03-28-2020, 09:23 PM | #391 | |
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And a commenter tells us why cloth masks like bandanas don't really work, and it's immediately understandable:
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03-28-2020, 11:18 PM | #392 |
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That's some Olympic grade stupidity.
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03-28-2020, 11:21 PM | #393 |
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Why should I believe Slate Star Codex over a dozen other pieces I've read?
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03-28-2020, 11:30 PM | #394 |
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Because he summarizes the actual published science and I vouched for him.
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03-28-2020, 11:35 PM | #395 | |
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My masks are reusable and have replaceable filters. It costs a little more; but, to me, I'm worth it. Go figure.
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03-28-2020, 11:57 PM | #396 |
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unless urn suppliers are cashing in and doing family deals..... one's gone, you're all doomed, think ahead....
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03-29-2020, 06:55 AM | #398 | |
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I'll answer my own question, yes it does reduce transmission from wearer to others. He agrees.
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03-29-2020, 09:22 AM | #399 |
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Simple cloth masks will also help prevent exposing others to the scourge of civilized peoples, halitosis.
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03-29-2020, 09:26 AM | #400 |
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hmmm... maybe I'll brush my teeth again.
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03-29-2020, 09:36 AM | #401 |
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My theory is that in the US this is hitting the rich people first. Probably due to the fact that only the well-off do trips to China and northern Italy.
In Montgomery County PA where I live they have a map of cases and one township currently has more than double the numbers of cases than any other township. It's Lower Merion township, where all the rich folks are! Delaware County has a similar map and it's Radnor and Haverford where all the rich folks are... but then, Upper Darby where there are no rich folks at all, so it broke the streak. Chester County, it's Tredyffrin and Easttown right down the main line from Montgomery's Lower Merion. In all counties, the rich people who live out in the sticks seem protected. |
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Some of the first counties that were ordered shutdown include Wayne and Pike counties in NE Pennsylvania and Leigh county. These counties also have plenty of rich people who commute daily to NYC on Interstates 78 and 80 - completely across NJ. Counties in New Jersey also hard hit are those adjacent to NYC. |
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03-29-2020, 09:59 AM | #403 |
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Business travelers tend to be richer than others. Conventions, client meetings, giving talks, trying to woo new clients. All of that is consistent with covid exposure.
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03-29-2020, 10:22 AM | #404 | |
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Lower Merion population: 59,000. lower-upper class to upper-upper class. Cases: 71 2 miles away, Norristown population: 35,000. lower-lower class to lower-middle class. Cases: 4 Just saying, it's an interesting phenomenon |
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03-29-2020, 10:41 AM | #405 | |
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I was rather amazed how many in Lower Merion and other rich towns will even drive to Trenton to take a train into NYC. Blue collar workers in Norristown would not do that kind of commuting. I was amazed, even in the 1970s, how many people commuted daily from PA across NJ to NYC and Newark. Those are counties that have higher Covid-19 cases. Blue collar workers cannot afford such commutes. Was rather surprised that Montgomery County (not Philadelphia County) was Pennsylvania's first hot spot. And that was (as your map shows) mostly in the heavily populated eastern towns (Upper Providence being the exception). |
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