Posted on 06/26/2020 9:50:01 AM PDT by A44MAGNUT
On June 20, 2020, Washington Governor Jay Inslee held a press conference claiming that Yakima was being overwhelmed by the corona virus. Given that in the past, Inslee claimed 2 million people would be killed in the US by the corona virus and that hospitals in Washington state would be overwhelmed by the corona virus, it is amazing to me that anyone still believes anything this guy says. For those with short memories,...
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I agree with that. The flu is 0.1% in a bad year, can be more with certain flues but those spread less. In our worst COVID situation, NYC, the mortality was 0.25% of the population as a whole, with 25% exposed according to random antibody tests. That's 1% mortality from exposure, but with collapsed hosptals like Elmhurst basically killing everyone who walked in the door.
Under more normal circumstances the mortality should be about 1/2 of that or about 0.5%. Obviously makes no sense to shut the economy down. Just protect the vulnerable and let everyone else be as cautious as they want to be or need to be. I would recommend masks for everyone but you see that as an over-reaction.
I guess your claim is that alliowing or promoting or requiring a mask as an over-reaction paves the way for the over reaction of closures. I don't see it that way. I see it as the opposite: masks help keep the economy open.
So if you wear one, you are safe if I don't. Where's the problem, other than forcong compliance to a questionable procedure?
So if you wear one, you are safe if I don't.
No, not as safe. The article you linked didn't talk about that either. It contains no relevant information.
For sake of argument, say OK, a mask helps prevent the spread.
It's not the Black Death - it's a virus infection that has to make the rounds and peter out. Like other viruses, it take out the weakest and then innoculates the 99.6% that remain. Attempting to slow its spread is like shoveling against the tide.
“...because people who are hard of hearing read lips.”
Exactly - so it is the non-deaf people that should not wear masks.
Inslee is an idiot. When he gave the order for EVERYONE to wear a mask, I bet an aid came over (the same one that hired the sign language person for EVERY speech) said “But what about deaf people??”
“Ok - deaf people don’t need to wear a mask!”
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