[lastchance]

It tells me that a thin strip of cloth worn haphazardly can hardly be counted as a mask. If people wore masks that were the correct fit and material they would be dropping from heat-stroke.

But I question the mandate all the same. If masks are the be all and end all of stopping the virus wouldn’t we expect to see corresponding declining numbers at skilled nursing facilities that mandated masks long before the general public had to comply with such orders?

[JCL3]

Can anyone explain these numbers?

Hong Kong less than 10 dead(8) from Covid-19 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china-hong-kong-sar/

Vietnam(pop. > 100 million) 0 dead from Covid-19 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/viet-nam/

Mongolia(share border with China) pop 3.3 million, 0 dead
Mongolia Coronavirus: 230 Cases and 0 Deaths
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/mongolia/

Cambodia(pop16.7 miilion) 0 dead
Cambodia Coronavirus: 156 Cases and 0 Deaths
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/cambodia/

How does New York(pop 19 million) have more people dead(32,444)
New York Coronavirus: 428,090 Cases and 32,444 Deaths (COVID-19 )
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/new-york/
than in India(pop 1.36 billion, 23,727 deaths)?
India Coronavirus: 906,617 Cases and 23,727 Deaths
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/

How does Pennsylvania have more dead(6,963)
Pennsylvania Coronavirus: 99,955 Cases and 6,963 Deaths (COVID-19 )
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/pennsylvania/
than the entire continent of Australia(108 deaths)
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/australia/