tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post5544327524743378553..comments2024-03-23T17:29:56.224-05:00Comments on Stilton's Place: The Plague's The ThingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-18777846060922679532020-10-08T12:58:41.608-05:002020-10-08T12:58:41.608-05:00I saw that about Ivermectin and yet Trump was not ...I saw that about Ivermectin and yet Trump was not prescribed that. However, in california there is now a doctor who said he has cured 1700 patients with hydroxychloroquine...<br />https://youtu.be/PE3QfTnIazU<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-57461557102051807692020-10-07T14:47:09.690-05:002020-10-07T14:47:09.690-05:00Binga banga bunga I don want to leave the junga, o...Binga banga bunga I don want to leave the junga, oh no no no no no.Lee The Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516156462581115258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-90855374485214033982020-10-06T23:35:00.620-05:002020-10-06T23:35:00.620-05:00Masks work to stop the spread of all sorts of germ...Masks work to stop the spread of all sorts of germs. As evidence, note that doctors and nurses who perform operations wear masks to stop the spread of germs, both from the medical personnel to the patient and vice versa. If EVERYBODY who had gone out in public had worn masks all of the time, the damned covid would have already been done spreading. But some selfish assholes don't believe that covid is real and so they don't wear masks and they keep spreading it.<br /><br />BTW, I knew three people who died of covid. So wear a damned mask already!<br /><br />Rusty WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-71367963279565218192020-10-06T15:18:02.067-05:002020-10-06T15:18:02.067-05:00Doctors in Australia have determined that farts ca...Doctors in Australia have determined that farts can spread Covid.<br />I swear I am not making that up.<br />They say that wearing pants, just like masks, can cut down on the spread of the virus but not eliminate it. They recommend that people should not fart in close proximity to other people. I think that is a good idea with or without a virus. I damn sure won't start putting a <br />mandated cork in it if the CDC gets wind (pun intended) of the Australian study.Geoff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702402850031773761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-1783821006721980062020-10-06T14:50:23.843-05:002020-10-06T14:50:23.843-05:00@Stilton Jarlsberg - it is okay to suffer from CCC...@Stilton Jarlsberg - it is okay to suffer from CCCP-19 fatigue. <br /><br />We've been inundated with hysteria and rants from every corner of our lives, while retreating into an uncomfortable form a reclusion that saps the soul.<br /><br />Take heart Stilton Jarlsberg, as all is neither lost nor even really even at risk.<br /><br />For those with training, you will realize the mask edicts are not much more than "do something, anything" kabuki theatre. <br /><br />When the Chinese Plague escaped, or was released, all of our efforts were to flatten the curve. <br /><br />Flattening the curve was not to imagined as some safe spot where you will forever escape the CCCP-19 virus, but as an effort to keep the risks in control.<br /><br />Nobody promised us a rose garden, as the song goes.<br /><br />That we are not each personally experiencing the deaths of a portion of our family seems amazing after the MSM's "Chicken Little Dance" gleefully declaring "you will die, die, die..." Poppycock.<br /><br />Of course someday will will each die, so perhaps they are right? But it isn't going to be for the lack of a mask or the arbitrary 6-feet distancing between others. <br /><br />Did you know that Europes CCCP-19 virus is a metric version? Yup, more energetic as you need 2 meters distance to protect yourself, except in the places where it is apparently sluggish and one 1 meter is required...<br /><br />Keep yourself healthy, respectable Vit-D, Vit-C and Zinc levels and do good hygiene may help. But as the CCCP-19 virus hasn't cleared the streets of the homeless and addicted, perhaps that is a fable too?<br /><br />As for Fauci pay more attention to what he does (he is taking his Vitamins but largely ignoring his mask when he thinks he is off camera) to his suspect words. <br /><br />Can you get sick? Yes.<br /><br />Could it be serious? Yes.<br /><br />Is it a death sentence? Nope.<br /><br />Will a mask save you? Nope.<br /><br />Will social distancing save you? Nope.<br /><br />One theory heard is that we now face several varieties of the CCCP-19 virus, with different mortality rates. The weak version is enough to help us with antibodies that will protect us from the full brunt of the real McCoy. <br /><br />Where did the weak versions come from? How are they covering more people than the really bad stuff? You guess is as good as mine, so whether the hand of God or the hands of Men, something has changed. <br /><br />As for the POTUS and associates becoming infected, who & how were they targeted? At many of the events non-Republicans appeared also with varying levels of faux-prophylactic masks and distancing. But only one party is stricken? Something is not right in Denmark there.