A sizable faction of U.S. leaders are actively encouraging Americans to disregard the most basic of transmission-based precautions, so it’s hard to see this as anything but by design. https://t.co/7X4TbaTKJL
— Dell Cameron (@dellcam) July 30, 2021
The past week has been our strongest week of vaccinations since early June, in terms of first-time shots. https://t.co/rB1nrWpKD7
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) August 1, 2021
The number of Americans getting their first vaccine shot has rebounded slightly, but is still below the levels initially achieved in January, as the vaccination campaign was just ramping up. pic.twitter.com/8dzisrdP7v
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 1, 2021
“There’s a rush to get shots that correlates with delta’s rise and hospitalizations,” said Tesha Montgomery, who runs vaccine clinics for Houston Methodist Hospital. https://t.co/uR7c2Y6O6m
— Herman Wong (@hermanywong) July 30, 2021
From https://t.co/avpvpMqMW0
Average number of new infections/day in U.S. rises by more than 58,800 over the last 3 weeks, 23% of its previous peak
78,350 new #COVID19 infections reported on average/day. That’s 31% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on January 7. pic.twitter.com/JwfcCZq8vv— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 2, 2021
The US reported +51,898 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total to over 35.7 million. As mentioned, many states did not report. The 7-day moving average rose to 74,986 new cases per day, its highest level since February 17. pic.twitter.com/n0zgbNPNKI
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 1, 2021
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Millions of refugees living in crowded camps are waiting for their COVID-19 vaccines. For months, the World Health Organization urged countries to prioritize immunizing refugees. Experts warn that outbreaks in refugee camps could spell disaster. https://t.co/HNQHe13D7C
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 2, 2021
India reports 40,134 new coronavirus cases https://t.co/b4xKpT6B7d pic.twitter.com/unloZbAPCB
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2021
Indonesia's second virus wave has peaked, says health minister https://t.co/Dn7XkTtaK6 pic.twitter.com/eZD1utcy0U
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2021
Organisers report 17 more Games-related COVID-19 cases https://t.co/9gBNJKibCE pic.twitter.com/8QXDIKXSPD
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2021
Demonstrators rallied in Tokyo seeking the cancellation of the #Olympics as COVID-19 cases in Japan's capital hit a record high pic.twitter.com/WkfCj9HP3Q
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2021
So far, at least, this has not translated into a rise in deaths in Japan. pic.twitter.com/QmgfwVbGmR
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 2, 2021
Another Murdoch property:
Sky News Australia barred for week by YouTube over Covid misinformation https://t.co/OHMHCGbNqy
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 1, 2021
Lockdown in Brisbane extended as army patrols Sydney to enforce COVID curbs https://t.co/74445NME85 pic.twitter.com/FrBRGf7XLq
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2021
New Zealand to open one-way travel for workers from some Pacific nations https://t.co/YlPgIOBwzn pic.twitter.com/HdSsoTcbMr
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2021
New Zealand will open up one-way quarantine-free travel for seasonal workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu to address labour shortages in the horticulture industry, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.
The quarantine-free arrangement is expected to start from September, Ardern said at a news conference. It will only be available to workers who qualify under the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme, which allows the horticulture sector to recruit labour from overseas for seasonal work when there are not enough New Zealand workers.
The scheme was suspended after the country shut its borders last year due to COVID-19…
New Zealand has successfully contained the spread of coronavirus within its borders and has reported no community cases since February.
The Pacific island nation has reported about 2,500 confirmed coronavirus cases and 26 related deaths.
