Posted on 12/24/2020 12:06:17 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
For months, we've been lectured to by the political elites that cases of coronavirus are spreading too quickly and that we must wear masks to stop the spread. The obvious fault with their act of desperation is that they can no longer mask the fact that most parts of the country have already been fully masked for months — long before the ubiquitous spread this fall.
Researchers at RationalGround.com, a clearinghouse of COVID-19 data trends run by a grassroots group of data analysts, computer scientists, and actuaries, did an analysis of all 50 states divided by those that had mask mandates and those that did not. Justin Hart, co-founder of the website, posted the results in a Twitter thread and shared with me the data analysis...
They studied the number of cases over a 229-day period from May 1 through Dec. 15 and divided the results of the two study groups by days with mask mandates and days without mask mandates. The non-mandate data group includes both states that never had a mandate and those that did at some point, but data set included only the days they did not have a mask mandate.....
In total, in the states that had a mandate in effect, there were 9,605,256 confirmed COVID cases over 5,907 total days, an average of 27 cases per 100,000 per day. When states did not have a statewide order (which includes the states that never had them and the period of time masking states did not have the mandate in place) there were 5,781,716 cases over 5,772 total days, averaging 17 cases per 100,000 people per day....
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
The spread, 27 to 17, is too large to just dismiss as mere coincidence.
“This is a classic case of correlation or causation.”
There are countless cases where correlation and causation combine. For instance, do you chant correlation is not causation for protection when you drive and refuse to wear a seat belt?
Scientists start out researching the causes of disease by tracking down correlation and causation, etc.
My local Ace Hardware — an excellent store where, as a first-time homeowner, I’ve spent many hundreds of dollars — has recently festooned their entrance with facemask demands and posted a Karen just inside to harangue shoppers. I won’t be shopping there much anymore. . . until this hysteria settles.
Are you an undertaker?
You just nailed what’s really happening but the evil scum government F’s can’t admit it.
Did states with mask mandates jack up their counts? Is any of the information true?
A neighbor has a hacking cough for months. She wears a mask outside and in her call all the time.
I bet for some wearing a mask, it is a pacifier.
Sounds like she keeps self-re-infecting.
I am firmly anti-mask because I have COPD. I maintain a list of articles debunking the mask myth. This article has been added to the list.
I’ll gladly share the list with anyone who sends me a FReepmail.
Maybe if she she weren’t inhaling mask fibers all day she wouldn’t have hacking cough?
Understood...but I did not say that.
I should have repeated the phrase “in those situations.” My instinct not to repeat myself took over.
My first thought was population density. New York State and California is a whole lot different than South Dakota or Idaho.
When I wear my N95 mask I get sinus issues and drainage into my throat that causes a sore throat and cough. It seems my mouth is drier too (breathing through my mouth more?) so that gives me a sore throat.
I’ve heard where doctors and others that wear a tight fitting mask have the same issues.
Bingo. They are the same one constantly sucking on a water bottle. I always think that too. Might as well have a sign on their forhead saying i are not two.. gimme my babba.
‘B*llsh*t’
whatsa matter, scared you might be running out of neighbors to snitch on...?
‘giving someone the stink-eye...’
give me the stink eye over these fooking masks, and you may wish you hadn’t...
Well, it sometimes works here. We try to take care of one another.
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