C'mon, man!

https://twitter.com/surgeon_general/...932160?lang=en

I think wearing masks is reasonable in many (but not all) situations, but please stop with the "but Trump said" nonsense. It's really not helpful. At best it will make some people not wear one just to spite you.

 

Anyone with an IQ greater than 80 can see the gaping logic hole in that argument. Let's break it down.


If masks and PPE are ineffective against Coronavirus, then why do healthcare providers need it?
The answer is, masks ARE effective against COVID. They just didn't want the public to hoard supply.

It's a cynical move. But completely understandable. And the martyrs of the forum (Looking at Excargodog) will throw their hands up and exclaim, "I'll never trust the gobmen't again!" like he's a wounded dog.

Spare us the fake outrage.

Trump, on the other hand, considers it a personal attack against him if you wear a mask. He's been telling people for months that the virus is going away "like a miracle." Wearing a mask contradicts his message. He doesn't like that.

 

So what happens if the death rate doesn’t spike? Not claiming to know it will or it won’t. Does that mean there was widespread community spread all along? Or it could just mean we have better medical practices in place I guess? Even if it is determined that a massive portion of the US population already had or has Covid would that even change the public’s perception and make them fly more or would everyone still stay home?

 

Not outraged at all, simply critiquing what was a bad decision. Preventive Medicine measures depend upon the trust and cooperation of the great unwashed masses because there will NEVER BE ENOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT to compel the obedience of every person out there. That saying, you need the credibility to have all those people trust you and believe what you are saying is true for the officials to do their jobs effectively. I have stated as a policy position that I do believe that trust was too important to start off lying to people - which was clearly done. The purpose of that is for the surgeon general, the CDC, and the ‘gobmen’t’ (as you call them) to retain the credibility to do their jobs effectively.

you, on the other hand, justified their actions because there had just been a run on toilet paper at Costco, (perhaps the very definition of butt-hurt).

I stand by my assertion.

in the meantime, numbers of cases are going up but thus far numbers of deaths seem to be continuing down. Let’s hope the latter at least continues.

 

This is exactly what I’ve been thinking about lately. Even if the CDC puts out a message that its confirmed, X million more people have had this and therefore its lethality drops to 0.4%. I don’t think anything will change. Not even if media somehow put out articles like “COVID less fatal than originally thought!” It’s all mental and personal now, no one that has gotten into the COVID quarantine groove is every going out again until a vaccine. Stats just won’t matter.... IMO

A lot of people I know are Zoomin’ for work, having back yard BBQs with family over and going in their pools daily. The shock factor of the initial March shutdown is gone. People who held onto their job and can work from home have no desire analyze the stats.

 

They'll probably matter, to some extent, but it surely won't be an immediate return to normal. Maybe TSA numbers around 1.8M daily instead of 2.6M. Even if people aren't worried about dying, getting stuck with a miserable virus for 10ish days while traveling is still enough of an incentive for people to change their plans.

 

Popping in to share an updated death meme!

 

Yeah we are now clocking like 3500 cases a day in GA and the hospital admissions are rising. Texas has cut off elective surgeries again So once again we are rationing health care. Sorry deaths aren’t the only problem.

 

I missed you. You're going to have to start a new one for the plague....

 

Case numbers still going up and deaths still going down, although today we had somewhat of a spike in the latter...