My original point was not about SteelSD. I was trying to say (perhaps poorly) that masks are helpful but not to the degree that some (not specifically SteelSD) think they are. There are people that I know who believe we would be like Australia had we simply all masked up from the get go. My belief is that the numbers would be better had we masked up and lives would have been saved, but we'd still be in the thick of it until late spring/early summer 2021. I think all states should have had mask mandates through the traditional flu season.
Going back to my original post, I believe that when we get this thing a few years behind us and scientists are able to dispationately look at the data, that my beliefs about masks is what the data will show. All I was trying to say was that I don't agree with the "masks don't work" crowd but I don't think we'd be sitting at a five figure death count had everyone wore masks from March 1, 2020.
I am open to being proven wrong.
And here's the thing- what you seem to mean is different that what you actually said. While I may disagree with you regarding the importance of mitigation tactics like masks, I think your overall take is pretty reasonable. I just needed to define what it actually was as it appeared to conflict with itself. No worries.
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redhawkfish (03-21-2021),Sea Ray (03-21-2021)
We should have a thread about kids being out of control during spring break so we don't derail a covid thread
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Todd Gack (03-21-2021)
It’s your thread, make whatever rules you want, but this story is directly related to the thread topic imo. Based on the original post, this thread is about how three different states are dealing with spring break and Covid. Here is the original post:
Been a lot of talk about Texas who lifted their mask mandate on March 10th, Florida who has had a pretty loose mask mandate all along and is now having spring break and NY which has the most cases right now. First let me say California which had probably the worse situation in mid Jan, cases have fallen like a rock
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7 Day Average
Texas (Population 29M)
Mar 10th - 4,889
Mar 11th - 4,709
Mar 12th - 4,652
Mar 13th - 4,547
Mar 14th - 4,456
Mar 15th - 4,604
Mar 16th - 4,593
Mar 17th - 4,550
Mar 18th - 4,176
Mar 19th - 3,984
Mar 20th - 3,902
Mar 21st - 3,943
Florida (Population 21M)
Mar 10th - 4,853
Mar 11th - 4,632
Mar 12th - 4,522
Mar 13th - 4,602
Mar 14th - 4,545
Mar 15th - 4,475
Mar 16th - 4,527
Mar 17th - 4,492
Mar 18th - 4,495
Mar 19th - 4,484
Mar 20th - 4,465
Mar 21st - 4,506
New York (Population 19M)
Mar 10th - 7,307
Mar 11th - 7,190
Mar 12th - 7,198
Mar 13th - 7,044
Mar 14th - 6,944
Mar 15th - 7,033
Mar 16th - 6,933
Mar 17th - 7,300
Mar 18th - 7,475
Mar 19th - 7,345
Mar 20th - 7,488
Mar 21st - 7,760
Early results -
11 Days out from No-Mask Mandate - Cases down in Texas
Spring Break in Florida - Cases still down slightly, steady over last 10 days
NY - Cases went down but are now up. At their highest since Mar 10th.
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I mean, this is what was happening, though. You can't really tell stupid people not to come to your city. It doesn't really have anything to do with Covid. I'm sure some will deem this racist, but you'd get similar videos with different skin colors in Destin. Stupid comes in all colors, shapes and sizes.
https://twitter.com/mcm_ct/status/13...147780097?s=20
NOTE: I don't think this actual video was from this weekend, but there are a number that look just like it that WERE from this weekend.
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