Masks Are ‘One of the Most Powerful Weapons We Have to Slow and Stop the Spread of the Virus,’ Says CDC Director
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Americans are increasingly adopting the use of cloth face masks to slow the spread of COVID-19, and the latest science may convince even more to do so.
In an editorial published [yesterday] in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), CDC reviewed the latest science and affirms that cloth face coverings are a critical tool in the fight against COVID-19 that could reduce the spread of the disease, particularly when used universally within communities. There is increasing evidence that cloth face coverings help prevent people who have COVID-19 from spreading the virus to others.
“We are not defenseless against COVID-19,” said CDC Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield. “Cloth face coverings are one of the most powerful weapons we have to slow and stop the spread of the virus – particularly when used universally within a community setting. All Americans have a responsibility to protect themselves, their families, and their communities.”
This review included two case studies out today, one from JAMA, showing that adherence to universal masking policies reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission within a Boston hospital system, and one from CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), showing that wearing a mask prevented the spread of infection from two hair stylists to their customers in Missouri.
Additional data in today’s MMWR showed that immediately after the White House Coronavirus Task Force and CDC advised Americans to wear cloth face coverings when leaving home, the proportion of U.S. adults who chose to do so increased, with 3 in 4 reporting they had adopted the recommendation in a national internet survey.
The results of the Missouri case study provide further evidence on the benefits of wearing a cloth face covering. The investigation focused on two hair stylists — infected with and having symptoms of COVID-19 — whose salon policy followed a local ordinance requiring cloth face coverings for all employees and patrons. The investigators found that none of the stylists’ 139 clients or secondary contacts became ill, and all 67 clients who volunteered to be tested showed no sign of infection.
The finding adds to a growing body of evidence that cloth face coverings provide source control – that is, they help prevent the person wearing the mask from spreading COVID-19 to others. The main protection individuals gain from masking occurs when others in their communities also wear face coverings.
COVID-19 prevention in a Missouri hair salon
When two stylists at a Missouri hair salon tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers from CoxHealth hospitals, Washington University, the University of Kansas, and the Springfield-Greene County Health Department worked together to trace contacts, investigate the cases, and publish their findings in the MMWR.
One of the stylists developed respiratory symptoms but continued to see clients for eight days. The other, who apparently became infected from her co-worker, also developed respiratory symptoms and continued to see clients for four days.
The salon in which they worked had a policy requiring both stylists and their clients to wear face coverings, consistent with the local government ordinance. Both stylists wore double-layered cloth face coverings or surgical masks when seeing clients. The median appointment time was 15 minutes and ranged from 15 to 45 minutes. More than 98% of clients wore a face covering—47% wore cloth face coverings, 46% wore surgical masks, and about 5% wore N-95 respirators.
When customers were asked whether they had been ill with any respiratory symptoms in the 90 days preceding their appointment, 87 (84%) reported that they had not. None of the interviewed customers developed symptoms of illness. Among 67 (48%) customers who volunteered to be tested, all 67 tested negative for the virus that causes COVID-19. Several family members of one of the stylist’s subsequently developed symptoms and received a diagnosis of COVID-19.
Survey: Acceptance of face-mask guidance increased
CDC analyzed data from an internet survey of a national sample of 503 adults during April 7–9 and found that about 62% said they would follow the newly announced recommendations to wear a face mask when outside the home. A repeat survey during May 11-13 showed that the percentage of adults endorsing face mask wearing increased to more than 76%.
The increase was driven largely by a significant jump in approval by white, non-Hispanic adults, from 54% to 75%. Approval among Black, non-Hispanic adults went up from 74% to 82%, and remained stable among Hispanic/Latino adults at 76% and 77%.
There was also a large increase in face-mask approval among respondents in the Midwest, from 44% to 74%. Approval was greatest in the Northeast, going from 77% to 87%.
Resources:
- CDC’s Information on Cloth Face Coverings: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html
- CDC Editorial in JAMA: Brooks JT, Butler JC, Redfield RR. Time for universal masking and prevention of transmission of SARS-CoV-2. JAMA. Published online July 14, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.13107 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2020.13107external icon
- MMWR Article: No Transmission of Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 After Significant Exposure With Universal Face Mask Use at a Hair Salon – Springfield, Missouri, May 2020 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6928e2.htm?s_cid=mm6928e2_w
MMWR Article: Factors Associated with Cloth Face Coverings Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, April and May 2020 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6928e3.htm?s_cid=mm6928e3_w
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Anecdotes aren’t science. The Missouri hair salon reference is meaningless.
