CONCLUSION: masks made no difference
- Thread starter Phil C. McNasty
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Why would I care which way you judge me since I'm probably never going to meet you in real life anyways??
To answer question directly, no I dont wear masks anymore.
Thats because Omicron is very mild and its death rate is about the same as a regular flu
This is the question - how do you get people to use them? Does a mandate work? On the surface, these data suggest it may not (lots of complications, e.g., New York had huge rates in the early days before we even knew what we were dealing with). This may suggest plead with people, explain why, and maybe more people will do it rather than then when being forced to do it.
Surgeons wear masks for a reason, and masks are more about not transmitting to others, and less about protecting you (eg virus can enter through eyes). Masks also reduce the viral load you get and there is evidence that the amount of virus in the load you absorb affects how severe your symptoms.
And the facts are that masks made no difference
Phil moves to the Johnny LaRue method!
"Just keep posting the meme over and over!"
Ahh...
Good times.
Good times.
And, again, we still don't know what "states with or without MANDATES" is defined as here.
Even though I made a typo and forgot to add the 9 in there, what do you think I meant with NON-N95 mask??!!
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That headline is entirely accurate because almost everyone was wearing either a surgical mask or cloth mask.
Very few people wore N-95 masks. Thats a fact
BTW @basketcase, are you gonna admit waste-water tests didnt spike right after March 21, but started spiking 10 days before that on March 10th??
I want a simple yes/no answer please.
Here is the chart again:
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Sorry but you've been making the exact same claims for two years and you have as little evidence know as you did in those threads where you just spammed us with the same discredited information. A rational person would say that N-95's are more effective than cloth masks but thankfully you don't worry about that descriptor.
Is this like when you denied people were wearing masks before the official provincial mandate went in force?BTW @basketcase, are you gonna admit waste-water tests didnt spike right after March 21, but started spiking 10 days before that on March 10th??
I want a simple yes/no answer please.
Here is the chart again:
p.s. Is there a reason why you are using old data? Is it because full data shows a massive spike right around the time of the mandate being removed (just like the covid cases, hospitalizations, and ICU admittance?
This is not old data. Quit making shit up.
The data from March 10th to March 23rd is spot on.
I asked you for a simple yes/no answer and you're too afraid to give it.
I ask again, are you gonna admit waste-water tests didnt spike right after March 21, but started spiking 10 days before that on March 10th??
I want a simple yes/no answer please
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Ok but we know COVID acts different in different climates. That has to play a bit of a part in all thisThats complete horseshit and you know it. Like I said, you couldnt go anywhere in NY State without a mask.
You couldnt get into a restaurant, bar, bank, retail store or government office without a mask.
Now lets see how NY State compared to Florida which had no mask mandate.
Turns out not very good
https://nypost.com/2022/04/11/ny-handled-covid-19-lockdown-poorly-florida-among-best-study/
Florida has a shitload more old people than any State in the US.
Wouldnt they have a much higher Covid infection and death rate??
EDIT: I just looked it up, FLA ranks #2 https://www.prb.org/resources/which-us-states-are-the-oldest/
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