walking around!!