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>27 thousand excess deaths occurred already in Florida Are the excess death is solely caused by covid ? >Unemployment is being caused largely by the economic slowdown, and by significantly reduced footfall, driven by inability to cont
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>But Florida's policy approach has killed over 20 thousand people already, and shows no sign of stopping. Keep in mind that the 20000 death number is highly inflated because it include death with covid not just due to covid. People
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We'll see what the number end up, covid has spread since the beginning of this year, highly unlikely that in next 2 weeks suddenly the death jump significantly. Also keep in mind that the excess death may or may not be due to covid alo
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6y ago
Ok fine maybe we interpret compromise differently. Nonetheless I'm still against forced mask mandate.
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Few months lockdown is not short at all. Even then they still not allowing international visitor. My preference is simply based on cost/benefit analysis. I'm not opposed of covid free at all, as long as whatever method you choose
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I disagree but I still respect your choice, at very least you acknowledge that in the end lockdown or not lockdown is subjective preference.
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Number of death for 2020 are not significantly different than previous year: https://www.statista.com/statistics/525353/sweden-number-of-... yes it said the dec 2020 data is only up to dec 11 but its unlikely that
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That is his opinion, which I disagree. I myself would not consider it 'failed'. Sweeden total death this year is not significantly different compared to previous year.
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The point is, even without any precaution, they might never be infected in the first place, so probably death from covid for this specific age group is : probability of getting infected * 1/200. So even less than 1/200. If I'
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Low or high can be very subjective, at least I consider it very very low. I wouldn't ask my parent/grand parent to isolate, if they don't want it. >And 1 in 20 people over 70 obviously isn't low People in over 70 has
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>You doing your thing and me doing mine. I'm ok with that. you want to wear your mask its up to you, as long as you are not forcing it to other people.
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Sweeden is one example, the death toll is still manageable and the life is pretty much still normal. Not a country: florida, it is one of the state in the usa that has the least covid related restriction. They are doing very well. Went ther
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Didn't nz had strict lockdown? Also from the article: However, Stats NZ national accounts manager Paul Pascoe said the effects of Covid-19 on different industries had varied “and for some industries these may persist for some time”. Th
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>Elimination strategy works If the strategy is 'everybody stay at home' then it work in the same way shot gun works in eliminating cancer. It works but the cure is worse than the disease.
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> https://thehill.com/policy/international/530628-swedens-king... I disagree with him by calling it failed. the death rate is not significantly different compared to previous year and most importantly life is st
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for clarification, this is my stance: most mask that is used by general population doesn't work, at least for the purpose of preventing virus. If you want to force people to wear mask(whether they want it or not) you better come up wit
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disagree, everything has good side and bad side. Even Hitler has his good side. Likewise, you should think long & hard about why you believe what you believed.
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>but it is honoring a nazi even when it is honoring nazi, doesn't necessarily mean honoring its action. even when it is honoring nazi action, doesn't necessarily mean honoring its bad action Even nazi can have its good side.
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>suggests that surgical masks worn by infected persons could have a clinically significant impact on transmission could have, doesn't mean will have and most people don't use surgical mask
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Von Braun was a nazi but doesn't necessarily mean by using his name is to honor nazi action.
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>choosing to honor a nazi Not even that, using that name, doesn't necessarily mean to honor nazi.
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Maybe people should stop living in the past, naming after nazi doesn't necessarily mean supporting nazi.
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> https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817 from the results itself : Although the difference observed was not statistically significant, the 95% CIs are compatible with a 46% reduction to a 23% increase
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The question is why would you want to buy this ?
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> https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32371934/ 'Our results indicate that surgical face masks could prevent transmission of human coronaviruses and influenza viruses from symptomatic individuals.' Doesn't
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>Would you rather them be wearing a mask or not? I already answer it : >I wouldn't care whether you wear mask or not Its up to them, make no difference to me, I have no reason and no interest to require them to wear mask.
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>Are you insinuating that any improvement is not worth pursuing That is not what I insinuating at all. >Would you rather me be wearing a mask If you are sick, you should rest at home, just like with any other illness. I wouldn't
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>Masks don't provide 100% protection, So 1% protection ? >but nothing does. However, masks are important, because they enable people to safely perform essential activities like grocery shopping, and most jobs. fortunately that th
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how it help, from the picture it shown that virus particle are smaller than mask pores. Masks: The Science & The Myths : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RaBLKKXJt4
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>Physics, How the physics work in this case? virus particle is much smaller than mask pores, especially with most mask that worn by general public https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RaBLKKXJt4 > New Zealand, Japan, most
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