Posted on 07/06/2020 7:48:19 PM PDT by conservative98
Health experts won’t ask Americans to take off their masks any time soon.
That’s the take of Eric Toner, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. He has been preparing for an outbreak like the novel coronavirus as part of his work for years.
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“I think that mask wearing and some degree of social distancing, we will be living with — hopefully living with happily — for several years,” he said. “It's actually pretty straightforward. If we cover our faces, and both you and anyone you're interacting with are wearing a mask, the risk of transmission goes way down.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top official handling the U.S. COVID-19 response, said recently he was cautiously optimistic that there could be a vaccine for the virus by 2021.
For those who refuse to wear a mask in the interim, Toner said they’ll eventually wise up.
“They will get over it," he says. "It's just a question of how many people get sick and die before they get over it."
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Who wants to live a life as these people demand? It is better to die standing up fighting these dictators than to fall on your knees at the feet of these tyrants.
They are describing a life no patriot would find worth living.
1st Wear a mask until we flatten the curve
2nd Wear a mask til there is a vaccine
3rd Wear a mask til there is no coronavirus
4th You are a pussy if you don’t wear a mask
5th You cannot take the mask off ever
I won’t be.
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Which PPE company is Eric Toner invested?
I have not worn a mask yet and never plan on it. I may never take an airplane again or go into Costco. But thats ok.
What state are you from?
Well, as a family member caregiving for an elderly person (along with my wife, daughter, and a cousin), I can tell you 1st hand that taking proper precautions and never slipping up, with even a modest level of community spread of Covid-19 present, is extraordinarily difficult.
Of course, if we really want to increase her chances of passing away prematurely, we can just stuff Mom in a nursing home.
Yes...I share your sentiments...completely
Illinois and Wisconsin. In the Green Bay area about 90 of people don’t wear masks in stores. I have to say I wont go back to church until I can do it without a mask. So far its not allowed. But they have church online.
Illinois people are far worse. Especially in or near Chicago. There is a lot of virtue signalling and scolding. Thats why Wisconsin is better. Normal people here.
My respect for Johns Hopkins has gone way down through all this. I dont know who pulls their strings but the Drs from there sure seem to have an agenda regarding this virus.
Same here
Yea. Sure.
Liar. When did it become so common for so many experts to outright lie to the public?
Trout-shouldered geek.
But, anyway, many vulnerable people will be wearing masks until any vaccine is proven safe and effective.
Not this American...count on it, azzhole.
A lot of people are going to be knocking at his door to shove masks up his arse. This is the year of living stupid. If the CDC announced tomorrow morning that drinking your own piss for 5 days would grant immunity to the virus, by 5 pm tomorrow half the population would be walking around with piss breath. Very little critical thinking or logic left in this country.
LOL! You will be wearing masks for years, if you don’t actively contribute to and campaign for the Republican Party between now and November. Get all of your neighbors to vote for President Trump! Very little time remaining!
It's like these jerks are in a contest to see how far they can push us until we decide to kill them.
Nope
State Health Commissioner: “I see no way out, no alternative. Masks are permanent, like the seasons. My grandkids may grow up without ever seeing the faces of their classmates. We must eliminate sickness and death from Covid. Even one death us too many”.
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