“Seriously people—STOP BUYING MASKS!” Surgeon General Jerome Adams tweeted on February 29. “They are NOT effective in preventing [the] general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!”
If nonsurgical mask wearing to prevent viral spread was settled science it would have been settled long ago.
Seriously. Why do you always respond with such negative nonsense? I wish we could block you on this site. Daily ridiculousness does not help anyone overcome what is happening. Most days I skip over your posts. Being so annoyed does me no good, but you just NEVER STOP or elevate your game.
Which part was ridiculous? Was it the part where he quoted someone that we’re told to trust as an expert?
🕯🌳I use to respect him but he’s getting worse and worse every day. I could post about 20 different statics on the masks, some pro some con but in general if you look around the world the country’s doing the best are the ones seriously wearing the masks. 🖖🇺🇸
Feel free to cite some studies.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191274/
https://www.livescience.com/are-face-masks-effective-reducing-coronavirus-spread.html
Meanwhile, here’s a study that shows masks, inproperly used (like most in circulation right now) can be the source of infection :
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6263164/
People R People and Sheeple (lemmings) R Sheeple (lemmings). We can’t change that UR. Besides that, all the Sheeple (lemmings) are dutifully wearing their masks. Simple logic (theirs), masking up prevents spread,nothing out. If that be true, nothing in, problem solved. Sheeple (lemmings) protected!!!
Maybe you could also cite exactly who funded these studies. That could clear up any credibility issues. I don’t have all day to read everyone’s links that get posted here.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
International Journal of Nursing Studies
And published for peer review in National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thanks for posting Ullr. Those of us who still practice the lost art of critical thinking appreciate the perspective you bring to the table.
Doesn’t seem to stop the rollout of the agenda.
That’s the difference between us and them.
They knew years ago how to control society and they invested in corporate round tables all over the world to make sure the heads of industry , business, and government were all accessible to jumping on board the ship of breaking dreams.
The CDC for the last link. But the real issue should be the misuse of studies to make absolute statements that are not really to the point. Contamination when in a hospital setting is not really relevant to casual use by the public. Nor is there any perfect solution. But as one medical commenter said, masks are not totally effective but they help. Social distancing is not totally effective but it helps. Cleaning surfaces is not totally effective but it helps. Add all these together and it makes a difference.
Thank you Guest. But trying to HELP isn’t on the agenda of those that are paranoid about everything and get their jollies off calling people Sheeple, not getting the fact that they too are following an agenda that leads them to believe they are “free thinkers”. It’s hilarious. I would love to take a peek at these “free thinkers” reading material.
“Seriously, reread your comment and ask yourself why I should take it like it’s factual gold.” Same Guest. Yes, insulting people is a reason for them not to pay attention to your wants. Imagine what might happen if you restrained your ineffectiveness by starting off not insulting them. “So ” name calling ” is an excuse for non compliance?” is not a statement too encourage a change of mind. If it’s to make them for in their heels, congratulations, you’ve succeeded.
It’s hard to believe you are months behind on this story. Yes we were lied to about the effectiveness of masks because there were not enough for healthcare workers.
From the first link you posted,
“Conclusion
The study suggests that community mask use by well people could be beneficial, particularly for COVID-19, where transmission may be pre-symptomatic. The studies of masks as source control also suggest a benefit, and may be important during the COVID-19 pandemic in universal community face mask use as well as in health care settings. Trials in healthcare workers support the use of respirators continuously during a shift. This may prevent health worker infections and deaths from COVID-19, as aerosolisation in the hospital setting has been documented.”
I guess you were hoping people would not actually read the links you posted. That’s a very dishonest thing to do. I think you should be banned for it.
Read on from that paper:
“For healthcare workers, there is evidence of efficacy of respirators if worn continually during a shift, but no evidence of efficacy of a mask (MacIntyre et al., 2011, MacIntyre et al., 2013).”
Further,
“A trial we conducted in Vietnam of 2-layered cotton cloth masks compared to medical masks showed a lower rate of infection in the medical mask group, and a 13 times higher risk of infection in the cloth mask arm (MacIntyre et al., 2015). The study suggests cloth masks may increase the risk of infection (MacIntyre et al., 2015), but may not be generalizable to all homemade masks. The material, design and adequacy of washing of cloth masks may have been a factor (Macintyre et al., 2020). There are no other randomised controlled trial of cloth masks published at this time, but if any protection is offered by these it would be less than even a medical mask.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/04/public-health-protests-301534
As to why consistency matters when ordering people around. Hating on one group of people while excusing another. Being hateful and rigid on one stance then turning 180 degrees and being just as hateful and rigid in the other direction discourages people from going on trust. Who knows what the next turnaround will be in people with a history of rudely dismissing other people’s concerns just because they don’t share them?
