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Well, at least the US hasn't cornered the market on crazy. Germany jumping in too:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-germany-mask-murder-gas-station-attendant/
You don't say ...@washingtonpostPediatric covid-19 cases rose faster in counties without school mask requirements, CDC says wapo.st/3ubLEA9
What does a count of “(known) cases” tell you? For me - nada. Might as well conclude based on # of dandelions in each county. #CasesNoMatta
https://ianmsc.substack.com/p/every-comparison-shows-masks-are?r=3r9a2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=Here's an interesting article comparing neighboring states and counties where one had mask mandates and the other did not. The results are unsurprising.
can't speak for the entire article, other than pointing out its author isn't above misleading his/her audience.
Can't speak for the entire article, but the portion concerning the Chicago area is about as intellectually dishonest as it gets.First, it pretends that living conditions in terms of factors like density and public interaction between Cook and, say, Kendall or McHenry are equal. Obviously they are not.Second, it ignores the vast amount of travel that occurs between the suburbs and city, and suburb to suburb. Apparently he'd be surprised to learn that there aren't walls separating Cook from the collar counties. And lastly, he/she conveniently fails to mention Cook's mask mandate went into effect a whole seven days before the state's, which is hardly enough time to make the sweeping judgements being made.Again, can't speak for the entire article, other than pointing out its author isn't above misleading his/her audience.
Those factors were present before and after mask mandates in both areas. Mask mandates don't work.
We extend previous studies on the impact of masks on COVID-19 outcomes by investigating an unprecedented breadth and depth of health outcomes, geographical resolutions, types of mask mandates, early versus later waves and controlling for other government interventions, mobility testing rate and weather. We show that mask mandates are associated with a statistically significant decrease in new cases (-3.55 per 100K), deaths (-0.13 per 100K), and the proportion of hospital admissions (-2.38 percentage points) up to 40 days after the introduction of mask mandates both at the state and county level. These effects are large, corresponding to 14% of the highest recorded number of cases, 13% of deaths, and 7% of admission proportion. We also find that mask mandates are linked to a 23.4 percentage point increase in mask adherence in four diverse states.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0252315
And we also know that our President and "Dr Jill Biden" just violated the DC Mask mandate at a Georgetown restaurant. You want to know why people are pissed about masks, especially on their three year old kids? See Gavin Newsom and Joey Biden. #Clowns #Hypocrites #Clearly Dumber Than a Bag of Rocks.
1. They clearly made a mistake2. Not sure why you are putting Dr. Jill Biden in quotes. She is a legitimate doctor.3. People here were making fun of Biden for wearing masks in situations that didn't call for them. I guess whatever talking point works aiina?4. No one outside the conservative media universe is going to care about any of this.
Maybe Dr. Jill should have worn a mask? Regardless, Dr. Osterholm along with many other experts believe cloth masks have minimal impact. I think it's safer than not wearing them but the virus is endemic and we were unprepared. When politicians are forcing kindergartners to wear masks, especially considering the filth and bacteria on those things, I don't think the net positive is greater than the negative. Of course no one outside "the conservative media" will care. Will they even report it?
Fluffy, with all due respect I deal with PHD professors in bio-chemistry almost every day and none of them refer to themselves as doctors. In fact outside the Acadrmic environment I have never met any professor wiith a PHD in their field that referred to themselves as Dr. so-and-so.
Closing in on two years in this public health crisis and despite years and years of proof that masks help to mitigated the spread of deadly diseases, the right wing endlessly resurrects the idea that masks are terrible. No matter how much proof is offered, the same debunked lies are spun up again and again. The cockroaches never die.
She is a legit doctor who worked in an academic environment.Such a silly criticism that devalues any point you are trying to make.
Actually it isn't silly. The designation is silly. Education or any humanities professor do not consider themselves "legitimate doctors" unless they're crazy smug and delusional. Do you actually think real doctors believe there is no difference between them and their work vs a academic doctor? Please.