Covid is still out there
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No, I took it the right way. I understood what you meant. I just was talking about where your post said you weren?t around much Bc of personal attacks etc. can?t let that stuff bother You. Just give it right back. :0074
Thanks but I'll pass, enough hate in the world already....It should be very entertaining to watch going forward though....:0008
Well I suppose moving foward anyone who calls covid a hoax or compares mask wearing to the holocaust i'll just give them a hug. :00x24
I'm mid-40s and fit with no serious medical conditions. From what I've seen at work, I will keep wearing my mask for awhile. People that are still taking this lightly just haven't been around the reality of what we have been experiencing. And I really don't care if some of you don't mask up, that is up to you. But to mock people for wearing masks is fucking ridiculous. I used to confront people about wearing a mask but its not worth it. I'm not getting in a fight with some mouth breather without their mask on. That is probably how I would get COVID.
I am also for following the WHO recommendations. I am not a specialist, I do not have a specialized education so that I can challenge the recommendations.
In this paragraph, you mention how mocking someone for masking up is ridiculous, then refer to someone maskless as a mouth breather.
Knock yourself out with your mask, but I?ll stick to cdc guidelines. I?m all about the science , ya know🤷🏽
Regarding abortion, I disagree.
If one could prove they created themself,
then, imo, the claim is valid.
Perfectly depicts the state of the US today. COVID thread ends up in the fucking political forum. If I wipe my ass with my right hand? Should I be using my left instead. For political reasons only .... :142smilie
Buddy?s post was the final straw. I had thought about it before but held off. I?m not going to be reading it anymore so the choices were here, mini dump, or dump. Fuggit.
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Masks Didn't Slow COVID Spread: New Study
Spencer BrownSpencer Brown| @itsspencerbrown|Posted: May 26, 2021 11:30 AM
Masks Didn't Slow COVID Spread: New Study
Source: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spenc...5KawlR47HL44cyehKYB7mV5QcWYD17Y2WT_0iB1Sw4zdk
New findings reported Tuesday in a University of Louisville study challenge what has been the prevailing belief that mask mandates are necessary to slow the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. The study notes that "80% of US states mandated masks during the COVID-19 pandemic" and while "mandates induced greater mask compliance, [they] did not predict lower growth rates when community spread was low (minima) or high (maxima)." Among other things, the study?conducted using data from the CDC covering multiple seasons?reports that "mask mandates and use are not associated with lower SARS-CoV-2 spread among US states."
"Our findings do not support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates decrease with greater public mask use," notes the U of L report. Researchers stated that "masks may promote social cohesion as rallying symbols during a pandemic, but risk compensation can also occur" before listing some observed risks that accompany mask wearing:
Prolonged mask use (>4 hours per day) promotes facial alkalinization and inadvertently encourages dehydration, which in turn can enhance barrier breakdown and bacterial infection risk. British clinicians have reported masks to increase headaches and sweating and decrease cognitive precision. Survey bias notwithstanding, these sequelae are associated with medical errors. By obscuring nonverbal communication, masks interfere with social learning in children. Likewise, masks can distort verbal speech and remove visual cues to the detriment of individuals with hearing loss; clear face-shields improve visual integration, but there is a corresponding loss of sound quality.
The study also noted that the mandates put in place by many states in line with CDC guidance at the time were "poor predictors of COVID-19 spread," according to the research:
In summary, mask mandates and use were poor predictors of COVID-19 spread in US states. Case growth was independent of mandates at low and high rates of community spread, and mask use did not predict case growth during the Summer or Fall-Winter waves. Strengths of our study include using two mask metrics to evaluate association with COVID-19 growth rates; measuring normalized case growth in mandate and non-mandate states at comparable times to quantify the likely effect of mandates; and deconvolving the effect of mask use by examining case growth in states with variable mask use.
Current guidance from the CDC?last updated April 19, 2021?states that masks "are a simple barrier to help prevent your respiratory droplets from reaching others" and "studies show that masks reduce the spray of droplets when worn over the nose and mouth."
Spencer BrownSpencer Brown| @itsspencerbrown|Posted: May 26, 2021 11:30 AM
Masks Didn't Slow COVID Spread: New Study
Source: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spenc...5KawlR47HL44cyehKYB7mV5QcWYD17Y2WT_0iB1Sw4zdk
New findings reported Tuesday in a University of Louisville study challenge what has been the prevailing belief that mask mandates are necessary to slow the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. The study notes that "80% of US states mandated masks during the COVID-19 pandemic" and while "mandates induced greater mask compliance, [they] did not predict lower growth rates when community spread was low (minima) or high (maxima)." Among other things, the study?conducted using data from the CDC covering multiple seasons?reports that "mask mandates and use are not associated with lower SARS-CoV-2 spread among US states."
"Our findings do not support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates decrease with greater public mask use," notes the U of L report. Researchers stated that "masks may promote social cohesion as rallying symbols during a pandemic, but risk compensation can also occur" before listing some observed risks that accompany mask wearing:
Prolonged mask use (>4 hours per day) promotes facial alkalinization and inadvertently encourages dehydration, which in turn can enhance barrier breakdown and bacterial infection risk. British clinicians have reported masks to increase headaches and sweating and decrease cognitive precision. Survey bias notwithstanding, these sequelae are associated with medical errors. By obscuring nonverbal communication, masks interfere with social learning in children. Likewise, masks can distort verbal speech and remove visual cues to the detriment of individuals with hearing loss; clear face-shields improve visual integration, but there is a corresponding loss of sound quality.
The study also noted that the mandates put in place by many states in line with CDC guidance at the time were "poor predictors of COVID-19 spread," according to the research:
In summary, mask mandates and use were poor predictors of COVID-19 spread in US states. Case growth was independent of mandates at low and high rates of community spread, and mask use did not predict case growth during the Summer or Fall-Winter waves. Strengths of our study include using two mask metrics to evaluate association with COVID-19 growth rates; measuring normalized case growth in mandate and non-mandate states at comparable times to quantify the likely effect of mandates; and deconvolving the effect of mask use by examining case growth in states with variable mask use.
Current guidance from the CDC?last updated April 19, 2021?states that masks "are a simple barrier to help prevent your respiratory droplets from reaching others" and "studies show that masks reduce the spray of droplets when worn over the nose and mouth."