From your second link,
“Editor’s Note (June 2 at 11:30 a.m.): A paper discussed below has been retracted by the journal the Annals of Internal Medicine. The authors wrote that their statistical methods could not determine whether the findings were reliable, making the results of the small study “uninterpretable.” The study had found that surgical and cotton masks do not effectively contain viral droplets containing SARS-CoV-2. Subsequent research has suggested that face masks are an effective method for containing the spread of the virus, used along with staying six feet apart from other people.”
I cant believe you would make these posts to intentionally cause public health harm, but I cant see any other reasonable explanation for your post.
He is known for his obfuscation….
I don’t try to hide information. Take it how you want.
From the third link and this study was with trained health care workers (HCW):
“Conclusions.
Protocol deviations were common during both EVD and CP PPE doffing, and some deviations during EVD PPE doffing were committed by the HCWs’ doffing assistant and/or trained observer. Self-contamination was common. PPE donning/doffing are complex and deserve additional study”
I can understand resenting government diddling with people’s activities whokesale with great abandon. But I can’t understand why face masks are such a big deal in light of the the much worse that the authoritarians and their sycophants have done. It is a Pyrrhic victory to rebel at something that might actually help a bit and costs so little to do, even if it is a straw clutched by the fearful, unless there is more to it than you do not think it of use and resent being forced to comply with something you consider silly.
2 points:
Even among trained health care works the chance of self-contamination is “probable”. People who are not trained or used to dealing with a mask may be as likely to infect themselves with contaminated hands from adjusting and fiddling… and, perhaps, accumulation of virus on a masks surface.
My second point of consideration is the actual goal of policy. Four months ago it was “flatten the curve”… what is it now? It appears that it will be as common as the cold and we, as a population, need to deal with that. The current appoletic reaction to more infections is irrational against that reality.
I often value your commentary Ullr, even if I don’t agree. I am going to continue to wear a mask. And urge others to do the same.. to help protect the vulnerable. Masks alone aren’t 100% effective. Washing hands, not touching your face.. and social distancing are equally important.
The growing scientific evidence for masks to fight Covid-19, explained
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjLpb_E6c_qAhW5ITQIHZ4tAUEQxfQBMBF6BAgVEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vox.com%2Ffuture-perfect%2F21299527%2Fmasks-coronavirus-covid-19-studies-research-evidence&usg=AOvVaw1a0wLkhKcO6eOSat9N8yRi
On a side note, does anyone remember that time long ago, also known as last year. When California was upset with plastic straws and single serving anything? Now it’s mandatory. Last year they fined you ten cents for a plastic grocery bag, now Ca just bought or is trying to buy 1 billion dollars of single use masks from China.
Sometimes you just have to savor the irony because that’s all there is. You’d think some effort would be spent in at least token acknowledgement of last year’s mandates though.
Just read that ‘denial’ is the first ‘stage’ of grief. Pretending something ain’t happening is not a real world solution. Meanwhile, Huston’s ordering up refrigerator trucks to handle the overflow of dead folks. Pretty sure it’s not doctored video!
Do you really mean to imply that the whole world can make the pandemic disappear if they just wear masks? That is denial too. Indonesia for examples a mandatory mask order in early April and their rate of infection has climbed steady at the same rate. To effectively reduce rates of infection a whole series of things need to be done, among which mask wearing is far down the list.
Do seatbelts completely eradicate traffic fatalities. How about airbags. Are traffic laws “ the Just government telling you what to do? I mean they don’t eradicate ALL the accidents. Maybe we just shouldn’t have any traffic laws . They certainly aren’t 100 percent effective.
Yeah, like I said. A whole bunch of things need to be done. Sheesh.
🕯🌳Don’t forget Eureka has two sitting just south of town getting ready for the winter season. 👁👁
Wow wee Willie you’re right on Some of your posts seemed a little hair ball but not today.
I completely agree that ullr is way off today
Bullish!! Sweden didn’t wear masks and they’re doing fine and they didn’t take kids out of school either where do you get your information
In my opinion, Ullr is correct. There is no “denial” (damn that’s a lazy argument Jim) to his point of view. There is PLENTY of scientific fact to support him. The better question is why are you all so stubbornly afraid to hear these facts. The second wave will be self-induced cases of pleurisy and fungal infections.