<br /><br />Be safe, know that stressing risks a grave more certainly than the virus, and also be ready in your heart that if you would get sick and die, that you are ready to meet your maker.Rastapopoulosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-90175088130951712022020-10-06T13:02:16.646-05:002020-10-06T13:02:16.646-05:00@Pete (Detroit)- Glad you liked the joke! And agai...@Pete (Detroit)- Glad you liked the joke! And again, I wasn't sharing it just because I was in the mood for a dirty joke, but because the punchline really speaks to how I'm feeling just now. It's basically a filthy parable. (grin)<br /><br />@JustaJeepGuy- It's my understanding that Sweden has done better than the U.S., but worse than their neighbors who <i>did</i> more lockdown/mask measures. What we're supposed to learn from that I have no idea anymore.<br /><br />And I 100% believe that SARS-CoV-2 is a Frankenstein virus created in that lab in Wuhan (by their own accounts, they were working on pretty much exactly this kind of virus but (ahem) not <i>this</i> virus. Right.) The science involved makes this pretty much a sure thing (looking at the grafting/splicing points in the gene structure). I'm guessing that Our Government Masters know the truth, but are suppressing it so there's not a nationwide demand to nuke China in retaliation. No, <i>really</i>.<br /><br />@DrMikey- I very much appreciate your posts and have to say that you've really impacted my thinking about all of this. Your arguments seem well reasoned, documented, and are clearly expressed. Mind you, my "evolving" (as the Dems say) mindset isn't a particularly happy one: there are three people in my household and all of us have fairly significant co-morbidities. So we can't just think about ourselves, but must also consider the possible grenade that would go off in our lives if we bring the virus into our home.<br /><br />I'd made sort of a cautious peace with occasionally going out wearing an N95 mask, but hadn't gone full goggles yet (that's changing as of today). The sensible thing is for no one in my family to emerge until a real vaccine is doing its thing. It's also not a possible thing, as we still have to make very regular visits (more than once a week) to a medical facility to deal with various problems. And sadly, if masks are as ineffective as you say, it will be another year or more before my daughter can even <i>try</i> to find work again (as an SLP, she's got to work close to open mouths).<br /><br />Even so, I'd rather be informed than happy (if I can't be both). So thank you and keep posting!<br /><br />@rickn8or- Fauci says whatever is politically expedient for himself and whatever will best "manage" the peons, even if it's a lie. I wouldn't trust that SOB if he told me the sky was blue.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-6114263323516130112020-10-06T07:45:43.135-05:002020-10-06T07:45:43.135-05:00"Don't trust a mask to protect you no mat...<i>"Don't trust a mask to protect you no matter what Fauci says. "</i><br /><br />What Fauci says THIS week...rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-32481080965034148432020-10-06T07:15:59.412-05:002020-10-06T07:15:59.412-05:00Thank you for the kind response to my post as mpc1...Thank you for the kind response to my post as mpc105@comcast.net. I am using my wife's computer so I haven't a clue how to make this note show me. I wrote about the masks. One thing of late is bothering me. There was to be a study from Denmark with 6000 people, have using masks and half not. The study was completed August 1 but has never been published. I have written to the administration of the hospital in charge and to one of the researchers. I got no response. Possibilities include political motivation or influence not to publish or late enough in the pandemic that there weren't enough cases to make a good determination of mask capabilities. Either way it bothers me that a statement has not been made about the outcome on a much anticipated study. Many of the mask studies are physical property studies. By this I mean, particle size, capture numbers. We need more "this arm wears masks all the time" and "this arm never wears a mask." Another thing is when CDC, WHO and many studies end the study with "we determined masks MAY or MIGHT or COULD reduce the spread" ignore that study because that MAY, MIGHT and COULD are not scientific results. You have to have a real controlled study. Issues in the real world are touching your mask(some studies on preteens and children that within an hour