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In reply to the discussion: 'We blew it': U.S. reaches 'explosive' COVID-19 spread as virus is nearly impossible to control [View all]Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)9. Well, that'll happen when idiots dismiss scientists as "elitist."
If we could get everybody to wear a mask right now, I really think in the next four, six, eight weeks, we could bring this epidemic under control. -- CDC Director Robert Redfield, back in July
https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/14/if-everyone-wore-mask-covid19-could-be-controlled-cdc-director-urges/
*Two stylists met with 139 clients despite being symptomatic, yet transmitted to none of them because they wore masks.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/14/if-everyone-wore-mask-covid19-could-be-controlled-cdc-director-urges/
The if, of course, has been the problem. Because masking or refusing to mask has become a political statement, only 62% of Americans said in April that they did so (the CDC recommended the practice on April 3); in May, 76% said they did, according to another MMWR study. The CDC advice followed weeks of mixed and contradictory messaging, and even after it was issued, President Trump and other national leaders fell well short of endorsing face coverings.
Although mask wearing does not differ by gender, it does vary by region of the country. In May, 87% of people surveyed in the Northeast said they wore masks when going out in public; it was 80% in the West, 74% in the Midwest, and 71% in the South, where cases are skyrocketing.
Face coverings almost certainly explain why the Springfield hair stylists* did not transmit the virus to a single client. Of the 104 clients surveyed, 102 said they wore a face covering (usually cloth coverings or surgical masks) during their entire appointment; two said they did for part of it. Both stylists were always masked.
*Two stylists met with 139 clients despite being symptomatic, yet transmitted to none of them because they wore masks.
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'We blew it': U.S. reaches 'explosive' COVID-19 spread as virus is nearly impossible to control [View all]
Larissa
Nov 2020
OP
Exactly! And they're still not doing what needs to be done. And so simple. Un-f'ing believable.
Evolve Dammit
Nov 2020
#71
Sure they would. The residents of the state would be getting regular federal assistance checks.
PSPS
Nov 2020
#12
How can anyone think that keeping a plague from spreading is a political question?
Fortinbras Armstrong
Nov 2020
#57
Overall there has been no significant difference in infections and death rates
former9thward
Nov 2020
#68
The Aussies seem to be for what is better for the country, like banning guns.
LiberalArkie
Nov 2020
#43
You might want to read up on exactly what Australia and New Zealand have done (and are doing)...
rooboy
Nov 2020
#40
oh, ok, I get ya. I was only using the known infections number from the dashboard.
AZ8theist
Nov 2020
#29
"don't actually know how close we are to having 60% of the popular exposed and (in theory) immune."
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2020
#35
I'm not actually trying to claim that 'that's going to work' without vaccinations
mr_lebowski
Nov 2020
#56
Umm, no. We know exactly what's going to happen, given the actions or inaction of politicians....
paleotn
Nov 2020
#42
The devil's greatest trick was convincing people he didn't exist... and that COVID was no big deal.
Beartracks
Nov 2020
#11