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Except this is happening in countries and states with no mask wearing. So your null hypothesis is shot.

by chrisco255 6y ago

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andybak 6y ago
Do you have a source for that? The article seems to disagree and I'd be interested to see some concrete data.
eitland 6y ago
As I write this the post I reply to is downvoted, but it seems to be true in Norway were there's hardly a mask to be seen outside of the big cities. Full disclosure: An alternative explanation here in Norway seems to be that the second wave mostly hits younger people. Edit: there's a dead comment saying "citation needed". As for the "hardly a mask to be seen" that is my eyewitness account based on what I see in shops and gas stations I visit as well as reading and watching the news. The numbers of deaths / infections can be derived from here: https://www.vg.no/spesial/2020/corona/?utm_source=corona-widget&utm_term=d7#norway https://www.vg.no/spesial/2020/corona/?utm_source=corona-wid...
- NikolaeVarius 6y ago
  Citation needed
NikolaeVarius 6y ago
Citation needed
oefrha 6y ago
Point to me a single country or state "with no mask wearing". There are sane people (and believe it or not, a lot of them) everywhere, even where politicians are insane.
- notankies 6y ago
  Uhh, famously, Sweden? Where have you been?
  - oefrha 6y ago
    As I said, politicians asking people not to wear masks != no people wearing masks. And here's a Reuters report from two months ago saying mask sales soared, picturing at least one person wearing mask: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-facemasks/face-mask-sales-soar-as-swedes-eye-potential-guideline-change-idUSKBN25R22Q https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden...
    - ynfnehf 6y ago
      According to YouGov the latest numbers are 9% wearing masks when in public, it has become a bit higher lately (was 7% just a couple of weeks ago). But I think 9% is far too high. I very rarely encounter a mask while taking a walk in the city closest to where I live. Although that might be due to those wearing masks not being as active in public. https://today.yougov.com/topics/international/articles-reports/2020/03/17/personal-measures-taken-avoid-covid-19 https://today.yougov.com/topics/international/articles-repor...
      - netsharc 6y ago
        I'm pro mask, but I don't get wearing a mask if someone is just walking outside with no one around them. It's not like the whole world turned to Pripyat next to Chernobyl...
        phobosanomaly 6y ago
        Sometimes I leave the mask on outside, even though it's a little ridiculous, because I find it awkward when someone does show up and you both do the 'put on the mask dance.' I hate the mask dance. It makes me feel really uncomfortable. So, I just leave it on. Sometimes I just forget too. I accidentally terrorized a young couple at Joshua Tree last weekend, because I didn't have my mask on, I was out climbing and in my 'happy place,' and I completely forgot there was a pandemic and just wandered right by them and waved and said 'hi.' It wasn't until later that evening that I realized why they were looking at me with wide-eyes and edging away from me. So, I wish I had just left the thing on in that case.

Except this is happening in countries and states with no mask wearing. So your null hypothesis is shot.

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andybak 6y ago

Do you have a source for that? The article seems to disagree and I'd be interested to see some concrete data.

eitland 6y ago

As I write this the post I reply to is downvoted, but it seems to be true in Norway were there's hardly a mask to be seen outside of the big cities. Full disclosure: An alternative explanation here in Norway seems to be that the second wave mostly hits younger people. Edit: there's a dead comment saying "citation needed". As for the "hardly a mask to be seen" that is my eyewitness account based on what I see in shops and gas stations I visit as well as reading and watching the news. The numbers of deaths / infections can be derived from here: https://www.vg.no/spesial/2020/corona/?utm_source=corona-widget&utm_term=d7#norway https://www.vg.no/spesial/2020/corona/?utm_source=corona-wid...

NikolaeVarius 6y ago
Citation needed

NikolaeVarius 6y ago

Citation needed

oefrha 6y ago

Point to me a single country or state "with no mask wearing". There are sane people (and believe it or not, a lot of them) everywhere, even where politicians are insane.

notankies 6y ago
Uhh, famously, Sweden? Where have you been?
- oefrha 6y ago
  As I said, politicians asking people not to wear masks != no people wearing masks. And here's a Reuters report from two months ago saying mask sales soared, picturing at least one person wearing mask: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-facemasks/face-mask-sales-soar-as-swedes-eye-potential-guideline-change-idUSKBN25R22Q https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden...
  - ynfnehf 6y ago
    According to YouGov the latest numbers are 9% wearing masks when in public, it has become a bit higher lately (was 7% just a couple of weeks ago). But I think 9% is far too high. I very rarely encounter a mask while taking a walk in the city closest to where I live. Although that might be due to those wearing masks not being as active in public. https://today.yougov.com/topics/international/articles-reports/2020/03/17/personal-measures-taken-avoid-covid-19 https://today.yougov.com/topics/international/articles-repor...
    - netsharc 6y ago
      I'm pro mask, but I don't get wearing a mask if someone is just walking outside with no one around them. It's not like the whole world turned to Pripyat next to Chernobyl...
      - phobosanomaly 6y ago
        Sometimes I leave the mask on outside, even though it's a little ridiculous, because I find it awkward when someone does show up and you both do the 'put on the mask dance.' I hate the mask dance. It makes me feel really uncomfortable. So, I just leave it on. Sometimes I just forget too. I accidentally terrorized a young couple at Joshua Tree last weekend, because I didn't have my mask on, I was out climbing and in my 'happy place,' and I completely forgot there was a pandemic and just wandered right by them and waved and said 'hi.' It wasn't until later that evening that I realized why they were looking at me with wide-eyes and edging away from me. So, I wish I had just left the thing on in that case.