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#7936 |
I'll be back.
Join Date: Nov 2002
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#7937 |
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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...Because they already had them before this crisis. Not only did the average person already wear them-- and ostensibly, they'd have a box of them at home-- it was more heavily stocked because it was part of their cultures to wear masks.
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#7938 |
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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#7939 |
Wasted away again...
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: in Margaritaville
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#7940 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: L.A.
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N95 shortage is a whole different story. Those protect the wearer. Surgical masks protect the wearer to some degree - but mostly protect others from he wearer (your breath droplets get stuck in the mask instead of settling on things - doesn't have to be perfect but even knocking down asymptomatic spread 75% is huge).
I get why the US doesn't want to push for masks yet because everyone will just try to hoard all the N95 masks. But they need to tell everyone to cover their face in public. |
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#7941 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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#7942 |
Cheat Death
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Land of Drincoln
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2nd case has been identified at my wife's work. She outed herself via Facebook to let people know who may have been in proximity to her. It's actually someone I've met before.
The kicker, I wish I was joking, she's young and over the weekend was volunteering to pick up supplies for anyone that couldn't. She was notified on Monday that she may have been in contact with someone who tested positive and on Tuesday was feeling sluggish and tired with a slight cough. Because she is diabetic ![]() |
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In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2016
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Yes, 3M starting upping production in JANUARY...They actually could have gotten them to healthcare workers faster if not for the plaintiff's bar and legislative changes now make this acceptable: https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/3m-dou...irus-outbreak/ Quote:
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#7944 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: L.A.
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Yes this is what I've been saying and why we need to require them like other countries are doing, and is largely the culture in Asia during flu season anyway. In Vietnam I guess people mostly wear masks for pollution. But it still works to slow the spread.
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#7945 |
I'll be back.
Join Date: Nov 2002
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#7946 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: L.A.
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Regarding the bigger picture stuff - I’ve read a few unbiased epidemiologists or other experts who say they think China is being pretty truthful for once right now (after their initial attempt at cover up/denial). Seems like unless you’re going to somehow try to cover up massive deaths (like Iran seems to be doing) ultimately lying is only going to delay the inevitable and make it worse. |
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#7947 |
Forever Royal
Join Date: Mar 2012
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***NON-POLITICAL COVID-19 Discussion Thread***
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#7948 |
I Like The Kansas City Chiefs
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Shawnee, KS
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The Senators and Kings face-off on March 11 was the last professional sports game we saw for the foreseeable future in the United States. The last time there were no games in the four major sports in the month of April was 1883, per @EliasSports.
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#7949 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: L.A.
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Also the culture part is what we need to start working on. Just sell it as temporary, I think that will make the pill easier to swallow. But in reality it may become a normal thing during cold & flu season like it is in Asia. |
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New and Improved
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Springfield, Mo.
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