mask is touched dozens of times and medical students were little better), mask fit, proper use, etc. But let's remember that the mask might stop big droplets that contain the virus but then droplets dry, virus sits and waits and then you cough into mask and mobilize virus and constantly out the sides, out the top and on and on. I don't know about you and the Mrs. and comorbidities. If you are like my sister at 70 and fit, trim with no comorbidities you will probably do fine. I drink a little too much, am a little overweight but have no other comorbidities. I did better than my sister. If you have serious comorbidities then try not to go to the grocery store or shopping. Don't let the mask make you feel safe if you are in the old and comorbid group. Look at France and the date of their mask mandate. The new cases kept climbing after the hard mandate. There are some states that did the same and mandates didn't change anything. I would be happy to send you references for masks but I'm sure you have seen them. THere are about equal numbers of "masks will stop a virus" and "masks are useless" studies. If you go back to earlier in the pandemic you can see that the curve in NYC was unaltered by all the mandates. There was no bending or flattening the curve. Many will tell you it worked but it did not. Note the upslope of all the curves after lockdown or mask mandates. Don't bet too hard on "long haul covid" just yet. These still must be considered anecdotal cases until more study including biopsy, autopsy and hard evidence. To say this patient has heart disease and he didn't before covid is like me saying " I had covid and now I can a marathon." There has to be hard evidence. I now know 6 people who had covid and none have "long haul" symptoms. It may be real but things like "chronic fatigues syndrome" are hard to diagnose accurately. In any event, if you have comorbidities and you are old protect yourself. Sadly, if you are high risk the best way to do that is to stay at home. Don't trust a mask to protect you no matter what Fauci says.DrMikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213546310390957314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-22758829708187306832020-10-05T23:02:20.517-05:002020-10-05T23:02:20.517-05:00Oh, I also wanted to throw out a small conspiracy ...<br />Oh, I also wanted to throw out a small conspiracy theory: what if the Chinese communist party released the Wuhan flu with the intention of shutting down the protests in Hong Kong and didn't bother to think it might get out to the whole planet? Or maybe they didn't care that it might get out, as long as the Hong Kong protests stopped....JustaJeepGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-85523222977957671422020-10-05T22:26:21.302-05:002020-10-05T22:26:21.302-05:00I pointed out back in February that the Wuhan flu ...<br />I pointed out back in February that the Wuhan flu is here, it's going around, and we're all going to get it sooner or later. That's just the way it is with a virus. Mask or no mask, our real best hope is herd immunity--and I read over a month ago that we've hit that mark already. <br /><br />One other thing that helps is when the virus mutates into a less-deadly form. Any virus must do so to keep from killing off its possible host(s). If all the hosts die, the virus dies, and that is no way to achieve longevity.<br /><br />Sweden and South Dakota didn't lock down their populations; how have those places done?JustaJeepGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-68593891648984680092020-10-05T21:30:38.908-05:002020-10-05T21:30:38.908-05:00Late to the party, but Golly, Stilt - one of my fa...Late to the party, but Golly, Stilt - one of my favorite jokes EVER! <br />Vintage, Classic, and to the point!! Pete (Detroit)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-29820069284169425822020-10-05T19:36:03.064-05:002020-10-05T19:36:03.064-05:00@American Cowboy- I'll admit that I'm exha...@American Cowboy- I'll admit that I'm exhausted of the conversation at this point. I wish Trump well and hope he gets re-elected. I hope a safe and effective vaccine is developed soon. And I hope everyone reading this stays safe and healthy through whatever methods they've chosen to follow.<br /><br />Goodnight, God bless, and don't forget to tip your waiters.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-50485037752030603162020-10-05T19:32:00.598-05:002020-10-05T19:32:00.598-05:00@Old Cannonballs- My Clan MacGregor is offended th...@Old Cannonballs- My Clan MacGregor is offended that you would even <i>suggest</i> that I'd drink Koolaid. And before you suggest that I'm in favor of lockdowns or oblivious to the fiscal and human damage they do, scroll back up and read what I wrote: that with a real national commitment to basic health protocols <i>we wouldn't have needed a shutdown</i>. <br /><br />We CAN'T shut down the economy. We MUST live with the virus until we reach herd immunity or have a good vaccine. And to do that, we need a full buy-in from the public to retard the spread of the virus as much as possible so we can keep businesses open.