Del Scorcho Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 hour ago, retrofade said: But I was told that the death increases starting in July were simply due to reporting delays from the 4th of July weekend and not due to the infection spike in June. great credit to health care workers/scientists everywhere who greatly reduced the number of hospitalizations/death rate by dealing with this on a daily basis. Without their work our numbers would be dismal. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Del Scorcho said: great credit to health care workers/scientists everywhere who greatly reduced the number of hospitalizations/death rate by dealing with this on a daily basis. Without their work our numbers would be dismal. Absolutely, I have a LOT of family members out on the front lines of this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupslam1 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 52 minutes ago, East Coast Aztec said: I have heard of both private businesses and county health departments (one which told my school district) have said no to face shields as an appropriate alternative. I don't know why that is, but perhaps because spray can still escape from the bottom? I don't have an informed opinion, so I am not suggesting a right or wrong here ETA: edit to clarify private as private businesses Wouldn’t spray deflected downward be preferable than spray directed toward others through pores in cloth face masks? Also spray directed toward someone with a shield would hit an impenetrable shield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast Aztec Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, soupslam1 said: Wouldn’t spray deflected downward be preferable than spray directed toward others through pores in cloth face masks? Also spray directed toward someone with a shield would hit an impenetrable shield. Dunno. Hopefully someone with knowledge of the subject can weigh in instead of me formulating a stance based on little of my own education in those fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupslam1 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 minute ago, East Coast Aztec said: Dunno. Hopefully someone with knowledge of the subject can weigh in instead of me formulating a stance based on little of my own education in those fields. I have read Boise State football players helmets are all going to be retrofitted with face shields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los_Aztecas Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 21 minutes ago, soupslam1 said: Wouldn’t spray deflected downward be preferable than spray directed toward others through pores in cloth face masks? Also spray directed toward someone with a shield would hit an impenetrable shield. 10 minutes ago, East Coast Aztec said: Dunno. Hopefully someone with knowledge of the subject can weigh in instead of me formulating a stance based on little of my own education in those fields. The CDC is not currently recommending face shields without masks due to lack of evidence of efficacy (link). Masks have proven to be effective in reducing the spread of the virus. Face shields with masks are recommended for people with prolonged exposure to the virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 hour ago, East Coast Aztec said: I have heard of both private businesses and county health departments (one which told my school district) have said no to face shields as an appropriate alternative. I don't know why that is, but perhaps because spray can still escape from the bottom? I don't have an informed opinion, so I am not suggesting a right or wrong here ETA: edit to clarify private as private businesses I think a mask works better, because of what you've stated. I just use the face shield for eye protection, or medical goggles. But, I'm in a testing clinic when I dress like that. I just use goggles with a typical mask in clinic, but an N95 and goggles/face shield in testing/screening clinic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalinasSpartan Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 2 hours ago, soupslam1 said: Notice that New York infections and deaths are way down. Is it possible they have achieved herd immunity? Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestinFlPackfan Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 6 hours ago, soupslam1 said: I have read Boise State football players helmets are all going to be retrofitted with face shields 10 -12 years too late. Looking at horse face all game long must have been hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FresnoFacts Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the flu season in the Southern Hemisphere is seeing a large reduction in flu cases. The belief is the same measures against coronvirus (masks, travel restrictions, distancing, school closures, lockdowns, etc) are also reducing the number of flu cases. Possibly good news for the US medical system for winter. If the US can avoid a double whammy of coronavirus and flu cases this winter it would be helpful. Examples from the article: Quote Chile has recorded only 1,134 seasonal respiratory infections so far this year, compared with 20,949 during the same period last year. In the first two weeks of July—the equivalent to early January in the Northern Hemisphere and the height of the local flu season—the country reported no new confirmed influenza cases. In the last two weeks of June, Australia registered only 85 new laboratory-confirmed influenza cases, compared with 22,047 confirmed cases for the two weeks through June 30 a year earlier, according to Australia’s National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. <snip> In Australia, influenza cases usually begin rising in March, April and May. Then, in June, “things really start to get going,” said Professor Ian Barr, deputy director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza at the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, a nonprofit research center in Melbourne. But instead, the number of influenza cases has tapered off, from around 15% of the five-year average in March to just 4% of the five-year average in June, he said. In Australia, confirmed flu cases plunged 84% to 20,739 from the beginning of January to June 30, compared with 132,424 during the same period the previous year. Article behind paywall: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-measures-have-all-but-wiped-out-the-flu-in-the-southern-hemisphere-11595440682 Non paywall summary: https://thehill.com/policy/international/508688-coronavirus-measures-lead-to-lower-influenza-numbers-across-the-southern 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Scorcho Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Spain was doing really well, but is know seeing a second spike. This virus is a monster. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/world/europe/spain-coronavirus-reopening.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_SD_Dude Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 A Texas County forms a Death Panel: https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-hospital-overrun-coronavirus-cases-124224673.html 1 Quote Thay Haif Said: Quhat Say Thay? Lat Thame Say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I am Ram Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 On 7/23/2020 at 9:13 AM, soupslam1 said: Notice that New York infections and deaths are way down. Is it possible they have achieved herd immunity? There was an interesting article in the Atlantic last week that discussed a model which predicts that the percentage of infected people to achieve herd immunity is way lower than previously thought. I don't remember the details, but the basic idea is that people susceptible to COVID (for various reasons) got hit early and hard in some places. Those people are still the ones most likely to get sick, but they are immune now. And everybody else is less likely to get sick in the first place. So the bottom line is that you don't need to get the majority of people immune - just the majority of people who are likely to get sick (and sick again). Here's the article: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/herd-immunity-coronavirus/614035/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Ram Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 On 7/23/2020 at 10:30 AM, Del Scorcho said: great credit to health care workers/scientists everywhere who greatly reduced the number of hospitalizations/death rate by dealing with this on a daily basis. Without their work our numbers would be dismal. And let's not assume these people can keep going forever. I'm sure many are at the brink of exhaustion now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Ram Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 On 7/23/2020 at 10:15 AM, East Coast Aztec said: I have heard of both private businesses and county health departments (one which told my school district) have said no to face shields as an appropriate alternative. I don't know why that is, but perhaps because spray can still escape from the bottom? I don't have an informed opinion, so I am not suggesting a right or wrong here ETA: edit to clarify private as private businesses Face shields may work great in certain situations, but if aerosol transmission is a major factor, they won't work without masks in many settings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Canada vs the United States - Was a close game at one time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DestinFlPackfan Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, Blue voodoo said: Now that's funny. Bong hits ....are something I used to be an expert on.... This is just silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupslam1 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Blue voodoo said: Next time you walk up to or next to a masked person to talk even if you have a mask on remember this video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...