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Should masks return in fall and winter to prevent a COVID surge?
ABC News ^ | September 23, 2022 | Mary Kekatos

Posted on 10/16/2022 11:59:25 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Evidence has shown COVID cases and hospitalizations tend to rise during the colder months when people congregate indoors. Some health officials warn the virus could surge again in December and January.

Currently, cases and hospitalizations are on the decline in the U.S. after having peaked in late July, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Those who are vaccinated and boosted are at much lower risk of falling severely ill and dying from COVID-19. CDC data shows unvaccinated Americans have a five times higher risk of dying compared to those who've received just a primary series and a seven times higher risk of dying compared to those who also received at least one booster dose.

Experts told ABC News that while vaccination is the best protection against COVID-19, some people may need to consider masking to protect themselves in case infections rise.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; covid; covidstooges; fall; masks; media; obamacare; vaccinemandates; winter
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To: MinorityRepublican

They are all Branch Covidians.


61 posted on 10/16/2022 1:03:31 PM PDT by curious7
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why are they doing this? The pandemic is over. The president said so!


62 posted on 10/16/2022 1:03:38 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: MinorityRepublican

And surgical gloves. Don’t forget to wear surgical gloves everywhere and all the time!

Of course, you don’t need a mask if you are wearing a full face breathing apparatus.


63 posted on 10/16/2022 1:05:30 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: MinorityRepublican

I will never wear a mask again, I will never get another jab. I only did it because my Hub is a transplant patient and has no immune system.....but I won’t again and I will encourage him to do the same.


64 posted on 10/16/2022 1:05:37 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: MinorityRepublican

Even the CDC clowns say masks don’t work. This is about fear and control, not health.


65 posted on 10/16/2022 1:06:23 PM PDT by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Y’all do what you want.

I’ll probably get the flu shot in the next 2 weeks and start wearing a mask in public from Nov to Dec.

Still holding off on any covid booster shots.


66 posted on 10/16/2022 1:06:38 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: MinorityRepublican

I think that horse has left the barn.
I just do not believe that people would comply.


67 posted on 10/16/2022 1:09:12 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
I don't believe in superstars
Organic food and foreign cars
I don't believe the price of gold
The certainty of growing old
That right is right wrong and left is wrong right
That north and south can't get along
That east is east and west is west
And being first is always best
But I believe in love
I believe in babies
I believe in mom and dad
And I believe in you masks
68 posted on 10/16/2022 1:12:37 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hmmm?? I guess the new variants of Sarscov2 still avoids the eyes.


69 posted on 10/16/2022 1:13:31 PM PDT by week 71
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To: Edward Teach
Wearing a mask to keep a virus out is like wearing underwear to keep farts from escaping.

Please wear underwear. People around you need all the help they can get.

They've got some pads that will help...


70 posted on 10/16/2022 1:15:20 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Live and let live...freedom!


71 posted on 10/16/2022 1:17:55 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: DannyTN

I am skipping the flu shot this year. When asked, I will just tell them I have already had the flu(quite possible considering how bad I felt yesterday)but the horse paste fixed it(definite because I feel normal now except for a lingering cough).


72 posted on 10/16/2022 1:19:42 PM PDT by yawningotter
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yes, let’s make October 31 Wear Your Mask of Choice Day


73 posted on 10/16/2022 1:25:42 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: MinorityRepublican

If a person wants to wear a mask…that’s fine.

But, mandates are not going to work again.


74 posted on 10/16/2022 1:35:54 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: MinorityRepublican

Those aren’t masks.

They’re muzzles.


75 posted on 10/16/2022 1:36:50 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Has no one told these F*in idiots that even the CDC has admitted that masks are bloody worthless (except to funnel $$ to the CCP) for a respiratory virus?

Oh, I see, this is where BStelter went to work after being fired from CNN. That explains the idiocy.


76 posted on 10/16/2022 1:36:55 PM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: Vermont Lt

Not entirely fine since masks are fomites.

And there are other bugs out there in addition to the coof.

But since I wash my paws...

Whatever.


77 posted on 10/16/2022 1:38:44 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: high info voter

“how about a little “IVERMECTIN””

I’ve got mine set aside ... just in case. Got it from our local pharmacy which sells it compounded, which is cheaper than the typical pills. (They do sell the pills, too.) No prescription or little note from your quack, Ivermectin-hating, government-ass-kissing doctor.


78 posted on 10/16/2022 1:38:57 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It amazes me how much "exercise" and "extra fries" sound alike.)
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To: humblegunner

“Put a bag over their heads at least.”

The kind that come draped over your dry cleaning order.


79 posted on 10/16/2022 1:39:55 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It amazes me how much "exercise" and "extra fries" sound alike.)
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To: antidemoncrat

It’s not either/or; it’s both. Be prepared.


80 posted on 10/16/2022 1:41:11 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It amazes me how much "exercise" and "extra fries" sound alike.)
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