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I suspect that we will see CA got it wrong again with respect to what TX and others are doing.

By the way...where is the science on double masking? Why stop at 2? I personally prefer 6. That way I can also cover the ears. Somewhere someone said the covid likes to travel through the ear canal which means not only can you get covid that way, but likely will go deaf if it happens.

By the way...this belongs in the bad news thread. It is bad news that people like this get voted into office.

 
Some of us said at the time (way back in May) that the lockdowns should be preserved for the severe times (like winter 2020) and not used in the happy times such as the summer when cases were low. But SoCal was having a moderate summer bump (due in part to what was happening with Mexico and the border) that in comparison to the winter looks tiny. Given the new baselines, it's also pretty clear that California tiers were just way to sensitive.

Happy times such as the summer --

June 20 - about 180,000 new cases a week
July 21 - about 480,000 new cases a week (the peak of that wave)
September 20 - about 360,00 new cases a week (near the trough before the big wave)
 
If two are better than one, wouldn't three or four work even better? I mean we've gone from zero to two. Based on the trend common sense would tell you as many as can get on would be best.
Masks were common place in Asia before this and will be after.
 
I suspect that we will see CA got it wrong again with respect to what TX and others are doing.

By the way...where is the science on double masking? Why stop at 2? I personally prefer 6. That way I can also cover the ears. Somewhere someone said the covid likes to travel through the ear canal which means not only can you get covid that way, but likely will go deaf if it happens.

By the way...this belongs in the bad news thread. It is bad news that people like this get voted into office.

Remember when razors had one blade?
 
I suspect that we will see CA got it wrong again with respect to what TX and others are doing.

By the way...where is the science on double masking? Why stop at 2? I personally prefer 6. That way I can also cover the ears. Somewhere someone said the covid likes to travel through the ear canal which means not only can you get covid that way, but likely will go deaf if it happens.

By the way...this belongs in the bad news thread. It is bad news that people like this get voted into office.


if we had somehow gotten to this point without the use of gasoline-powered transportation, there is no way a gasoline industry would be permitted.
 
In Japan though they wear them when they go out sick or to protect against allergies. They don’t wear them asymptomatically to prevent others from getting sick
They do now. So do most people in the US. It works.

We are down to maybe 1/3 of the country that insists on their "right" to spread disease.

The majority of the country is with the program.
 
They do now. So do most people in the US. It works.

We are down to maybe 1/3 of the country that insists on their "right" to spread disease.

The majority of the country is with the program.
And there you go again. Look around. All the states experienced the latest rise starting about the same time. Strict states, less strict and not very strict.

If masks really worked the data would show it.
 
And there you go again. Look around. All the states experienced the latest rise starting about the same time. Strict states, less strict and not very strict.

If masks really worked the data would show it.
The data does show it. It's in multiple peer reviewed papers. You just don't have the statical chops to review the data.
 
How does the Mexico border explain nationwide case spikes in June-August?

That spike was caused by a combination of protests and mask-free reopening.

If you'll recall, this was the spike that was driven by the southern states from Florida-California, excluding New Mexico. Also LA County had in place masks starting in April and never relaxed it, so mask-free reopening is bunk because we still got the summer bump.
 
If you'll recall, this was the spike that was driven by the southern states from Florida-California, excluding New Mexico. Also LA County had in place masks starting in April and never relaxed it, so mask-free reopening is bunk because we still got the summer bump.
It appears that there is a correlation between masking and variants, or, maybe it is masking policy and variants ;)
 
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