New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn
New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn
www.independent.co.uk
New Covid wave has begun and we should wear masks again, warn scientists
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Fuck, I'm pro mask and all, but... that's gonna be a hard sell. And tbh I fucking enjoy not wearing one anymore (unless I'm sick or something).
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Maybe "something" = "at high risk of getting stick?"
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😂
Edit: maybe I should have noted that I agreed with "Maybe "something" = "at high risk of getting stick?"" But just thought it was funny that he had to point that out.
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I was just typing up the same thing. I the UK this would need to get really bad for any sort of compliance to take place
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Ah a medical expert as I can see. Please go ahead and enlighten me: where is your systemic proof of the ineffectiveness of masks as a precaution to reduce the spread of Covid?
If it's not too much to ask, please be so kind to provide the statistics regarding the different severity levels and corresponding number of cases of Covid while comparing that to the common cold.
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From "Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses" Jefferson Et Al 2023 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6 .... Medical/surgical masks compared to no masks
We included 12 trials (10 cluster‐RCTs) comparing medical/surgical masks versus no masks to prevent the spread of viral respiratory illness (two trials with healthcare workers and 10 in the community). Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness (ILI)/COVID‐19 like illness compared to not wearing masks (risk ratio (RR) 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.84 to 1.09; 9 trials, 276,917 participants; moderate‐certainty evidence. Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of laboratory‐confirmed influenza/SARS‐CoV‐2 compared to not wearing masks (RR 1.01, 95% CI 0.72 to 1.42; 6 trials, 13,919 participants; moderate‐certainty evidence)
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Imagine the survival rate without precautions. (e.g. look at Italy 2020)
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they didn't do anything for Rona
You're wrong.
Swedes were encouraged to work from home if possible and limit travel within the country. In addition, people aged 70 or older were asked to limit social contact, and people with COVID symptoms were asked to self-isolate. The goal was to protect the elderly and other high-risk groups while slowing down the spread of the virus so the healthcare system wouldn’t become overwhelmed.
As the number of cases surged, some restrictions were imposed. Public events were limited to a maximum of 50 people in March 2020, and eight people in November 2020. Visits to nursing homes were banned and upper secondary schools closed. Primary schools did, however, remain open throughout the pandemic.
Face masks were not recommended for the general public during the first wave, and only in certain situations later in the pandemic.
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I think the way you put it is blunt but a lot of people feel this way.
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Maybe instead of speaking your mind you can speak with facts next time.
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Yeah, the way you speak and argue clearly shows how much of not "a dumb fuck" you are. Veeeery convincing.
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So what's the survival rate of a cold?
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Like 120%
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If I answer, will you actually listen? I'll believe you if you start by answering my question of what the survival/mortality rate of the common cold is.
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Where the fuck do you live that more than 1/200 people get struck by lightning?
Fuck it. You say 99.6% survival rate, as if you can effectively round it up to 100% and say it's totally harmless. What it really means is that about 1 in 200 will die. Here in the Denver metro area, where I live, that's almost 120,000 dead. No doubt they spend time in the hospital first. We don't have the hospital infrastructure to support that kind of influx, and that's not even counting those who need medical care but survive.
My daughter was born just over a year ago. She was 3 months early, and I WISH she were 2 pounds because that would've been more reassuring considering her actual birth weight would be rounded down to a single pound. She only got fully released from needing oxygen about a week ago. I can only imagine how things would've been if all the wonderful doctors and nurses we were fortunate enough to have were assigned to COVID units because the world ran the way you wished it did. Hell, I'm thankful we didn't have to deal with it the way things actually were in 2020. Because what gives us a cold could send her straight back to the hospital and hopefully she gets out.
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You don't do much critical thinking in your free time, or do you?
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I love how he feels the need to put the smily face on every comment when it is crystal clear that he is malding behind the screen
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Have you heard of the psychological condition of paranoia? Maybe you should look into it and talk to some professionals.
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"High five everyone! We got these guys to wear MASKS! LOLOL! Hey, why'd my stocks go down? Oh well, MASKS!!! 🤣 "
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