<br /><br />@Lord of the Fleas- Oh sweet mother of pearl, you're not <i>really</i> going to cite the CDC as anything but a clown show at this point, right? They haven't gotten <i>anything</i> right during the entire pandemic.<br /><br />And I note that the article you cite is back from the bad old days when Fauci, the Surgeon General, and the CDC were all lying about mask efficacy in order to buy up all the masks for healthcare workers.<br /><br />But let's look at your "spoiler" summary saying that masks weren't found to have any significant effect. Since that time, the CDC has said that SARS-CoV-2 is spread primarily by "droplets" expelled when an infected person coughs or sneezes. You know what <i>doesn't</i> sail through even basic face masks? Droplets. Nice wet gooey <i>droplets</i>. Which is why the CDC is currently (granted, they change their minds a lot, and not based on science) that people need to wear masks, socially distance, and wash their hands.<br /><br />@mpc105@comcast.net- First off, I'm glad that you and your sister are doing okay. Secondly, it's really interesting to get the opinion of an actual physician such as yourself. I indeed Googled face mask efficacy in the OR, and there's certainly some solid looking evidence that standard surgical masks don't do diddly-squat. I've also seen tests run measuring droplet transmission with and without a mask that strongly suggested that masks DO make a difference. And I already knew that the PCR test gives too many false positives for the very reasons you mention.<br /><br />So you've given me food for thought (and drink). But I can't say I'm keen on the idea of just saying "to hell with hygiene" and go back to business as usual, simply accepting that many will die (albeit low on a percentage basis) and many more will suffer permanent physical damange to their organs and/or brain. All of which may be absolutely true - maybe that IS the best thing to do. Just because I find an idea horrendous doesn't mean it's not necessarily right. Because in Life, it's always "death or bunga."Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-81016757348610900862020-10-05T19:31:31.951-05:002020-10-05T19:31:31.951-05:00750,000,000 infected according to the "expert...750,000,000 infected according to the "expert" at the WHO? So if true and there were twenty times the number infected as previously stated as fact, I would think that means the death rate is twenty time LOWER! Just heard the daily report in a state I was driving through due to needed family duties. Three deaths, all three were in their late seventies and mid eighties, with under-lying health issues. Death is sad, but the fear and panic is insane, and infecting even otherwise intelligent people. FWIW, I am with Geoff in this one.American Cowboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-31137113338953688422020-10-05T17:25:33.598-05:002020-10-05T17:25:33.598-05:00You are wrong on the masks. There is as much liter...You are wrong on the masks. There is as much literature on the uselessness of masks as there is saying they are great. 2 ways we get past this: vaccine or herd immunity. If Dr. Mike Ryan of WHO is correct then there are 750,000,000 infected worldwide which means 0.13% IFR. Please stop with the mask BS. None of these masks will stop a ubiquitous virus. My sister aged 70 and I aged 71 had it. She needed two days in the hospiital and I needed none. I had two days of feeling poly but so far 3 weeks of loss of taste and smell. Look at the mask mandate in France. After the mandate the cases continued to escalate. Why? Because masks don't work. Nor does social distancing. Read more post less. Google masks for OR surgery. They didn't help even in surgery. Why do we still use them? I guess it is tradition. Looks cool. WTF do I know. I'm a physician since 1974. A virus will continue to spread and masks will not stop it nor will social distancing. Stop the foolishness. Now to keep the pandemic going we have to keep testing because sick people are disappearing and hospitalizations are dropping. STOP THE BS. Go back to your jobs. Most, like my sister and me at 71, will get the virus and do fine. The data is really corrupted. Using the PCR test is wrong. It is a laboratory test not really suited to the field. Just increase cycles and voila, positive test. Yes there are some who will die but most will be those with comorbities. I could go long but my bourbon is calling.mpc105@comcast.