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The Coronavirus thread
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It's funny, the more time goes by, the more we see the things they said were smart...weren't.
Masks
Social Distancing
Sheltering at home
And now, those stupid plastic shields. Studies show...they may actually make you more at risk. LOL Jesus.
www.seattletimes.com
COVID precautions have turned many parts of our world into a giant salad bar, with plastic barriers separating sales clerks from shoppers, dividing customers at nail salons and shielding students from their classmates.
Intuition tells us a plastic shield would be protective against germs. But scientists who study aerosols, airflow and ventilation say that much of the time, the barriers do not help and probably give people a false sense of security. And sometimes the barriers can make things worse.
Research suggests that in some instances, a barrier protecting a clerk behind a checkout counter may redirect the germs to another worker or customer. Rows of clear plastic shields, like those you might find in a nail salon or classroom, can also impede normal airflow and ventilation.
Under normal conditions in stores, classrooms and offices, exhaled breath particles disperse, carried by air currents and, depending on the ventilation system, are replaced by fresh air roughly every 15-30 minutes. But erecting plastic barriers can change airflow in a room, disrupt normal ventilation and create “dead zones” where viral aerosol particles can build up and become highly concentrated.
“If you have a forest of barriers in a classroom, it’s going to interfere with proper ventilation of that room,” said Linsey Marr, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech and one of the world’s leading experts on viral transmission. “Everybody’s aerosols are going to be trapped and stuck there and building up, and they will end up spreading beyond your own desk.”
Masks
Social Distancing
Sheltering at home
And now, those stupid plastic shields. Studies show...they may actually make you more at risk. LOL Jesus.
Those anti-COVID plastic barriers probably don’t help and may make things worse
COVID precautions have turned many parts of our world into a giant salad bar of transparent barriers. While there is not much real-world research on them, scientists in the U.S. and Britain have begun to work: The findings are not...
www.seattletimes.com
COVID precautions have turned many parts of our world into a giant salad bar, with plastic barriers separating sales clerks from shoppers, dividing customers at nail salons and shielding students from their classmates.
Intuition tells us a plastic shield would be protective against germs. But scientists who study aerosols, airflow and ventilation say that much of the time, the barriers do not help and probably give people a false sense of security. And sometimes the barriers can make things worse.
Research suggests that in some instances, a barrier protecting a clerk behind a checkout counter may redirect the germs to another worker or customer. Rows of clear plastic shields, like those you might find in a nail salon or classroom, can also impede normal airflow and ventilation.
Under normal conditions in stores, classrooms and offices, exhaled breath particles disperse, carried by air currents and, depending on the ventilation system, are replaced by fresh air roughly every 15-30 minutes. But erecting plastic barriers can change airflow in a room, disrupt normal ventilation and create “dead zones” where viral aerosol particles can build up and become highly concentrated.
“If you have a forest of barriers in a classroom, it’s going to interfere with proper ventilation of that room,” said Linsey Marr, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech and one of the world’s leading experts on viral transmission. “Everybody’s aerosols are going to be trapped and stuck there and building up, and they will end up spreading beyond your own desk.”
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U.S. 7 day avg. deaths 7/7/21: 188
Florida 7 day avg. deaths 8/19/21: 201
Florida 7 day avg. deaths 8/19/21: 201
people die?
United States COVID: 45,029,387 Cases and 730,404 Deaths - Worldometer
United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.
Deaths from Rona:
64,932 - California
55,070 - Texas
54,530 - New York
41,937 - Florida
28,130 - Pennsylvania
26,731 - New Jersey
26,197 - Illinois
22,151 - Georgia
21,353 - Michigan
20, 648 - Ohio
shouldnt we be more worried as to why BLUE states are not able to handle the KungFlu as well as red states?
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I get your point but Ohio is not Blue at all.United States COVID: 45,029,387 Cases and 730,404 Deaths - Worldometer
United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.www.worldometers.info
Deaths from Rona:
64,932 - California
55,070 - Texas
54,530 - New York
41,937 - Florida
28,130 - Pennsylvania
26,731 - New Jersey
26,197 - Illinois
22,151 - Georgia
21,353 - Michigan
20,648 - Ohio
shouldnt we be more worried as to why BLUE states are not able to handle the KungFlu as well as red states?
