Ray From Cleveland
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- Aug 16, 2015
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I don’t disagree with anything you said and commend you for acting responsibly. I can’t believe the idiots and the strength of the movement that is pushing back against acting the way that you just said you act. When you say some people think masks don’t work and some people think the vaccine is dangerous, that is largely because of the massive misinformation campaign being pushed around that narrative. It completely goes against the other agenda of those same people which is to open the economy. Act safely, reduce the spread of this virus and the open up, that’s how it works. Don’t call for a free for all which would spread the virus more and then expect for the country to reopen. Those concepts don’t work together
The truth of the matter is right leaning states that were lax on masks and such had the same results, and in some cases better results than states that did mandate them. There really is no definitive science on this. What we read are merely expert opinions and we try to follow those because they are more educated on the subject than we are. But like any group of experts, you will have different opinions, so it's all a matter of who's opinion sounds more convincing.
As for the economy, the top ten lowest unemployment states are Republican led while the top ten highest unemployment states are Democrat led.
Covid is like global warming. You have scientists that say it's the end of our civilization, and other scientists that say it's a bunch of BS. Maybe AOC thinks we only have about six years to go before our end, but I don't believe it for one second, and neither does DumBama which is why he bought a mansion on the ocean.
Even after this is all behind us, we will still be studying what we did, what we didn't do, and what we should have done for many years to come. First don't wear masks, then wear masks. Take precaution to clean all surfaces everywhere to stop Covid, then you can't get covid from surfaces--only airborne. Masks will help prevent you from getting Covid, then no, it won't protect you from getting it, it will only prevent you from spreading it to others if you do have it.
I laugh about this because it takes me back to the AIDS days. I was repairing and delivering medical equipment at the time. When we went to pickup equipment from an AIDS patient, they had us dress up in these space suits. They gave us commercial grade disinfectant to spray ourselves down with when we got back to the van. The space suits were discarded in a thick plastic bag. I had to quarantine all the equipment for seven days in a roped off area. I couldn't check it, clean it or repair anything for a week.