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600718127918059127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-42590021623727967822020-10-05T17:14:36.189-05:002020-10-05T17:14:36.189-05:00Wellp... if you want to talk about the SCIENCE su...Wellp... if you want to talk about the SCIENCE surrounding the efficacy of face-diapers, you might as well go to the source of all things sciency in medicine, that being the CDC, and read this report:<br /><br />https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article<br /><br />... specifically the section on face masks.<br /><br />(Spoiler: "There is limited evidence for their effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.")Lord of the Fleasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-9496423886765587952020-10-05T14:32:10.294-05:002020-10-05T14:32:10.294-05:00You're usually a pretty sharp guy, Stilt. I...You're usually a pretty sharp guy, Stilt. I'm surprised you're drinking the deadly virus of death koolaid. The main thing it's killing, no matter what numbers the globalists' gatekeepers are spewing, is small business after small business. And that's the lockdown doing it, not the virus.Old Cannonballsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-6417840592175829942020-10-05T13:41:06.858-05:002020-10-05T13:41:06.858-05:00@John the Econ- Wait, wait, wait...don't go ox...@John the Econ- Wait, wait, wait...don't go oxymoronic on me! "Masks are largely theater, but THEY DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF REDUCING THE VELOCITY OF DISPERSION BY THE INFECTED." How in the name of God's little green apples does that make masks "largely theater"?<br /><br />@TrickyRicky- There is so much misinformation out there now that any of us is pretty much entitled to believe anything. So I applaud you for wearing a mask when required to, and additionally applaud your resentment of politicians who are trying to use this as a power grab.<br /><br />@Anonymous- First and most importantly, allow me to send a big "thanks" and a socially-distanced hug to your wife. Our front line healthcare workers are heroes in my book, and I hope she stays healthy. <br /><br />And I agree with your opening statement about ignorance versus stupidity...but what happens in an environment like the one we live in now where well-intended people are "educated" with false information? At that point, they're neither ignorant nor stupid, but are just as dangerous as those who are.<br /><br />@Colby Muenster- I wish it was as simple as "just getting it over with," only a lot of people who get the virus don't get <i>all</i> better and may have serious, life-long complications. This is well documented. And I think I'd rather be cautious until there's a good vaccine rather than "just getting it over with" and spending the rest of my shortened life getting dialysis.<br /><br />@CenTexTim- Bless you, sir.<br /><br />@lastrick- First of all, I sincerely apologize for offending you. That wasn't my intent, but I <i>do</i> have something of an off-color sense of humor sometimes. And I shared the joke for a reason: <i>it's really how I feel right now.</i> The choices we have in front of us aren't great ones, and there's no guarantee that whatever we choose won't be disastrous.<br /><br />@Anonymous- Okay, I'll do that if <i>you</i> stop saying po-TAH-to.<br /><br />@igor- But at the moment of truth, wouldn't we all be cowards?Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-66854948422386793132020-10-05T13:40:33.111-05:002020-10-05T13:40:33.111-05:00@pkerot- Yes, a single virus particle has no probl...@pkerot- Yes, a single virus particle has no problem migrating through cotton fabric. A virus particle embedded in saliva or mucus, however, does NOT go through - which is why even simple masks greatly reduce the risk from people who knowingly or unknowingly have the virus. You're right that the virus can enter through the eyes as well, which is why some people wear face shields or eye covering (which I do). Nothing can eliminate the risk entirely, but I find that a strange reason to reject the measures that can <i>reduce</i> the risk substantially.<br /><br />To your other point, I agree that you don't need to quarantine healthy people - which is a policy we can enact when we finally have a way to know who's "healthy" versus asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic (but contagious). That technology isn't available on a widespread basis and won't be for a long time. Which is why "better safe than sorry" is excellent policy.<br /><br />@Big Wazoo- I glanced at it and it DOES look interesting, but I haven't had 20 minutes to see the whole thing. I'll try to.<br /><br />@Kent Neal- I agree with most of what you say right up until the last line: that mask-wearing will either be viewed by history as the act of "brainwashed sheeple" or virtue signalers. In other words, you don't even posit a possible future in which people say "Sonofabitch, it turns out that we should have been wearing masks." I'm looking at things medically, you're looking at them politically (as many do). And there's the crux of our problem.