Well, they have backed it up with a lot of studies and analyses showing that masks slow the spread of the Covid 19 coronavirus and the SARS coronavirus. Originally Posted by Tiny
Maybe they should have had them peer reviewed and published then
Maybe they should have had them peer reviewed and published then Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_DoThey have:
False choice. How do you know herd immunity hasn't been 80% achieved? If we had done nothing would we be in better shape as a society than with all the stuff we have done?I'm getting tired of writing the same stuff so I'm going to recycle. I know 50% or 60% of people haven't been infected because of antibody tests. The University of Washington's IHME estimates about 6% have been infected. My wild guess is 13%. The Waco Kid, based on his belief that the infection fatality rate is around 0.5% and the number of deaths is overstated by 30% would estimate about 8.5%
Looking at all the different larger countries, their infection rates, their death rates, their death counts and their economic costs I have no idea who's done "better." People point to New Zealand success but they are basically an island country than can close off its borders.
The disease has been here in the US almost 6 months. We lost a bunch of people, just like everyone else. Nobody has come up with an effective vaccine to market. Nobody has come up with a magic bullet therapy that's been univerally recognized.
But blame Trump and put on your god damn mask. Originally Posted by gnadfly
At this point in time Sweden occupies 7th place in the world, out of 160 countries, in the race for most deaths from Covid per capita. Not an enviable position. Furthermore their response to Covid hasn't saved their economy. GDP was down by 8.6% year on year in the second quarter. Compare to:And you mischaracterize my beliefs about Trump and Covid:
USA: -9.5%
Netherlands: -9.3%
South Korea: -2.9%
Taiwan: -0.6%
I include the Netherlands 2Q GDP as I'd promised Dilbert that. I believe he was pointing to that country as an example to follow, like Sweden. I'm including South Korea and Taiwan because they had their acts together from the start and did things right, with masks, contact tracing and distancing, and without having to shut their economies down. Originally Posted by Tiny
Unfortunately, because it's not true, many people are putting most of the blame on Trump for our poor performance during this epidemic. And so Trump is trying to pass the blame to China. Yeah, like I said and like you said, the way China handled this early on was horrendous, and if they'd been on top of it maybe the Covid 19 wouldn't have spread to the rest of the world. But why has our response been so poor compared to most of the rest of the world? Well, you can blame the CDC, the FDA, the Department of Health and Human Services, Trump, Cuomo, the other Governors, the State Health Departments, the Health Care system in general, and most of all many Americans who were too stupid or lazy to take common sense measures to avoid transmitting the virus. At the risk of sounding racist, a large part of the citizenry has been acting like Brazilians, the Peruvians, the Spaniards, the Italians and the Mexicans in how they're dealing with this. When this is over and done with, we'll probably be in there with them in terms of the percentage of the population who die and the negative effects of the crisis on our economies. Originally Posted by Tiny
More bullshit. You're back-filling details now that you got caught in a lie. And you still can't get it right.the county i live in has .000001 percent of cases in the state.
And the only "argument" you seem to be able to make is to call people "rednecks" over and over. That pretty much reflects your intellectual limitations.
By the way, read this column by Karol Markowicz about the haphazard and petty rules in NYC and around the state:
https://nypost.com/2020/08/23/its-ti...ts-and-others/
Money quote:
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The rest of the state has had indoor dining for nearly two months but New York City has been stuck with tables in street parking spots. Restaurants and bars in the city that never sleeps are forced to close at 11 p.m. Yet the city infection rate, according to de Blasio, is 0.24 percent.
And Cuomo is already threatening to close restaurants again in the fall. But NYC hasn’t even really opened yet! If we can’t open restaurants now, we can’t open them ever, and our city dies. Enough.
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So, who am I supposed to believe? Your lying mouth or this Post article - which agrees with pretty much everything friends and family tell me about NY and the tristate area.
The city - half the population of the state is still shut down - hard. Look at the picture, sidewalk dining only. No pictures of indoor dining because there is none. And what they do have open is closed at 11 PM, NOT 2 AM.
You told us multiple times above the NY is fully open and running. I guess you must mean Rochester or Albany. Because the NYC area sure isn't. Lying dumbass. Originally Posted by Kinkster90210
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?h...s+covid+&btnG=Sorry, I don't do random Google searches for hope-casted crap. I do however, from time to time, check in with the CDC. Since sucking eggs is your bag baby, today is your lucky day:
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?h...sks+sars&btnG= Originally Posted by Tiny
...Here is an update to Zinc and Quercetin etc.
The MATH+ Protocol for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19
Please note that the author of this article is not a physician or medical professional. The article reviews a set of recommendations from physicians. However, consult your health care provider before following this or any other medical recommendations.... Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do