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It’s like it’s the most populated states that have the most deaths, imagine that.United States COVID: 45,029,387 Cases and 730,404 Deaths - Worldometer
United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.
Deaths from Rona:
64,932 - California
55,070 - Texas
54,530 - New York
41,937 - Florida
28,130 - Pennsylvania
26,731 - New Jersey
26,197 - Illinois
22,151 - Georgia
21,353 - Michigan
20, 648 - Ohio
shouldnt we be more worried as to why BLUE states are not able to handle the KungFlu as well as red states?
Another day, another morning cup of coffee or two.
Anyone changed their mind?
Anyone changed their mind?
Not me Zona..
Still getting my 2nd jab in 4 days.
As is your right.
I did the same 5 months ago, based on information available at that time.
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That begs the question....will you get the 3rd....if you knew then what you know now, would you get the 1st and 2nd, and what would be your personal choice......if that is not too personal?
Oh, now all of a sudden it's not just a 'red state' thing? You're such a ******* clown you must be laughing at your own self.
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I'm flu shot fluid, some days I identify as and other days not. It's a beautiful thing.
The wife and stepson are getting their second shot today, so I'm all good.
As I sit here as a reasonable healthy (knock on wood) 60 year old man...my answer would be no to a 3rd shot.
I'm going to need verifiable, factual evidence that a 3rd dose will do much of anything, so I will very likely hold off until that occurs, meaning no with almost certainty.
At this point folks being having covid track marks.
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Mississippi officials warn against using ivermectin for COVID-19 amid spike in poisonings
Mississippi health officials are warning residents against using ivermectin, a horse dewormer medication, to treat COVID-19 infections at homes amid a spike in poisoning calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center.
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Right now, Covid is very much a red state thing…
These 8 states make up half of US Covid-19 hospitalizations. And the surge among the unvaccinated is overwhelming health care workers
As experts race to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 by encouraging vaccinations and mask wearing, hospital systems in a handful of states are now straining to keep up with the surge.
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You can’t fix stupid.
Sturgis Covid Surge Part II
Sturgis Covid Surge Part II
South Dakota sees the country's largest two-week COVID surge
Dr. Fauci warned last week's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally could be another superspreader event.
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Everything is a superspreader event and I don't really care at this point. My callow honesty. Treatments, many Trump was excoriated for, have improved the response to this already not very deadly virus to the point it is no more harmful than the flu. It is just a fact of life and all the fear mongering in the world will not change it. Vaccinated or not you are still VERY unlikely to die or even have a severe reaction to it. It is here to stay and we need to just ******* move on with our lives. I know a ton of vaccinated people getting the virus and it is no big deal. Hospitalizations are u because they know how to treat it to become no big deal, not necessarily because it is causing more issues.You can’t fix stupid.
Sturgis Covid Surge Part II
South Dakota sees the country's largest two-week COVID surge
Dr. Fauci warned last week's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally could be another superspreader event.fortune.com
Cuomo on CNN last night admitted it is the only issue Biden has a prayer of winning on and it has to stick around for political reasons. Yes I watch more than just Fox or Newsmax. Know your enemy.
Kind of out on a limb with this one this morning, aren't you? So folks shouldn't use a veterinary formulation of ivermectin? Shocking!Mississippi officials warn against using ivermectin for COVID-19 amid spike in poisonings
Mississippi health officials are warning residents against using ivermectin, a horse dewormer medication, to treat COVID-19 infections at homes amid a spike in poisoning calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center.thehill.com
How about the one actually with FDA approval for treatment in humans, even if it's prescribed with an off label use? It's done all the time with many drugs.
This article reminds me of those dumb enough to take chloroquine phosphate, used as a fish tank cleaner, thinking it would offer protection. Darwin's view of
natural selection comes to mind.