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*** Official Corona Virus Thread ***
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If you understand boosters and adherence to NPIs as public demonstrations of commitment to an ideology, it makes a lot more sense.
I'm not really interested in going back to the future, but some protection is better than none. Basic.
While visually helpful, I don't think the smoke vs droplets is a 1-1 example.
Avoid large gatherings, wear a mask hen in enclosed spaces, or run the risk
Studies show that it's around 10-12% reduction, at best. Which was significant in the first year, but once we had vaccines and especially once Delta phased out it shouldn't have been required anymore.
Not 1 to 1, but illustrates the basic principal.
At this point in the game I'll take my chances with a less virulent strain. If you want to live with cognitive dissonance on the issue and do pointless stuff, go ahead, just don't expect others to follow suit to cater to your comfort level.
You've lived in the western US epicenter of absurd covid regulations, and it shows.
Okay so non-zero. Kind of like Trump's wall doesn't stop all illegal immigration but some would still howl if it got razed for the lulz.
This is a two-way street with talk of "should" and comfort level. Once Photo ID was required to register to vote, it shouldn't have been required to vote anymore. Not everyone's comfort level is catered to in all circumstances. Results may vary. Offer not valid where prohibited.
If you got sick without a mask, then there's a 90% chance would've gotten sick while wearing one.
Friends on a C-PAP machine. He said, he sometimes forgets when he smokes weed, then put's the C-PAP mask back on and exhales through the tube into the machine that it clogs up the filters with a black residue ~
It was - at best - 10-12% reduction in an immunologically naive population before vaccines with surgical masks, and there were many limitations to the study. Blood wasn't measured in all participants so mild cases were not measured.
The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bangladesh | NCRC
This was a very large and well-designed cluster-randomized controlled trial of a multi-pronged intervention program to encourage mask-wearing in rural and peri-urban Bangladesh from November 2020 to April 2021; it was available as a preprint and is thus not yet peer reviewed. The study found...
ncrc.jhsph.edu
As time goes on, more people get it and recover or are vaccinated so the effect of masks drops to zero. Even Monica Ghandi - an initial promoter of masks - said they made no difference on a population level though there may be an individual justification for wearing an N95 if you have cancer or some other immune compromise.
People wearing them now like wearing them.
honestly I liked wearing the mask when running errands in town because i could plausibly deny recognizing people i knew and thus avoid having to make small talk with them.
working in one all day kind of sucks though.
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I worked the US Gov 2020 Census right in my neighborhood and like 90% of my neighbors did not recognize me when I knocked on their door with a mask on. Probably for the best that way .
I have a question, why does everyone keep referring to "the vaccines", even after this much time, and proof, that everything rolled out thus far is anything but an actual vaccine?
I don't think it's about ideology at this point.
I think for some there is a perceived level of protection.
For some kids it helps assuage social anxiety.
Some girls like it because they don't have to wear make up or worry about zits.
A lot of the kids are assburgery and that means they are compromised when it comes to using their face and voice to communicate.
The mask makes it easier to not use your face and voice to communicate. (It biased me not to use my face and voice)
But I think it re-enforces the dysfunctional traits.
As long as I don't have to wear one, I DGAF.
Wear a burka for all I care.
I think for some there is a perceived level of protection.
For some kids it helps assuage social anxiety.
Some girls like it because they don't have to wear make up or worry about zits.
A lot of the kids are assburgery and that means they are compromised when it comes to using their face and voice to communicate.
The mask makes it easier to not use your face and voice to communicate. (It biased me not to use my face and voice)
But I think it re-enforces the dysfunctional traits.
As long as I don't have to wear one, I DGAF.
Wear a burka for all I care.
Death and hospitalization rate might beg to differ...I have a question, why does everyone keep referring to "the vaccines", even after this much time, and proof, that everything rolled out thus far is anything but an actual vaccine?
Heads of public health agencies went on TV and said we needed vaccines to STAWP THE SPREAD making analogies to eradicating smallpox. This virus is nothing like smallpox and these vaccines were never tested to prevent infection and transmission:
I wore one in the airport today. Lots of people here that were at the same event I was at
I didn’t feel like being recognized except for the ones I’m friends with
im pretty high, so I’m not into small talk or conference talk with strangers or coworkers who are virtually strangers
a mask is our first step towards invisibility cloaks
I didn’t feel like being recognized except for the ones I’m friends with
im pretty high, so I’m not into small talk or conference talk with strangers or coworkers who are virtually strangers
a mask is our first step towards invisibility cloaks