If you spend all you’re time digging you can come up with something, anything, that backs your opinion, no matter how ridiculous.
I see stores with mask policy but don’t say anything to people in the store with no mask. I assume it’s because they don’t want to have some anti-mask nutcase going crazy and making a scene.
Or they need all the business they can get and know they can expect no help from the government in gaining compliance. Why should anyone expect a unified compliance when they spend their time calling others names with such contempt? Creating division has been a tactic for years. Now live (or not) with it.
Seriously, reread your comment and ask yourself why I should take it like it’s factual gold.
So ” name calling ” is an excuse for non compliance?
Pfffffft
thank you for your rational thoughts.
You are obviously not a student of freedom and liberties and justice, and the historical context in which free men and women have had to throw tyrants and boot lickers off the backs of good , honest, and freedom minded people.
Some people want Sex, money, and power, and you can have all you want if you are positioned well, and don’t mind sacrificing the lives and well being of everyday hardworking people.
The people who are following orders, are climbing the pyramid scheme of top down control.
There’s been a scientific plan to phase humans out, because they have a nasty habit of resisting instructions and laws and regulations and codes that make it difficult to create equanimity In the domicile.
Masks are 0 risk/ extremely high reward. [edit]
February 29th? That was eons ago. There are more than enough masks for public use now, the N95 model may still be hard to obtain. It IS “settled science” except among conspiracy addicts and the not-too-smart among us.
Ulr rover,
thanks.
It WAS settled long ago, during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. People wore masks. It helped.
It helped? Were u therr? Looksnlike a lot of people died.
The problem at a basic, scientific level is that we can’t ask enough people to wear a mask (or not) and then intentionally expose them to various mechanisms of viral transmission and see who gets sick and who doesn’t in a randomized controlled setting to get effective statistics for each type of viral infection. So we resort to surrogates like the studies cited. Some are case studies, with all the shortcomings those have, while others attempt to measure other indices that suggest whether they work or not.
If the virus is largely transmitted through droplets emitted through coughing, sneezing, talking, etc. then mechanistic studies of cloth masks suggest they are effective in reducing the distance the droplets travel. If instead the transmission is primarily through persistent micro-aerosols with viral particles, then the masks will likely have only limited effectiveness to the point where it isn’t statistically significant.
Masks can reduce the inhalation of particles but cloth is pretty limited in that respect, ~10-20% according to the studies I saw as compared to the N95 which reduce small particle aerosols by 95%. The problem with masks is that if you constantly touch contaminated surfaces and then constantly adjust your mask you can increase your exposure by bringing viral particles to your face repeatedly. That was the case in one of the studies cited above.
So to summarize, the actual hard science about masks is still fairly limited but the case studies combined with the mechanistic studies suggest they can be largely effective at reducing aerosol transmission. It’s the best we have to go on at the moment though I don’t doubt there will be other studies coming out of the current event in the coming months and years.
Science, by nature, is not settled.
Stop begrudging everything you don’t understand.
Ullr, By April, Surgeon General Jerome Adams was sharing ways to create your own mask. Surgeon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPx1yqvJgf4 He changed his mind.
Yep, he got on board with the agenda.
Follow the money, surgeon general is in big pharmaceutical’s pockets…shet, who isn’t?
Nowhere have I stated that people “should” or people “should not” wear masks. I’m offering information for critical assessment because I don’t think the general population should be treated as if we are all toddlers. People, given the best information available, will act in their best interest. A certain percentage of people, being told what to do by faceless bureacracies, are going to tell ’em to fuck off. The approach by our administrative overlords is going to insure that dictates are ignored.
Question authority.
Thank you, Kym!
This is an interesting study. Never mind the hairdressers went to work sick.. that’s not cool. But it’s a good example of how masks are actually effective. The thing that irks me is how the CDC and others discredit masks from the beginning. Obviously masks cut transmission, for them take such statements about not having masks, simply because of supply issues, endangered people. I don’t necessarily agree with mandatory masking. I know I hate mine. But wear one anyways..
There is no convincing the anti-mask people. They are the reason this thing is getting worse. If everyone wore masks for a month or two this thing would be over. Wow, even here, the idiots are everywhere…
And this doesn’t make ANY of you wonder what’s going on? You are being conned by fear. And eventually you’ll find out the CDC was part of the con.
I do not have a political interest in this EXCEPT for an interest in the long running suppression of real cures in medicine. I have witnessed so much censorship during this CV19 event, and so much that speaks to its planning, that I must remain curious and ask why.
