They also can't play sports if they stay home.
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MS is also last (or near the bottom) in population health which is a contributing factor to a successful outcome if you contract the virus.
I'm not "scared" of the virus, simply providing discussion. I, currently, have kids in elementary schools - with a spouse that is a teacher. Am I scared for them, not necessarily - but we do ensure they understand the impact of wearing a mask and taking precautions.
I think a lot of low-income, rural areas (and people) struggle with the same issue and it isn't isolated to just MS.
I think the virus rates fall along socioeconomic lines more than I do racial lines. There is a discussion that the virus impacts African-American and Latino communities at a greater rate, but I wonder if that is due to economic status. I understand the point about protests and demonstrations that didn't follow social distancing and/or any type of precautions, but when you see the virus spread through the Delta (and I understand Johnson's point about a/c) like it did - I do have compassion for those parent(s) that have what seems like the deck stacked against them.
If the harder hit areas like Palm Beach, Miami, etc. stopped testing due to the storm - it would impact positivity rate.
I was simply pointing out that all things weren't equal because testing sites had closed. Don't you think that would impact all the numbers outside of mortality?
Nothing drives mutation more than treatments. Especially one you would prescribe and people take a couple doses and stop after they feel better. A potential goal of vaccine would be complete eradication and we don't know enough about this virus yet to know if that's possible or if it will become endemic. Also, I wouldn't hold your breath on an overwhelmingly effective treatment for cold-causing viruses because so far none exist. Its possible they find one that works well for COVID-19 with more research, but its not going to cheap and convenient.
I know you'll all be excited, here's a good news post:
Starting to see shifts from several epidemiologists/modelers on Twitter about "effective herd immunity" -- since the effective r0 is around 1 in most places, effective herd immunity is much lower.
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This link is also really good if you're interested in the longer form: http://covid19-projections.com/estim...ue-infections/
With our high posi test rate, let's say we're at the upper side of the CDC's estimate of real cases, 7-10x documented number. This would put our cases at 455k - 650k, which is .15-.22 of our population. If we do start hitting herd immunity walls soon, this summer surge could've been a relatively good thing since we got it out the way somewhat before flu season. Of course, we may just keep piling up cases too, but fingers crossed...
Just as a side note, cases in Texas started falling again after the governor issued a mostly statewide mask mandate, so that's positive news regarding being able to keep the virus under control until a vaccine is released. People still aren't going to restaurants, barbershops, and other indoor retail businesses in the bigger cities though, so those businesses are really hurting right now.
No such mask orders in Sweden. I'm not a mask hater... I wear one myself in indoor public places. I don't think they're an automatic trump card vs corona though... Hawaii and Japan are big mask proponents, and both are seeing a big increase in cases. Again though, I do think we should wear them.
Here is an article regarding testing if you want to read it. Explains why the Ohio Governor tested positive, then immediately negative.
https://news.yahoo.com/accurate-viru...183931178.html
Masks aren't an automatic trump card, but here in my county (Madison, population about 375,000) we have had a mandatory mask order for about 4 weeks. In that period, daily cases have dropped (running 5 day average) from about 180 to around 60-70 (reading numbers off a graph so can't be precise). I don't know what the correlation with masks and reduced number of cases is, but on the surface appears to be significant here.
One in Three Americans Would Not Get COVID-19 Vaccine
https://news.gallup.com/poll/317018/...d-vaccine.aspx
This weekend was out in the metropolis of Pheba looking for some minnows to take the kids fishing. Went into the two country stores there. No mask sign in the doors and nobody wearing masks in the stores...employees or patrons. I was it. Take that back. The second store a young couple came in also wanting minnows. She had a mask in but he didn't.