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It's not inconsequential if it's one more thing to cross off the list to open up sooner.

Data from NYC zip codes shows the highest correlation is to household size. You figure population density is consistent in 4 of the 5 Boros The map tries to overlay age, poverty and even prevalence of asthma, and none of them correlate as highly as household size.

Who exactly is making trillions? This is a classic lose lose scenario where there won't be any winners.

No arguments there. Always easier to pontificate from hindsight. But that’s beside the point of whether masks are effective in slowing the spread, or not.

Of course not. The last two months are totally normal seasonality for the flu and deaths.

In this one he’s right. It’s silly to use the results of this specific study to argue against wearing masks in recommended settings during the pandemic. The study was done specifically to identify the effectiveness of improvised PPE for healthcare workers in highly contagious environments with high concentrations of infectious disease in the airstream. In that case, the cloth masks weren’t effective, but neither were low grade medical masks. Of course that means very little to the suggestion that masks should be worn when ordinary people are going to be in indoor spaces with other people around them at a reasonable proximity. The guidance assumes that there’s ample distance between people and the space is more open than a hospital room or a tent. If people took the same amount of time to learn about proper techniques to wear masks or even ways to improve on cloth masks (hint, add a cheap filter in the lining), this wouldn’t be an issue. I don’t need clinical studies to know that wearing masks is effective. Hundreds of millions of Asians have blocked the flow of this virus by wearing masks, because it’s in their culture. I’ll take that evidence over any crackpot theory that the suggestion to wear masks is part of some conspiracy for mind control. The only reason that CDC didn’t advise wearing masks early on is they knew that Americans who aren’t used to wearing masks, would botch the recommendations and possibly make things worse. In retrospect it was the wrong advice, because the spread grew in the worst place possible and now people think there’s an anterior motive for mask wearing guidance since CDC didn’t come out with those suggestions in the first place.

And how do you propose you get to the higher levels without following the evidence that starts far below? Is there an Obama letter that says, I did it?

RIP Fred Willard.

Doesn't this picture kinda support the point? You're not very good at this, are you?

You remind me of the gulag prisoners who were happy to stage May Day parades.

Ok idiot, carry on

That's a mighty long-winded non-answer. Thanks for the daily affirmation.

How about addressing the content and not the messenger? Is Breitbart wrong on the substance?

If the memo was drafted in China, it was.

You sure you want to bet your life that you can't figure out a reason why a copy is nowhere to be found?

They didn't need to shut it down completely, but stopping 24 hr service should have been in place h sooner. Which all goes to the point of how mismanaged this has been by the people who made the decisions and continue to set policy. Good forbid that you allow people to go outside on a hot day, when there's only a handful of known transmissions outdoors.

You're still missing the point. It's not the people's choice, it's the government's edict on what it says is a safe activity for its population to engage in - allowing them to sit in encapsulated mass transit cars or sit in a wide open outdoor space. People have a choice in going to the beach or clustering at home on a beautiful day, just like they have a choice of taking mass transit or riding a bike or walking. The latter is really inconvenient, and that's why the government is willing to accept the much higher risk of infection to move people around more efficiently. But it won't accept a much lower risk of infection to have people enjoy a nice day outside.

Actually his point is straight on. If the government is willing to accept the risk of transmission on public transit in a highly packed city, they should be willing to accept a much lower risk of transmission in a wide open space.

So in essence this is a crime in a name of the son? I'm guessing if the setting was Ireland in the '70s Belfast, you and your fellow travelers would be lining up to applaud the Oscar worthy tale of the father taking the plea for the son.

Improve the quality of posts that you like to post That in itself should be a tell that suddenly there's a spate of articles talking about stratospheric growth of cases in Trump Country.

The Flynn - Lokhova set up in London was in 2014.

Cardinal Rule of PPP, you're an idiot unless proven otherwise.

You're not so new here to not know the rules.

Uhhm, the headline of the article that the idiot linked? Leaked White House data shows infections spiking more than 1,000% in rural areas that backed Trump

You mean like listing Kenosha as rural, without acknowledging its proximity to Chicago? Made for a great story though to the moron base.