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Probably not. I think there'd be stronger, more obvious results from mask wearing if that were the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Political Hack
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...-herd-immunity
Not arguing against masks. Just saying it's probably not true that we could just stop this with any realistic group behavior.
More evidence that it's not a moral failing to stop the spread:Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnson85
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/b...ronavirus.html
If you look at the graph showing the severity of the recessions the countries are facing, there doesn't appear to be much of a relationship to deaths in any of the countries.
Who called it a hoax?Quote:
Originally Posted by Political Hack
Hawaii with the obvious advantage of being an island, has had a mask ordinance since April and a 14-day quarantine. Still...
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POTUS "Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that right? Coronavirus, they’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, “How’s President Trump doing?” They go, “Oh, not good, not good.” They have no clue. They don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa. They can’t even count. No, they can’t. They can’t count their votes.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
One of my people came up to me and said, “Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.” That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything. They tried it over and over. They’d been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning. They lost. It’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax."
The anti-maskers make no sense to me. Why take away a mitigation technique? Why diminish it? Does it not help? Is it not scientifically proven to help?
I understand it's not the only variable, but it cuts transmission 6 fold. It's asinine to argue against wearing a mask just because it's not a 100% effective tool. It's only 97% effective.
Between remdesiver, masks, & social distancing we could stop the virus in its tracks and delay until we have viable vaccineS (plural) this coming spring. To diminish mitigation techniques between now and then is nonsensical. It's become the most ridiculous political argument since "climate change isn't real." Science is stupid***
Oh yeah I agree. Not turning anyone in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnson85
The problem is that people aren't social distancing even if they have masks. Here is the front page of the Rankin County News: The town of Puckett decided to hold their board meeting outside. Great idea except they are sitting less than 1ft from each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Political Hack
https://1179.newstogo.us/editionview...9b8a&Section=0
Not only that but according to the recent Duke study, some of the masks people are choosing to wear, such as the neck gaiters, are basically useless. People have to do it all, social distancing, wear a mask and wash their hands. Unfortunately too many think that only wearing a mask is the cure all for this.
Y?all help me with this.
My daughter, an 11th grader at a public school got sent home yesterday because she had a class wit a kid who tested positive. She and 9 other kids were called to the office to be sent home. Before they were allowed to leave the administration made all 9 of them stand in a JANITORS closet where they were literally standing shoulder to shoulder. WTF?!!! Common sense should have told somebody to let the kids go stand in the parking lot or the sidewalk outside of the office. Nope!!! Shove em all in a small non ventilated room where they are actually in physical contact. Dumb as hell!!!!!
She does her social distancing and wears her mask. Evidently mask don?t work. Why wear them if you are going to get quarantined anyway.
Common sense has been thrown out the window. This was as dumb a thing as I?ve seen done in a while.
I?m all for people who are old, sick or just plain scared to stay home. I have 0 problem with people opting out of the real world if that?s what they want to do, but damn, common sense is a lost art. I believe most part of the concerns over Covid are liabilities and being sued. I feel like I?d have a much stronger suit since she was shove in a very small room with 9 other kids than anyone on a football filed or in a normal classroom situation. Just stupid.
These schools are basically being thrown to the wolves and told to "figure it out." I have a relative that teaches, and she said it's a total sh*tshow, and people are just making it up as they go along. Putting kids in a janitors closet is insane. One thing you have to remember is that if teachers get sick, who will teach the kids? There are only so many teachers to go around, and we already have teaching shortages. The entire infrastructure of the school system is made up of adults- many are vulnerable and have risk factors. Then just the question of what do you do if you have teachers out sick?
Duh, blame it on the media or the current administration (as if a different administration would?ve had it all figured out). Pick your poison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg2003
Heads should roll for shoving the kids in a closet no doubt though. But they won?t.
