Why resort to childish attacks? From factcheck.org on the Danish study: "The study didn’t identify a statistically significant protective effect for wearers, but the trial was only designed to detect a large effect of 50% or more. And the study didn’t weigh in on the ability of masks to prevent spread of the virus from wearers to others, or what’s known as source control, which is thought to be the primary way that masks work." Meanwhile more and more data accumulates that wearing masks reduces transmission: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02801-8 You're obviously the type of person who a) locks into sources that say what they want to hear and b) denigrates sources that say what you don't want to hear. That's not the best way to determine the truth.
(Written on 10/01/2021)(Permalink)
Except that's not what the Danish study showed. It's been written about to death. Here are some examples: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/danish-study-doesnt-prove-masks-dont-work-against-the-coronavirus/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/health/coronavirus-masks-denmark.html Here's a sincere question for you -- let's say you concluded (as countless scientists have) that masks protected others from the spread from the wearer. Would you then endorse a mask mandate? And whether the threat is humans with intent or a virus that's just succeeding by spreading its program, a threat is a threat. And that the U.S. death toll is 365,000+ humans, COVID's threat is beyond clear. That's a hell of a lot of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that have been lost.
(Written on 08/01/2021)(Permalink)
After 9/11 you have to undergo a security check to fly within the USA. How's that for your liberty? During WWII, those living in west coast cities had to participate in blackouts so enemy planes wouldn't able to find large populations in the dark. How's that for your liberty? You don't have the right to shout FIRE in a crowded theater. How's that for your liberty? You're an adult and you haven't yet figured out that our liberties bump into others' liberties? Exercising some of your liberties can endanger others and robs them of their liberties. You wear a mask and you're less able to transmit the virus to others, endangering their health and life. That's more than reasonable during a global pandemic.
(Written on 08/01/2021)(Permalink)
You're missing some fundamentals. The first is communicability -- you cannot catch lung cancer or heart disease from other person. You can catch COVID from others. And the more people who have it, many of whom aren't (yet) showing symptoms, the easier it is to spread. The second fundamental you're missing is time spans. From March through October, COVID was the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. following heart disease and cancer. But that includes the early days and periods where we were doing better at controlling it. Heart disease is responsible for about 1700 deaths per day and cancer 1600 in the U.S. In the last 7 days we've averaged over 2200 deaths per day from COVID, making it the leading cause of death in the U.S. These fundamentals argue for a society's and government's role in managing the crisis. Close to 3000 people died from the events of 9/11. In terms of human loss we're currently experiencing five 9/11s per week. If 9/11 called for government interven
(Written on 01/01/2021)(Permalink)
Because tattoos and nose rings, which really don't affect anyone else, are reasons to deny someone service? That wold be a regression. I'm sorry your sensibilities are so fragile.
(Written on 01/01/2021)(Permalink)
The right to free speech, the right to peaceful assembly -- in other words the right to protest -- are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. What I wonder is why some are trying to paint the incredibly numerous peaceful protests throughout the country as "riots". My concern is that some would like to recast protests as riots in order to deny people their rights. I challenge you to name a single State or County or City that adopts or in any way embraces true riots.
(Written on 28/08/2020)(Permalink)
Well the purpose of the face mask is to reduce the amount of virus you could emit into the air around you when you exhale. I don't think an oxygen mask does anything w.r.t. what you exhale.
(Written on 07/08/2020)(Permalink)
You're missing the distinction between discriminating against people because of who they are (e.g., their race, gender, sexual orientation) vs. discriminating against people for how they choose to behave. Furthermore the relevance of behavior goes up exponentially during a pandemic when there is a highly virulent, highly pathogenic disease on the loose.
(Written on 31/07/2020)(Permalink)
That's not the WHO's official position. One WHO official spoke in a confusing manner making subtle distinctions between being asymptomatic and presymptomatic. But the WHO came back and clarified. See: https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/09/who-comments-asymptomatic-spread-covid-19/ Quote from link: "The WHO created confusion yesterday when it reported that asymptomatic patients rarely spread the disease,” an email from the Harvard Global Health Institute said Tuesday. “All of the best evidence suggests that people without symptoms can and do readily spread SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. In fact, some evidence suggests that people may be most infectious in the days before they become symptomatic — that is, in the presymptomatic phase when they feel well, have no symptoms, but may be shedding substantial amounts of virus."
(Written on 31/07/2020)(Permalink)
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