remember, masks are only really useful when YOU are sick, and trying to protect others (Reply #57)

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Wed Feb 26, 2020, 07:19 AM

ProfessorPlum (11,081 posts)

57. remember, masks are only really useful when YOU are sick, and trying to protect others

not for keeping yourself safe before you are infected. For that, scrub your hands and stop touching your face, and stop touching things in public.

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65 replies	Author	Time	Post
It's pretty clear from what we know about coronavirus that there will be no protecting against it [View all]	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	OP
I just heard from someone at work today that we get about 95% of our antibiotics from China.	smirkymonkey	Feb 2020	#1
This message was self-deleted by its author	CountAllVotes	Feb 2020	#17
how quickly will the homeless, immigrants, unemployed etc etc etc	rampartc	Feb 2020	#2
My clinic door is open to the homeless, immigrants, and the unemployed.	Aristus	Feb 2020	#13
thank you for this	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#19
The point being that people in dire straits....	Girard442	Feb 2020	#26
that is what i was trying to say	rampartc	Feb 2020	#30
Thank you. n/t	area51	Feb 2020	#22
thank you very much aristus	rampartc	Feb 2020	#29
Thank you, Aristus. I hope the emergency rooms around the U.S. are....	KY_EnviroGuy	Feb 2020	#38
I had to take my 83 year old husband to ER last December	LibinMo	Feb 2020	#49
K&R. My thoughts, exactly.	KY_EnviroGuy	Feb 2020	#50
Did you see the packed hospital corridors in China ? Not good I understand they were point zero	lunasun	Feb 2020	#52
That's wonderful.	mahina	Feb 2020	#51
I think you are truly exceptional, seriously.	dewsgirl	Feb 2020	#59
That's very nice, thank you.	Aristus	Feb 2020	#60
I have been reading your posts for years, I am happy you	dewsgirl	Feb 2020	#61
My posts don't always convey the rewarding aspects of my job.	Aristus	Feb 2020	#62
I know, I remember one specifically about a man I believe using	dewsgirl	Feb 2020	#63
Well, I didn't want him using anywhere, but definitely not in front of the clinic.	Aristus	Feb 2020	#65
Aristus, you are the real deal.	hamsterjill	Feb 2020	#64
Perfect storm	cherryinpa	Feb 2020	#3
He's not going to do anything to stop it	maryellen99	Feb 2020	#4
wait til he finds out how much dead workers and consumers hurt the economy	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#6
probably hope hicks...	Javaman	Feb 2020	#16
In 2018 he fired the entire chain of command of the agency that deals with pandemics. nt	tblue37	Feb 2020	#28
I guess its time to hire them back	marlakay	Feb 2020	#45
I'm sure that they are long gone, hired by private industry at probably better pay than the ...	SWBTATTReg	Feb 2020	#55
Andromeda Strain option:	Baitball Blogger	Feb 2020	#5
that scenario works in situations where the virus kills the host too quickly to pass on	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#7
You're right. It will take a tremendous amount of sleuthing to find the	Baitball Blogger	Feb 2020	#8
Please go to the link posted here*: I think there's more hope than you're offering.	abqtommy	Feb 2020	#9
Post removed	Post removed	Feb 2020	#10
OMG	cherryinpa	Feb 2020	#11
Factcheck your "bioweapon" claim	Maeve	Feb 2020	#15
Yeah. The coronavirus is pretty common in the environment	defacto7	Feb 2020	#35
I'm wondering whether the pneumonia shot I got will	Raven	Feb 2020	#12
Prob need more	cherryinpa	Feb 2020	#14
please, reduce the amount of woo	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#21
This message was self-deleted by its author	Mosby	Feb 2020	#36
It likely won't	CountAllVotes	Feb 2020	#18
It won't protect against the virus	csziggy	Feb 2020	#20
Probably not the virus itself but might ward off opportunistic infections.	Girard442	Feb 2020	#27
It may help if you have secondary bacterial pneumonia.	roamer65	Feb 2020	#41
I heard it won't	marlakay	Feb 2020	#46
"the most likely scenario we are facing is in about two years from now, everyone will have had it"	LexVegas	Feb 2020	#23
Thank you.	maxsolomon	Feb 2020	#25
A vaccine expected early 2021.	defacto7	Feb 2020	#32
Also persists on surfaces for up to a week	Amishman	Feb 2020	#24
The vaccine is still on the track but not expected	defacto7	Feb 2020	#31
So far I think that fatality rate is about 2.6%. That might not seem like a lot but it is.	totodeinhere	Feb 2020	#33
Just for the record, no pandemic has ever reached everyone.	defacto7	Feb 2020	#34
I'm advocating preparation and not panic	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#37
I'm all for that.	defacto7	Feb 2020	#39
The 1918-1920 flu virus infected around 33 pct of the world's human population.	roamer65	Feb 2020	#42
I'm glad you have an answer.	defacto7	Feb 2020	#43
I think those folks underestimate how much quarantining will suppress infection rates.	roamer65	Feb 2020	#44
I like your optimism on this	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#58
That was before travel was as	marlakay	Feb 2020	#47
The initial form of pneumonia is viral, not bacterial.	roamer65	Feb 2020	#40
True, but most of the deaths are probably from secondary infections. n/t	pnwmom	Feb 2020	#48
I'm fairly sure that is what I wrote	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#56
Flu masks are sold out everywhere BUT....	Kablooie	Feb 2020	#53
remember, masks are only really useful when YOU are sick, and trying to protect others	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#57
trump will just use it	duforsure	Feb 2020	#54

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