To be fair, they've had several weeks with no cases. Based on general logic, it's probably safe to assume it's easier to catch the virus inside more than outside, though not impossible to still transmit outdoors. It makes sense to keep masks both inside and out in our current situation when we are nowhere near a decline.
Oh, I'm definitely concerned about the face mask requirements - I have trouble breathing in a mask. That's why I hope this doesn't turn into a situation where mask-wearing becomes "the right thing to do to protect others" despite little or no actual evidence that it is effective. We need to keep our minds open and to keep evaluating the evidence as it is collected. My response to mask requirements is to stay home as much as possible to avoid wearing them, and a Disney trip is totally out of the question under these circumstances. But sometimes you just have to err on the side of caution, and I'm willing to do this right now.
Probably sometime late Fall if I had to guess.
I don't want cancer, heart disease, ALS , MS , etc etc etc Honestly I would take coivd over any of these if I was forced to choose one .
I'd say that while death rate may be useful, hospitalization utilization due to CV is more important; if hospitals are overwhelmed, then it's likely that more people will die; if there is plenty of capacity, then that rate may well do down.
Isn’t it whatever statistic that looks best that matters? Three weeks ago all we heard was percent positive, percent positive, percent positive...now that that is going up it‘s death rate?
Well, the headline is impressive. The articles says most of the studies analyzed face masks worn in hospitals or other medical settings and some took place in households where an infected person lived. I would imagine the masks were being worn properly.
That’s because the goal posts moved again. Now it’s of course as the percent positive is going up, there’s more testing. True, it will go up but since it’s rising a lot in many places, it went to hospitalizations. Few states that’s on the uptick so now it’s the death rate. Last time I looked at that, we’re are closing in on 125,000. Remember when this whole thing was a farce because there was only a few thousand dead?
Wayne Gretzky‘s famous quote comes to mind. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”. Masks might not be 100% effective but they are more effective than no mask at all. Even if people sometimes pull them down or wear them wrong its still better than not wearing them at all. When masks are combined with other measures the cumulative effect is the best we can do right now to get things open while protecting people (especially workers).
I said this earlier, but I don’t even know why there are goal posts anymore. Why not just call it like it is? We tried the stay at home orders and lock downs and now we are opening everything and trying something else. It doesn’t have to be some scientific approach.
There will always be goal posts with everything. Every side needs something to have their own. Can you imagine if everyone agreed on something? That would surely be the end of the world. I think after 9/11 was the closest we came to being close and supportive of the guy or girl next to us. Of course that didn’t last long but I remember it well.
I agree, but that’s more cable news and social media driven than anything else. Actually if you look back to April 1 the vast majority of the country agreed on stay at home orders. Polling at the time was over 80% in favor. The federal government including POTUS and VP were firmly behind the orders and said so in daily briefings. Outside of a handful of states almost all governors from both parties supported stay at home orders. It was a bi-partisan, almost unanimous decision. Flash forward to today and certain “media types” try to make it out like one side wanted lock downs and the other side was opposed. It’s a false narrative pushed by both sides because Fox News and CNN get better ratings when the narrative is that an issue is us vs them. The reality is we are more similar than people realize. People just need to take a break from the echo chambers (on both sides) to realize we all want the same things when it comes to this pandemic.
