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Hopefully the states' governors are aware of this. If it picks up the majority of positive cases, and people can be trusted to test themselves and react accordingly (which, I have to say, seems like a pretty tall order), it could be a game changer
Many links have been provided
My point was that you changed from people down playing "non peer reviewed studies" to the lack of "clinical trials" about masks....and that this was no doubt intentional, because while there might not be any "clinical trials" regarding masks, there are lots of peer reviewed studies about the effectiveness of slowing the transmission via wearing a face covering.
and some other posters are clamoring to discredit it because it's not "peer reviewed", or whatever. There is not a whole lot of "peer reviewed" COVID-19 stuff out there.
Do you know there is not ONE SINGLE clinical trial that has been performed to indicate that masks for the general public do any good?
~Leonard
Study of covid 19 spread after states mandate face mask use in public (does not discern between surgical or N95 masks vs. cloth masks):
There is a significant decline in daily COVID-19 growth rate after mandating facial covers in public, with the effect increasing over time after signing the order. Specifically, the daily case rate declines by 0.9, 1.1, 1.4, 1.7, and 2.0 percentage-points within 1–5, 6–10, 11–15, and 16–20, and 21+ days after signing, respectively. All of these declines are statistically significant (p<0.05, or less). In contrast, the pre-trends in COVID-19 case growth rates are small and statistically insignificant.
We also project the number of averted COVID-19 cases with the mandates for face mask use in public by comparing actual cumulative daily cases to daily cases predicted by the model if none of the states had enacted the public face cover mandate at the time they did (see details in appendix B).19 The main model estimates suggest that as many as 230,000–450,000 cases may have been averted due to these mandates by May 22. Estimates of averted cases should be viewed cautiously and only as general approximations.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818
Interesting that you changed from "peer reviewed" to "clinical trial", since there are peer reviewed studies a-plenty showing the effectiveness of wearing masks to slow the transmission of covid-19
That electric Mumford and Sons album was shit.
Give a listen to Billy Strings if you havent already
The country as a whole, no, since a good chunk of the states are handling this in a somewhat responsible manner. Arizona's deaths having been trending upwards since late June, same for Florida, same for Texas....what do they have in common? Reopening too wide too soon
New study claims that cholesterol lowering drug, Fenofibrate (Tricor) could downgrade the threat to that of a common cold.
Viruses are parasites that lack the ability to replicate on their own, so they take control of our cells to help accomplish that task. "By understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 controls our metabolism, we can wrestle back control from the virus and deprive it from the very resources it needs to survive," Nahmias explained.
With this information in hand, Nahmias and tenOever began to screen FDA-approved medications that interfere with the virus' ability to reproduce. In lab studies, the cholesterol-lowering drug Fenofibrate (Tricor) showed extremely promising results. By allowing lung cells to burn more fat, fenofibrate breaks the virus' grip on these cells, and prevents SARS CoV-2's ability to reproduce. In fact, within only five days of treatment, the virus almost completely disappeared.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-cholesterol-lowering-meds-potenti...
He maybe already has, I quit growing vertically in 8th grade
Too bad we're not allowed off. No one wants our shit
As a resident of a tourist hotspot, I feel your pain
Well, I guess Fuente and Co. are here at least until 2023
s/
So, in one of the previous threads, I saw someone claim that although cases were spiking, deaths weren't, so that was a good thing (ignoring the fact that deaths are lagging by a couple weeks from infection, i.e. you don't just test positive and keel over, if you end up with a severe case, you suffer for weeks before you die)....
well...ask Texas, Florida and Arizona how that is working out for them now.
My friend said to me "What rhymes with orange"
I said, "no it doesn't."
Task Force doc shows 18 states in "hot zone" should go back to Phase 1 Re-opening and mandate masks
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/white-house-t...
The following states should consider scaling back reopening plans, according to CPI:
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Nevada
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
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# | Rumors: Bombshell story about to drop on allegations against Dan Snyder Maybe he has been betting against his own team and paying the refs to make sure he wins.
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OR....
Maybe Snyder has a sweetheart deal to move the team to Miami. But to break the lease with the city of Washington, ticket sales have to plummet. So Snyder hires the most incompetent players available and coaches available.....but in a surprise twist his villainous tactics accidentally foster a can-do team spirit, turning the Washington TBD's into potential winners.
lol, football in 2020
Dude that did my test said "If I don't make ya cry, I'm not doing it right!" lol
It depends, if he transferred to VT he would have to sit a year, if he transferred to one of the other 129 fbs teams, he would be immediately eligible.
Some good news (albeit, still very early)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/health/cornavirus-vaccine-moderna.html
The vaccine, developed by government scientists and Moderna, a biotech company, appeared safe and provoked an immune response in 45 people in a study.
The results are from an early Phase 1 study that was designed to test low, medium and high doses of the vaccine and to gauge their safety and ability to create immunity to the virus. The participants were 45 healthy adults, ages 18 to 55, who received two vaccinations 28 days apart.
After the second shot, all of the participants developed so-called neutralizing antibodies, which can inactivate the virus in lab tests. The levels of those antibodies were similar to those in the upper range in patients who had recovered from coronavirus infections. The vaccine also produced a favorable response involving T-cells, another part of the immune system.
July 27, they will begin Phase 3 tests, involving 30,000 people.
"If we could get everybody to wear a mask right now, I think in four, six, eight weeks we could bring this epidemic under control."
-Robert Redfield, Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention Director
https://www.axios.com/cdc-director-masking-coronavirus-dba00f19-4167-43a...
There's nothing political about it. There are no mixed messages. This is from the administration itself. Wear a mask.
Team
virtuescience vs Team you're-not-the-boss-of-me.
Fixed it for you
Right, but this is only helpful (nationally) if it is used on a wide scale. You doing you is good and all, but it's going to take action from the governors to implement anything statewide.