Y’all can just get in the front of the line for whatever vaccine is pushed, and maybe then you’ll feel ‘safe’. Altho I doubt it. By then the msm will have created a new boogie man for you.
Critter,
appreciate the info., nice post.
But to stop a slide over the end of a cliff, you need to apply the brakes BEFORE going over the edge. I think that covid-19 has been hyped too. But that does not mean it’s a conspiracy or not dangerous. It can be a serious illness and needs a measured response.
Yep. Russia coup, Ukraine coup, Covid coup. Get ready for Financial Catastrophe coup this fall…fucking ridiculous control freaks…you can’t control an act of God.
Every Republican knows in his heart that this flu was developed to take down Trump. Poor Trump.
My Question is? if the masks work why are we cleaning out the jails. if they don’t work why do we have to use them. Wake up people.
Correct Critter, numbers don’t lie. Just shows you the POWER the media has . The funniest part is that 2018 flu season wasn’t on anyones radar at all, but we survived, without masking .
Then there is Trump science. Last month in a WSJ interview he said people were wearing masks to spite him.
Give a link. Because anti Trumpets are themselves so irrational that hours and hours can be wasted trying to research their claims. 90% of them are misrepresentations. Many are accurate but irrelevant. A very few are accurate and relevant but since they’re so constantly at it, it would take up 36 hours per day to research them.
WSJ, did you read the comment?
Anti Trumpers are irrational?
What do you call the President* declaring that the more you test the more cases you have . No testing, no cases in other words. He went on about it in his Rose Garden rally, I mean briefing.
This heat wave in Sohum is a drag. If there were less thermometers to read it wouldn’t exist and I could cool down.
I find it rather amusing that the anti-mask Governor of Oklahoma has announced that he is “pretty shocked” to have just tested positive for COVID-19.
I hope his loved ones will be okay.
They’ll be fine. It’s all over the place, mostly ASYMPTOMATIC, you probably have it too….
I don’ have it. Have been tested. He said he does feel “achy”.
But just in case I did have it, I also wear a mask when I am not at home. It is the least I can do. The keening wail from antimaskers also amuses me. Big tough guys until they are asked/required to do this one thing.
LOL
Really putting some “ hack” in being a political hack..
I find ot interesting all the language used in regards to the pandemic is violent and war related.. We must b a brainwashed culture. War hungry amd violent.
Why then does the CDC also claim randomized controlled trials showed no effectiveness?
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article
“Although mechanistic studies support the potential effect of hand hygiene or face masks, evidence from 14 randomized controlled trials of these measures did not support a substantial effect on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza. We similarly found limited evidence on the effectiveness of improved hygiene and environmental cleaning. We identified several major knowledge gaps requiring further research, most fundamentally an improved characterization of the modes of person-to-person transmission.
“In our systematic review, we identified 10 RCTs that reported estimates of the effectiveness of face masks in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections in the community from literature published during 1946–July 27, 2018. In pooled analysis, we found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks”
If they are claiming that all those studies are no longer valid but the new ones are why should we put any trust in them?
Watxh out youre gonna get called a trumper!!
“We identified several major knowledge gaps requiring further research, most fundamentally an improved characterization of the modes of person-to-person transmission.”
This is the crux of the study. Basically that we didn’t have a good enough set of trials nor a good enough understanding of specific viral transmission pathways to be definitive about the effectiveness of masks in every case. However, based on the best current understanding of how this virus is transmitted, the mechanistic studies suggest masking will be effective in reducing viral transmission.
Don’t become a stat ,wear a mask.
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A pediatric nurse practitioner in the Boise area died Monday morning from complications of COVID-19.
Samantha Hickey, 45, of Caldwell, leaves behind a husband and four children, according to St. Luke’s Health System. She did not have any known underlying health conditions, according to a press release sent Monday evening.
Read more here: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/coronavirus/article244203917.html#storylink=cpy
Pretty soon all you HumCo knuckleheads can start fussing about how the gubbermint is trying to kill you with a vaccine…
Wear a mask or don’t, just don’t go out in public without it in the polite world… (outside Humboldt Co)
https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/14/moderna-covid19-vaccine-first-data-show-spurs-immune-response/
In my opinion, this shit is not going to just go away, so the sooner you are exposed or immunized, the sooner we can get on with our lives. I’m old so I got to be careful, but I survived this long, and I’m taking the vaccine ASAP. I wear a mask cause my wife makes me, not because the government says to. I’m enjoying my PUI windfall too!
