Yppej, New Orleans has a high poverty rate so not everyone can evacuate for hurricanes.
Yppej, New Orleans has a high poverty rate so not everyone can evacuate for hurricanes.
Please point to a post where any of us stated that masks are a cure all. Those of us who don't have an irrational hatred of masks understand that they are just one of several layers of defense. One of the people who wrote the pandemic plan that trump ignored suggested thinking of all the various ways to reduce transmission as layers of swiss cheese. Each layer has holes in it but when you stack three or four layers on top of each other there aren't any holes left that get all the way through.Originally Posted by Yppej
I don't think masks are a cure all, I wanted lockdowns, not just masks, lockdowns, limitations on business, to reduce the spread. Or I did in the height of the pandemic. And now? Well maybe places where hospitals are overwhelmed as it's real bad to let hospitals get overwhelmed, aka precisely where it won't happen. But places where there is hospital space and of course now vaccination? No. Zero covid can work for a long time, a year even, and did in countries where they were serious .... until it doesn't, as it's too hard to maintain forever, only vaccines then.
Did I wear a mask to protect myself all the time there was no vaccines (and now because it's the law)? Of course. But mostly social distancing (which isn't physical distancing (6 feet) though that's good too, and basic politeness before we had a vaccine), it means limiting close in person indoor human contact.
Trees don't grow on money
Regardless of regulations and/or requirements, still wearing a mask indoors - stores of any kind, etc. The school - even though students aren't in session yet - has already mandated masks for EVERYONE!!! When school starts, it will still be EVERYONE - including staff, teachers, students and visitors. I'm okay with that.
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The pandemic model that was used to develop the pandemic plan looked at social interactions of people based on age etc and found that something like a 60% reduction in the spread of a contagious virus could be achieved simply by closing the schools. Apparently kids don’t have the same concept of personal space that adults do.
No one ever said that they are a cure all... There are one part of a multi layered approach.
But Wait..... Your Equine Fun Fact Of The Day : Horses cannot breathe through their mouths
What??? What happens if they get a sinus infection or a cold? Or do they just not get those illnesses typically?
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coro...nam-story.html
refrigerator trucks to hold bodies in Central Florida area because morgues are full. Governor DeathSentence has not declared a state of emergency. Move along, folks. Nothing to see here.
They get snotty noses/ colds . Its hard to watch/hear as they make awful sounds and its very clear that they are in distress.
My friend who recently moved down to South Carolina works as a custodial supervisor in a school of about 900 students - no masking required. Their first week of school they had 2 reported cases of covid. Their 2nd week of school (last week) they had somewhere over 45, apparently including the football team. She says they have to "shut down" any "area" that has 3 or more cases. Not sure exactly what defines "shut down" and "area", but she said she would find that out today.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
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