<br /><br />@rickn8or- Hey, different strokes for different folks.<br /><br />@Duke of URL VFM#391- I'm sorry, but that American Thinker article (and I usually respect them) is utter BS. Right off the bat, they say that Trump wore a mask except in "carefully screened and tested environments." But that's not true - at the White House, "screening" had devolved into testing only a randomized sample of people each day, and use of thermometers to check for fever had tapered to a trickle. Their second point, "there's no evidence that the masks most people wear make any difference" is again bullshit. They make a BIG difference in viral <i>output</i>. Your mask protects others, their masks protect you. Why is that hard for people to understand? Oh yeah...because Trump mocked the idea.<br /><br />@Geoff King- I love you, brother, but now you're just talking nonsense. Unless you mean some infected dumb SOB doesn't change his mask for a week at a time.<br /><br />@udaman- Oh, FFS - let's invoke Occam's Razor here...the simplest explanation is most apt to be true. In the middle of a pandemic, Trump didn't want the people around him to observe logical protocol measures to prevent the spread of a virus. Then he and they got the virus as pretty much any dolt could have predicted. I've got no patience for conspiracy theories.<br /><br />@M. Mitchell Marmel- YES! And while you're at it, pose for an old west Wanted poster!<br /><br />@Anonymous- Thanks, I needed that!Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-53107521073827388482020-10-05T12:21:08.788-05:002020-10-05T12:21:08.788-05:00Coward Bunga??Coward Bunga??igornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-18377979322312288242020-10-05T12:17:29.218-05:002020-10-05T12:17:29.218-05:00Its a pet peeve... Dont use the phrase "socia...Its a pet peeve... Dont use the phrase "social distancing" because it is not accurate, it is mind kontrol.<br /><br />Instead say "PHYSICAL distancing" because that is what it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-46824584612934909692020-10-05T12:16:19.292-05:002020-10-05T12:16:19.292-05:00I'm NO prude and I love a dirty joke as much a...I'm NO prude and I love a dirty joke as much as the next person but That dirty joke was over the line. I love your site. Look forward to it every day. Today was a real disappointment.lastrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-33266707672728327542020-10-05T11:50:16.080-05:002020-10-05T11:50:16.080-05:00I'm with you on this, Stilton. Masks are not 1...I'm with you on this, Stilton. Masks are not 100% effective, but as you said, they help prevent the spread of the virus from asymptomatic individuals to others. Throw in social distancing and hand washing, and the combined effectiveness of those three behaviors increases. <br /><br />The best analogy I've heard is that of car safety measures. Seat belts by themselves help improve the odds of surviving a wreck, but are not 100% effective. Add air bags and crumple zones, and the survival odds go up. (Yeah, I know, it's not a perfect analogy, but nothing is.)CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-63950218293626874612020-10-05T11:42:11.817-05:002020-10-05T11:42:11.817-05:00Yes, I wear my mask like a good boy in public plac...Yes, I wear my mask like a good boy in public places, and try to keep my distance, but I can't help but wonder if these practices are merely postponing the inevitable. Wouldn't it possibly be wiser to just get it over with, sorta like the Swedes did? If our country is going to just shut down every time there's a bug going around (like the annual wave of flu), we won't have a country in another year or two. Of course, if (shudder) the Dims actually (double shudder) take over in January, any exaggerating of the impact of diseases will come to an abrupt halt unless it's a chance to blame Trump for their failures.<br /><br />Concerning the inspiring story at the end, made me wonder what the word cowabunga really means!Colby Muensterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910666550508273829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-80353702791872192892020-10-05T10:41:47.654-05:002020-10-05T10:41:47.654-05:00Ignorance is defined as a lack of knowledge, but i...Ignorance is defined as a lack of knowledge, but it can be cured with education. Stupidity, however, is forever and no amount of education helps. Willful ignorance and stupidity have allowed this Wuhan flu to become a pandemic.<br />My wife is a hospital nurse with a compromised immune system herself simply trying to last long enough to reach retirement age. Every day that she has to drag herself to work and face you willfully ignorant and stupid pandemic infected people should add a pox to your condition! There! Now I feel better after getting that off my chest!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com