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Coronavirus expert says Americans will be wearing masks for ‘several years’
Fox News ^ | 7/6/20 | Shawn M. Carter

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coneofshame; coronavirus; erictoner; fakenews; fauci; johnshopkins; liveinfear; maskintimidation; masks; saddamsbombmaker; toner; training; tyranny
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To: conservative98

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.


41 posted on 07/06/2020 8:31:53 PM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: BradyLS

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


42 posted on 07/06/2020 8:32:04 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

I won’t be.

L


43 posted on 07/06/2020 8:32:39 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: conservative98

Which PPE company is Eric Toner invested?


44 posted on 07/06/2020 8:33:02 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: conservative98

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.


45 posted on 07/06/2020 8:35:14 PM PDT by poinq
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To: poinq

What state are you from?


46 posted on 07/06/2020 8:39:50 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: ClearCase_guy

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.


47 posted on 07/06/2020 8:39:50 PM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left wort h controlling.)
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To: frnewsjunkie

Yes...I share your sentiments...completely


48 posted on 07/06/2020 8:40:30 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: conservative98

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.


49 posted on 07/06/2020 8:46:32 PM PDT by poinq
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To: Grampa Dave

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.


50 posted on 07/06/2020 8:55:00 PM PDT by boxlunch (The US Pravda ( MSM), Demcheviks, leftists, Chicomms, Soros. All in this together.)
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To: LibertyWoman; frnewsjunkie

Same here


51 posted on 07/06/2020 8:58:40 PM PDT by boxlunch (The US Pravda ( MSM), Demcheviks, leftists, Chicomms, Soros. All in this together.)
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To: eddie willers

Yea. Sure.


52 posted on 07/06/2020 9:00:40 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: conservative98

Liar. When did it become so common for so many experts to outright lie to the public?


53 posted on 07/06/2020 9:02:59 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: conservative98

Trout-shouldered geek.

But, anyway, many vulnerable people will be wearing masks until any vaccine is proven safe and effective.


54 posted on 07/06/2020 9:09:06 PM PDT by mrsmith (US Media: "Every cop is a criminal; ALL the sinners saints!")
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To: conservative98

Not this American...count on it, azzhole.


55 posted on 07/06/2020 9:13:10 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: conservative98

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.


56 posted on 07/06/2020 9:41:14 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: conservative98

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!


57 posted on 07/06/2020 9:44:01 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: conservative98
I think that mask wearing and some degree of social distancing, we will be living with — hopefully living with happily — for several years

It's like these jerks are in a contest to see how far they can push us until we decide to kill them.

58 posted on 07/06/2020 9:49:04 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: conservative98

Nope


59 posted on 07/06/2020 9:50:56 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: conservative98

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”.


60 posted on 07/06/2020 10:01:41 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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