Even though I see no empirical evidence that mask wearing has a positive benefit, rather than stir defication deposits I'll just go along and wear one. I don't see where it actually hurts anything.
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I have one small issue with your post. Health professionals wear masks and other additional equipment when dealing with highly contagious diseases and they are able to survive, in most cases, in that environment. I'm sure that those procedures are by design and not by accident. I believe that a thorough review of medical literature would highlight that fact and you would be able to find your empirical evidence. In most cases such as an emergency such as this I would be inclined to follow the advice of those that are familiar with the data rather then spending the time to research it on my own.
Paradoxically, why would anyone listen to Ammon Bundy over the advice of a trained health professional?
Roger that. When we go back to school, the masks along with other safeguards might be what saves teachers. In previous years, I've had young children inadvertently sneeze directly into my face. This is the one year when that cannot happen.
Mask wearing provides a lot of benefit to other people, and at least some benefit to yourself. If everyone in your community is wearing a mask while out and about in stores, etc., it will probably help a great deal.
I dont want to be told covid is everywhere from fake news. So lame. Wear the mask if you have co-mobidities or concerns. I want to get back to normal soon enough and not this bs "new normal" non sense.
150k dead. Just a statistic. Sucks for anyone that loses a loved one. But it is no different than any other fatality that is way higher than covid concerns.
That's only 1.5 times the US deaths in World War One and not even 3 times as many as in the Vietnam War. It's only 36 times the American deaths in the Iraq War.
Why should we worry about a mere 162,000 lives? I mean seriously, how many Americans have ever heard of Vietnam or First World War?
That's what I want to know.
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This is in the running for biggest asshole post ever on RfM.
The max capacity for a Boeing 747 is 496 passengers. At the current rate of ~1000 deaths/day from Covid, that's two fully loaded airplane crashes in the US *per day*. But to the likes of Phazer, that's just a statistic.
As of this writing, Covid deaths totaled 162,425. That would make Covid City the 158th largest city in the US, just ahead of Jackson, Mississippi. Just a statistic.
Covid has already become the third leading cause of death in the US. Only heart disease and cancer outrank it, and neither of those are contagious.
The virus *IS* everywhere, Phazer, whether you believe it or not. With your attitude, you too may become "just a statistic."