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This was an interesting article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/...as-mask-wearing-popular-in-asia-even-covid-19Regarding the mask, I also thought of the pollution as in the big Asian cities.
Basically avoiding spreading germs and pollution it seems. A few years ago seeing tourists in their face masks seemed overly cautious, now .. not so much
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Yes there are many other reasons to wear a mask.This was an interesting article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/...as-mask-wearing-popular-in-asia-even-covid-19
Basically avoiding spreading germs and pollution it seems. A few tears ago seeing tourists in their face masks seemed overly cautious, now .. not so much
But this is a constraint.
In France, wearing a mask in all enclosed public places will be obligatory from August 1.
Yes there are many other reasons to wear a mask.
But this is a constraint.
In France, wearing a mask in all enclosed public places will be obligatory from August 1.
There is growing evidence of the Virus being airborne, spreading via aerosols, really tiny droplets which do not drop quickly, and travel farther than the ones a person spreads when coughing or sneezing . Even though there is ciriticism about WHO's position on this, the possibility of this being the case was part of their guidance from the start really .
Japan's - in some aspects unique - way of dealing with the pandemic - incoorporated the Idea, with the guidance of avoiding the 3 Cs : Closed Spaces, Crowded Places and Close Contact Settings, especially advising people to avoid situations where those overlap .
The Virus being airborne (would) basically means that people shed it simply by breathing out, and virusload can accumulate quickly, especially in closed, non ventilated spaces .
Avoiding the 3 Cs, and wearing a mask, preferrably actually filtering ones unless in the open, has been a good Idea for a while . Not bad French government catches up imho .
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Yes the government is forced to do it, after many calls from doctors and epidemiologists / virologists.
This is a good thing.
For my part, as long as I can do my jogging in the forest without wearing the mask, this is essential.
Just don’t hang out too long chatting to the squirrels.Yes the government is forced to do it, after many calls from doctors and epidemiologists / virologists.
This is a good thing.
For my part, as long as I can do my jogging in the forest without wearing the mask, this is essential.
Especially not in Colorado - they have the plague (not joking).Just don’t hang out too long chatting to the squirrels.
In general I also climb trees, but now with the Covid, I avoid doing it.Just don’t hang out too long chatting to the squirrels.
Coronavirus hospital data will now be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC
Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
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The good news is we are about to see a spectacular drop in cases. The bad news is that somehow the hospitals will still face an increase in patients. Puzzling.
So I did a little searching to set the record straight and found two helpful websites you folks might find interesting:
- Testing by Country:
COVID Live Update: 141,994,885 Cases and 3,032,671 Deaths from the Coronavirus - Worldometer
Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...www.worldometers.info
As opposed to the common belief mentioned during our livestream, the USA is not doing a comparably bad job at testing :-(
In fact, the USA (3rd largest country by population) has tested more people "per capita" then the 7 other largest countries. combined.
Yes, its true that the numbers show Russia (#9) and UK (#21) have reported testing more per capita, but after that the next country to do better is the city state Singapore (112th in population size) with it's 5.9 million residents.
Could it be better? Sure - anything can. But is the USA currently doing relatively good with testing? These numbers suggest they are.
We've been using that size for five months now in that topic, so I think we find it interesting I guess. Anyway: your 'more per capita than the 7 other largest countries combined' is statistical gibberish. I dont know what you attempted to do, but whatever it was this aint how you do it. Anyway, the US reported 133,441/mil capita testing. That puts it roughly in the same park as Portugal, Spain, and Belgium and a bit less than countries such as the UK and Denmark.
But that isn't the point. For example, Portugal reported on average less than 10% of the daily new cases they reported early April. That means they got it under control, for now. For the US that is a whopping 200%. It means they got nothing under control. And you are not doing 20x more tests, relatively speaking. You are doing slightly less (133,441 vs 134,066).
The obvious conclusion is what all the obvious experts were predicting and are now pointing at: the US failed catastrophically to deal with it in the early stages, refused to correct course (or rather, set any course at all) and are now faced with an economy that is worse off than those who properly dealt with it, with no end in sight nor a plan of attack. Anyone who thinks this is 'because they test so much' simply doesn't grasp numbers all that well. Which is fine, that is what the CDC and people like Fauci are for.
It is the increase in the decrease.Coronavirus hospital data will now be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC
Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
The good news is we are about to see a spectacular drop in cases. The bad news is that somehow the hospitals will still face an increase in patients. Puzzling.
It's very fashionable today.
The decrease in the increase is also very used.
I hate the technocrats and their personal way of using the logic.
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Coronavirus hospital data will now be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC
Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
The good news is we are about to see a spectacular drop in cases. The bad news is that somehow the hospitals will still face an increase in patients. Puzzling.
That could be the couple of weeks where you have covid but it hasn't seriously affected the lungs yet. The hospitalizations would lag.
Ian woz being ironic innit
I must confess I didn't even read the entire headline of the article since it has Trump in it.
For the 1/100th time! If you stick your head in the sand and see no problems, then you have no problems! I am genius, I has spoken!Coronavirus hospital data will now be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC
Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
The good news is we are about to see a spectacular drop in cases. The bad news is that somehow the hospitals will still face an increase in patients. Puzzling.
Unfortunately I fear that the Westerners will have to do like the Asians for years, wear the mask all year, even without an epidemic.
But I hope we will avoid this uncomfortable lifestyle.
Yeah, I think you're right :-(
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