Cool, no worries about leaving our kids with an unpayable mountain of debt then huh? Enjoy spending our kids future. Cheers!
Goodness, no…
My kids make MUCH more money than I ever did! Don’t yours?
Money is phony, a dream, and they can always print more!
It’s America! If you don’t have enough money, make more!
Yeah. Worked out great for Weimar Republic huh? We are in the early stages of Americans MMT experiment, and it has never worked for any other country in history, and it won’t work for us.
Now I just don’t know WTF you are talking about, and don’t care enough to look it up! Have a swell day!
Yes! You too. Enjoy your ignorant bliss!
MMT = Modern Monetary Theory.
🕯🌳There are asked to do one thing and one thing only and want they whine like little children. Now there shutting down the state again because of a bunch of grown ass children. We need the economy, I can agree with that and all you had to do was one thing but you can’t even do that for two weeks. Stupid is as stupid does.🖖🇺🇸
Because Willie, if they wear a mask they are Sheeple, a fate worse than getting Covid 19.
How do you know people not wearing masks cause the “spike?”
It’s been months since I’ve seen anyone not wearing a mask.
Maybe because all businesses require it and most people respect
the businesses they go to.
At the same time the left with their kill grandma rant gets old very quickly.
We all have one thing in common we care about our family and friends.
The constant nagging about masks is doing it’s job of dividing people and causing more stress for political reasons.
WHO,CDC,NIH etc. have studied viruses for decades, I expected them to actually have a plan not a constant stream of errors.
I think they have forfeited all trust.
Local info. follows what ever the CDC etc. tell them to say.
Gavin should also know we are not orange county! or SF.
and react accordingly.
Since I watch what goes on I bought 100 masks before everyone ran out of them in January while Nancy was pushing trips to Chinatown..
Bullshit
It never ceases to amaze me how many stupid Humboldt county science deniers are still alive !
Amazing isn’t it?
All these “science deniers” should have been killed by this incredibly dangerous virus months ago.
I wonder why they aren’t dead yet.
What could explain this?
Now that is one heck of a woke stock photo
I’m still just waiting to die of climate change. My 3rd grade teacher told me it would happen within 10 years. That was, well almost 35 years ago.
Right. The climate change propaganda from the 80’s is interesting and disturbing history, bullshit fear tactic history, that never came to pass. They have been lying for a very long time.
https://www.psypost.org/2020/06/psychopathic-traits-linked-to-non-compliance-with-social-distancing-guidelines-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-56980?fbclid=IwAR0WVrCQfYN0kIfUXErWPJtKW6NJlbFsVTkPiFnEXSKFe6rzreVt45wWkLk
Plague Doctors used Beaked Masks during the Black Plague, wonder how that worked for them…
Let’s talk more about climate change.
Everybody’s forgotten about it, what with the bi-racial brutality, the government flu, the civil war foreplay, Spare me the details..
I just need more lectures from Greta of Europe about the follies of consumer society !
climate change seems almost charming in comparison to the blood letting thats pitchin’ tents across the globe.
I miss the days of white supremacy🤤
climate change seemed important back then, and I never doubted Costco to be a sure source for large plastic jars filled with peanut butter.
Have people forgotten that water only flows to cities because of elaborate distribution systems tended by seemingly faceless municipal workers?
if they walk off the job and say ‘F all you all’ entitled oppressed moochers, then that’s when the revolution really heats up, so bring it on dorky action figure radicals!
Just try to do it better than it’s done now, I dare you!
And on side note,
I haven’t left the couch since the pandemonium broke out, I just lay here, opining about current events, and speculating as to which inconvenience will break the camels back.
Is hard to say, because my shades are drawn and RHBB is my only connection to my former celebrity life.
Most likely, the one thing that can surely bring America back from the brink is a collaboration album between Whitney Houston and Huey Lewis,
Or just play their albums simultaneously to achieve similar affects..
Like beer and weed, or weed and a sweet woman, or beer and a fun guy, or any of the 3 in any order
https://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2020/6/29/on-behalf-of-environmentalists-i-apologize-for-the-climate-scare
On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare
“On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. It’s just not the end of the world. It’s not even our most serious environmental problem.
I may seem like a strange person to be saying all of this. I have been a climate activist for 20 years and an environmentalist for 30.
But as an energy expert asked by Congress to provide objective expert testimony, and invited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to serve as Expert Reviewer of its next Assessment Report, I feel an obligation to apologize for how badly we environmentalists have misled the public.”