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CDC says Americans can now go unmasked in many parts of the country

23 points by 8bitsrule 5y ago

downrightmike 5y ago
Endemic doesn't mean the pandemic is over, just that it isn't going away
- lborsato 5y ago
  Actually it literally does. A pandemic is a geographically spread epidemic. If a disease is endemic then it is not epidemic, and therefore cannot be a pandemic as per the accepted definition.
  - officialjunk 5y ago
    then why isn't the whole world taking off masks? also to quote the transcript "The pandemic is still here. We're not at the endemic phase yet. But I do think we're transitioning, and I think it's a good roadmap."
    - jka 5y ago
      It can still be sensible to wear face coverings to reduce the spread of communicable diseases, pandemic or otherwise. That said, for many people this has been their first experience of it as guidance and/or a habit.
Proven 5y ago
iamthemonster 5y ago
There's still a 9/11 worth of deaths every single day, it's just been going on too long for people to maintain interest. It's not the end of Covid, it's not even really transitioning to a fundamentally different phase, it is just that people are bored of making a small effort to safeguard their vulnerable fellow citizens.
- staticman2 5y ago
  I just checked and it's 911 worth of deaths every two days in the U.S.
- willcipriano 5y ago
  This is dangerous misinformation that directly contradicts the opinion of the centers for disease control. I demand that it be removed.
  - iamthemonster 5y ago
    Which bit is dangerous misinformation? "There's still a 9/11 worth of deaths every single day" - yes that is actually incorrect. Over a 7-day average it is only a 9/11 every two days. "It's not the end of Covid" "people are bored of making a small effort to safeguard their vulnerable fellow citizens."
    - willcipriano 5y ago
      It suggests the CDC is incorrect in it's mandate, according to YouTube anything points to the CDC being in error is misinformation. That's been the rule for a couple years now.
      - iamthemonster 5y ago
        Oh I see, you're just being churlish.
0xy 5y ago
The science (of political polling) has changed.

23 points by 8bitsrule 5y ago

downrightmike 5y ago

Endemic doesn't mean the pandemic is over, just that it isn't going away

lborsato 5y ago
Actually it literally does. A pandemic is a geographically spread epidemic. If a disease is endemic then it is not epidemic, and therefore cannot be a pandemic as per the accepted definition.
- officialjunk 5y ago
  then why isn't the whole world taking off masks? also to quote the transcript "The pandemic is still here. We're not at the endemic phase yet. But I do think we're transitioning, and I think it's a good roadmap."
  - jka 5y ago
    It can still be sensible to wear face coverings to reduce the spread of communicable diseases, pandemic or otherwise. That said, for many people this has been their first experience of it as guidance and/or a habit.

Proven 5y ago

iamthemonster 5y ago

There's still a 9/11 worth of deaths every single day, it's just been going on too long for people to maintain interest. It's not the end of Covid, it's not even really transitioning to a fundamentally different phase, it is just that people are bored of making a small effort to safeguard their vulnerable fellow citizens.

staticman2 5y ago
I just checked and it's 911 worth of deaths every two days in the U.S.
willcipriano 5y ago
This is dangerous misinformation that directly contradicts the opinion of the centers for disease control. I demand that it be removed.
- iamthemonster 5y ago
  Which bit is dangerous misinformation? "There's still a 9/11 worth of deaths every single day" - yes that is actually incorrect. Over a 7-day average it is only a 9/11 every two days. "It's not the end of Covid" "people are bored of making a small effort to safeguard their vulnerable fellow citizens."
  - willcipriano 5y ago
    It suggests the CDC is incorrect in it's mandate, according to YouTube anything points to the CDC being in error is misinformation. That's been the rule for a couple years now.
    - iamthemonster 5y ago
      Oh I see, you're just being churlish.

0xy 5y ago

The science (of political polling) has changed.