In state that have mask wearing and social distancing?
The virus numbers have dived down….
The push against this isn’t smart or healthy….
Evidence is mounting that widespread mask-wearing can significantly slow the spread of coronavirus and help reduce the need for future lockdowns.
Public health authorities did not initially put an emphasis on masks, but that’s changed and there is now increasing consensus that they play an important role in hindering transmission of the virus at a time when wearing one has become politicized as some states and businesses have made them a requirement for certain activities.
Wearing a mask is also seen by experts as a relatively easy action that could help avoid much costlier responses like stay at home orders and closing businesses.
“It’s a lot less economically disruptive to wear a mask than to shut society, so I can’t understand some of the resistance to mask wearing,” Tom Frieden, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on a call with reporters on Thursday.
Experts say mask-wearing is not the only response needed to slow the spread of the virus. Avoiding crowds and staying six feet apart from others is also important, as is an effective system of testing and contact tracing so people can quarantine and prevent further spread.
A study from University of Cambridge researchers this week found that widespread mask-wearing can help prevent a resurgence of the virus with less reliance on lockdowns that have proven economically devastating.
The modeling in the study found that if 50 percent or more of the population routinely wore masks, each infected person would on average spread the virus to less than one additional person, causing the outbreak to decline, the university said….
Nate Silver on the daily virus numbers, spikes and the media ….
Out of all the craziness and stupidity that grips much of today’s Republican Party.
This ranks as one of the worst.
In some manner these boobs equate wearing a mask as somehow acting “Librul.”
Incensed that their idiot in chief has been wrong about almost everything connected with this pandemic, they seem now determined to simply “wish” it away.
While belittIng and denying any Precautions to help halt its spread.
Not only foolish, they are contemptible.
Yes.,..
Like we have been saying here
Lemmings that would jump of a cliff for the guy….
I wonder if they will EVER wake up?
Silver is right that we are still in the “first” wave over much of the country.
Of course Larry “blow” Kudlow, Trumps economic advisor ,says that Trumps “experts”(whoever they are) says there won’t be a”second” wave.
Yup….
Mudflow has joined the others in being brain washed…
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Olga Khazan
@olgakhazan
“Among COVID-19 cases, the most common underlying health conditions were cardiovascular disease (32%), diabetes (30%), and chronic lung disease (18%). Hospitalizations were six times higher and deaths 12 times higher among those with reported underlying conditions.”
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Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
Cases are rising faster than tests in a number of mostly Southern and Western states. Not good. And there are various questions about what will happen in the future as social distancing decreases further. But the declining death tolls are positive and important news, for now.
Breaking…
Finally???
Tony Plohetski
@tplohetski
Governor asks that Texans wear masks. “Our goal is to keep Texans out of hospitals and to reduce the number of Texans who test positive…COVID hasn’t simply gone away. We don’t have to choose between jobs and health. We can have both.”