Population immunity is slowing down the pandemic in parts of the US
https://www.technologyreview.com/202...-parts-us/amp/
I’m going to address it with admin as soon as my BP comes back down. That’s as stupid as it gets. Our school sits on at least 10 acres of ground. Plenty of room for social distancing. Heck my daughter had to walk past the football field, across a large parking lot and down a sidewalk that is 300 or more yards long. Why not go stand in the parking lot? I know most of the teachers and admin personally. They are intelligent people. This virus has smart people acting like idiots. Common sense would have gone a long way here.
A person is smart. People are dumb. That's why in times of crisis it's important to have a good leader. We don't. There needs to be a change at the top to help keep these smart and talented people from being so stupid. That's why we need to fire Moorhead.
Funny how so many on the board built specifically for sports understand this for football / sports and can't understand it for our country.
MS cases have plummeted again this week. We are now averaging 730 cases per day. That's less than 9 per county per day. We were averaging 1381 per day in late July.
Really the whole south (minus Georgia) is seeing a nice decline in cases.
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Originally Posted by msstate7
Students making someone mad...
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Did people really expect college students to just stay in their dorms and apartments all the time? Not happening.
Last Sunday, Mississippi reported 527 new cases. Today, Mississippi reported 381 cases. Every day this week was less than the same day last week.
Cases have dropped 13 of the last 14 days as compared to that same day the previous week. We are now averaging about 700 new cases per day. That's between 8 and 9 new cases per county per day.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Football is happening boys.. or it looks to be for now.. So i'm still around and this board won't go to sh!t. Once again. I just deleted 36 posts because all you jack@sses wanna do is talk politics..
You wanna do that. go here. https://sippolitics.com/
It's the normal subjects too. Last warning. Keep talking politics and not just reporting news about Covid.. and you can have a break until we actually kick off football... whenever that is.
Now, back to discussion of the worst pandemic , that is far from being over, in all of our lives if not american history.
MS new daily cases are half of what they were 3 weeks ago. Should be the top story in the state. Celebrate! Even with a back to school bump I think we stay below where we were end of July.
What if ?Herd Immunity? Is Closer Than Scientists Thought?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/h....co/C1eArt1U7D
It's amazing to me that the sipppolitics site is basically dead because no one posts there, but people will post about politics here.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScoobaDawg
MS reported 276 cases today. That's the lowest since July 5th. Is something going on with our testing?
100 years from now the history of this pandemic will reflect the politics of that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScoobaDawg
Alabama reported 571 today, which is lowest since June 28th.
100% correct hereQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
Looking at worldometer stats, just trying to get an idea of which states seem to be handling COVID well, and a few states have above average cases per million but below the median number of deaths per million (311).
Tennessee is at 19,579 per million cases (11th highest), but only 200 deaths per million, so significantly below the median.
Arkansas is at 17,643 per million cases (16th highest state, or 15th highest if you exclude DC) and only 199 deaths per million.
Those are the only two states with above the average cases per million (16,837) and below the median number of deaths per million (311) so they're either doing more comprehensive testing, or doing better at treatment, or maybe both.
Maryland, Illinois, Connecticut, and Michigan are all states that look bad, with more than 600 deaths per million but less than the average number of cases per million, and Michigan is right behind them with 590 deaths per million.
But Whitmer is the best thing this side of cuomo in covid response...Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnson85
ETA... BTW, worldometers gives you tests per million in the 10th column.
Please let it die and go away.
Think the key will be 4 weeks from now what the numbers look like now that college kids have settled back in and aren't gonna give a damn about social distancing.
Most will never know they've had it. They aren't getting tested unless they're sick.Quote:
Originally Posted by dantheman4248
Here they aren't. Unfortunately, we are still having a good many positives based on early results. And worse is places like unc tested everyone who moved in on campus and has now shut down classes on campus for undergrads. That's doesn't help our chances of football. 135 news cases and they shut it down. Which is crazy to me. But whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Well, that is ~.45% of their on Chapel Hill students. Not sure what percent it is of students living on campus. But the important thing is that students can spend more time socializing now that their classes are online.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
Once again, it's not really about them. As you point out most of them , not all, will do fine. It's about who they spread it to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
795 cases in Mississippi today on a Tuesday. Great report.
And who they spread it to outside of the school population doesn't effect football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg