like I said, doctors offices and hospitals have been saying to wear a mask if you have cough/sneezing/cold or flu for at least 10 years now, so they were fully aware that covering mouth and nose prevents spread of disease.
Lol, what we are doing now is undoubtedly not sustainable long-term in the name of preventing climate change.
Sustainable? no. I wish.
I live in Florida on the beach and I’m not allowed to go in the water...
not to mention the economic disaster that is coming....a trillion here a trillion there the government can't continue printing money like this forever.
personally I would rather see people wearing masks in cars, than seeing groups of punks just hanging out in Walmart NOT wearing masks!!!Okay guys, I think we can all agree on one thing.
WTF at people who wear their masks in their car with just them inside
I’ve witnessed this 10 times
Drove across the country today. It was very interesting to see EVERYONE wearing masks in upstate NY and PA then absolutely no one wearing one in OH or IN. I get Cuomo basically mandated they wear one in NY, but even the other measures that NY/PA took like closing every other urinal & sink to help with distancing could have been taken in OH/IN. It was actually pretty fascinating.
Drove across the country today. It was very interesting to see EVERYONE wearing masks in upstate NY and PA then absolutely no one wearing one in OH or IN. I get Cuomo basically mandated they wear one in NY, but even the other measures that NY/PA took like closing every other urinal & sink to help with distancing could have been taken in OH/IN. It was actually pretty fascinating.
They were probably at a store, hadn't washed their hands and didn't want to touch their face area before hand washingOkay guys, I think we can all agree on one thing.
WTF at people who wear their masks in their car with just them inside
I’ve witnessed this 10 times
germany relaxed restrictions - cases increased
www.cnn.com
how about being prepared for worst possible outcome...original 'model' had predicted up to 1-1.5 million deaths in US!!!
the protocols suck, imagine how many fewer possible infections there would be today if protocols had been MANDATORY wearing of masks in public places like walmart at least 2 months ago?????
But if the govt would have made it mandatory, people would have been up in arms screaming “But my FREEEEDOMMMM!” As if being mandated to wear a mask to help prevent the spread of a novel disease is some huge infringement on your basic freedoms as an American. Which, I get and acknowledge, is giving up a small small morsel of freedom.
But some places are now making the masks mandatory, so if that argument was valid then, I'd assume it'd be the same now? I do think the ball was dropped a bit there. Yes, we wanted to be sure that N95 masks and the like were reserved for medical professionals that needed them, but general masks, and even improvised masks, that serve primarily to protect others from being infected by the wearer, don't serve the same function in the medical/healthcare context, so what the general population would have had to buy (or just make with bandanas/clothing/etc.) would/should have been different than what medical workers would have needed. Now, I'm sure a bunch of people would have (and did I'm sure) buy N95 masks, but surely companies could have stopped selling these masks to the general population and only sold them to medical workers/companies/etc.? But I'm no expert, so maybe I'm wrong about something?
the ball was dropped a lot more than a little...more like a giant iron ball the medical 'experts' dropped on the toes of the American people, imo.
What are the main things they did differently?
They locked down two weeks before we did.
That makes no sense at all.
It looks like we have a problem of definition.
.... or at least agenda.
Same to you buddy..... or at least agenda.
That's a great article.It looks like we have a problem of definition.
According to that, they didn’t “lockdown”. But if that’s the case, why would they need to stimulate the economy? What am I missing here?South Korea’s Health Minister on How His Country Is Beating Coronavirus Without a Lockdown
"We never considered a full lockdown," Park Neung-hoo tells TIMEwww.google.com
right, calling the president of the united states-'Dump' isn't political?
I agree with you; we should’ve locked down earlier. What I think is most interesting is South Korea didn’t make it a law to stay home because their people seem to trust their government more. To be completely honest, I don’t think our government is to blame for most of what we are experiencing. We, the people, are to blame for all of this. Our self righteous attitudes and so-called rights and freedom (just lulz on the definition of freedom) are to blame for the epidemic in America. The man who got on a plane to visit his parents while waiting for his COVID-19 test results is to blame. And our government (both sides) have to deal a population of people that are stuck to their political side as opposed to seeing individual issues for what they are (again, both sides). Lastly, all of these are just thoughts and I’m sure not well-articulated since I’m posting this between rounds of Fortnite with my kids! lol
The government is telling famers to destroy there animals and importing beef from another country for cheaper, I'm bout to look deeper into it. I don't like the sound of it. I've heard 3 ppl bring that up this past week but don't know where the information is coming from
google- 'meat processing plants shut down due to coronavirus'. farmers are destroying livestock because there is no one to sell it to....should be able to get a good deal on a whole cow or pig. I suggest making sure you have a butcher shop set up in advance to process meat for you-it's possible the butchering could cost more than the cow.
you of all people know that the experts should have recommended MANDATORY masks for public places as soon as this **** hit the fan!!!
Well I am not sure I know much more or less than anyone else in terms of the nuances of this virus, which we know relatively little about.
before this covid crap started if someone came into the hospital where you work coughing and sneezing would they have been asked to wear a mask to prevent spreading to others?Well I am not sure I know much more or less than anyone else in terms of the nuances of this virus, which we know relatively little about.
We do know these 3 things though:
1) China sucks
2) China needs to pay the piper
3) China sucks
In regard to masks specifically though, I guess I kind of have mixed feelings...
Generally speaking yes, I think they could have played a valuable role in the early stages if used responsibly by the general public. This means not reusing the same mask multiple times, putting it on or off with “dirty” hands, and constantly fiddling with it once it is in place.
Even if mandated early, I’m not sure enough people were taking it seriously enough (some still aren’t) to be accepting of that, and if they were- they would certainly be the ones to use masks in a half-assed manner that could put themselves more at risk, and then the people they may be in contact with who are using their mask in a less than optimal manner and potentially not using proper hand hygiene. On the other hand, they are helpful in containing a cough when in place either way, so that counts for something..
We have only had one staff member in our entire hospital test positive for COVID-19, and we are not doing routine employee testing. This is actually quite interesting...
She was somebody (we have many) who assisted in gowning us COVID unit workers with all of our paraphernalia, which was done in a fairy meticulous manner on both parts. If they touched our equipment after coming out of the unit, they would have to be gowned/gloved etc. They wore a surgical mask at ALL times, yet not an N95 or face shield if they had to do any tasks that put them in direct contact of “dirty” PPE etc..
Then again, she could have contracted it from outside the hospital. Nonetheless, I was called at home once she tested positive for having a potential exposure. When you spend your day job in a COVID unit sometimes less than a foot away from an infected persons mouth, that incident didn’t particularly concern me
If I bought a quarter cow id take it to my cousin restruant, I've seen that kid do quarter veal, and whole pigs. He actually enjoys it lol
Farmer's have crops ready to pick that they are just plowing back into the dirt