Germany plans Covid booster shots, starting in September. German health officials say boosters will be offered to the elderly & other high risk people, according to a draft document. Concern is growing about the spread of #DeltaVariant https://t.co/3ZaSXPi8bm
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 1, 2021
In France and Italy, plans to require vaccination cards for social activities are meeting pockets of very vocal resistance. @collbarry reports. https://t.co/KnE4F3yjQ8
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) August 1, 2021
Nigeria Isn't Ready to Deal With Rising Covid-19 Cases @TC_Africa: https://t.co/tlL6u8AqCn #Nigeria pic.twitter.com/QegAgqjh6B
— allAfrica.com (@allafrica) August 2, 2021
Venezuela to receive COVAX vaccines in coming days, Maduro says https://t.co/EN7Jn4d5CW pic.twitter.com/dekHPWTivK
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2021
Today, Canada surpassed Israel for fully vaccinated, a very high bar. Congratulations ???? pic.twitter.com/7uoQeKOtqr
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 1, 2021
NEW: Two travelers from the US fined nearly $20K each for providing false vaccination information to Canadian authorities, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) August 1, 2021
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For the "vaccines don't work so why would I get one" crowd: pic.twitter.com/hMICzkqedC
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) July 31, 2021
New @washingtonpost:
Like it or not, your employer, school or somewhere you want to visit is going to ask for proof you’re vaccinated.@chrisvelazco & I explain the best ways to keep your vax record on your phone, from a simple snap to a secure app:https://t.co/pYD0lGzYeQ pic.twitter.com/oHh0rDJ7Xr
— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) July 31, 2021
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virtually no mention in piece that surge is driven by coordinated, partisan anti-vaccine crusade https://t.co/ZdikJYVMIH
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 31, 2021
Demand for shots is increasing in less-vaccinated states under siege from the #DeltaVariant. Data from the CDC show that many people in states like Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi are now rolling up their sleeves https://t.co/80N0gQSgeu
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 1, 2021
“We’re seeing a lot of first doses right now, a lot of parents coming in, 30 to 40 year old age range bringing their 12-14 year old children as well,” Vanessa Davis, the clinic’s supervisor, said. It‘s reporting an 80% increase in demand from 2 weeks ago. https://t.co/llVJDGrm4w
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 1, 2021
My son is 11. This is exactly what all vaccinated parents of young children are worried – and angry – about. https://t.co/KvD72MQ20B
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 2, 2021
More than 200 staff members at 2 San Francisco hospitals have tested positive, most in breakthrough #DeltaVariant infections. Some cases were asymptomatic, most involved mild to moderate symptoms & 2 required hospitalization https://t.co/3yCtjnOPGw
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 1, 2021
Arkansas has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S. This weekend, 80,000 doses will expire there because of lack of demand. The campaign is on to get people to sign up. https://t.co/GrlcibIflM
— NPR (@NPR) August 1, 2021
Washington region brings back contact tracers amid new spike in covid cases https://t.co/r9mwxi4PfM
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2021
City allows a superspreader event, but as a condition for using a small plot of city land our community garden is required to mandate everyone sanitize tools when they’re done using them
Reminds me of last summer when beaches were kept closed but bars allowed to open https://t.co/GxfpMcoXJn
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 31, 2021
Homecoming Queen at the Sturgis rally:
same GOP Gov who says workers are lazy and relying on gov’t benefits
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 1, 2021
NotMax
Last minute scramble.
Cermet
I noticed that New Mexico has used 102% of its allotted vaccines – I guess they asked other States for their unused vaccines – very smart. Apparently, the DoD is at 101% of its allotted vaccines – again, not hard to see where they got extra doses. Ashamed that this country has to destroy vaccines since so many people still refuse. While I never want anyone to die (just too evil; I know they don’t care for others but reading the death stories is so painful), but I do hope all of them get rather sick, then recover and end up with a large medical bill. Now that’s capitalism at its finest … Ok, not really, that is sick but what so many here in the US think they want this type of medical system till it bites them in the ass.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY stats from NYS Department of Health:
COVID cases: 62 new cases yesterday.
According to the CDC COVID tracker we’re up to SUBSTANTIAL levels of transmission now. And I’m going back to having everything delivered.
YY_Sima Qian
On 8/1 China reported 55 new domestic confirmed & 44 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild, a Chinese national), at Longchuan County in Dehong Prefecture, had already been under quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 62 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 1 community at Ruili remains at High Risk. 1 village at Ruili & 1 village at Longchuan County remain at Medium Risk.
Jiangsu Province
Anhui Province
Liaoning Province
Guangdong Province
Hunan Province
The boat involved in the super-spreading cruise at Changde on 7/24 has max capacity of 43 passengers, the cruise lasts ~ 1 hr. To date, 19 passengers have tested positive.
Sichuan Province
Henan Province
Hubei Province
Chongqing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There are currently 2 domestic confirmed cases in the city, both had traveled to Xi’an in Shaanxi Province from 7/21 – 7/24.
Beijing Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 mild & 1 moderate) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, a family that had traveled to Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province during 7/22 – 7/28. The family also traveled to Sanya in Hainan Province from 7/28 – 7/30, before returning to Beijing. Due to their visit to Zhangjiajie, the family was tested on 7/31. There currently are 4 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all w/ travel history to Zhangjiajie in late Jul.
Yantai in Shandong Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (moderate), a traced close contact of the domestic confirmed case reported on 7/31. There currently are 2 domestic confirmed cases in the city, both traced to the outbreak in Nanjing.
Yinchuan in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region did not report any new domestic positive cases. There is 1 domestic confirmed case in the city, a person who had traveled from Changde in Hunan Province on 7/28, & a traced close contact w/ the boat cruise super-spreading event there.
Haikou in Hainan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild), a person who had traveled to Jingzhou in Hubei Province in the 2nd half of Jul., & crossed paths w/ the party from Huai’an in Jiangsu Province on company outing to Zhangjiajie, at Jingzhou high speed rail station.
Xiamen in Fujian Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all of whom are close contacts of the imported confirmed case (cargo flight crew) reported on 7/30. 2 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases
On 8/1, China reported 43 new imported confirmed cases, 16 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 29 confirmed cases recovered, 20 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 7 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 662 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,091 active confirmed cases in the country (686 imported), 24 in serious condition (16 imported), 476 asymptomatic cases (379 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 28,648 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/1, 1,669.527M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 16.708M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 8/2, Hong Kong reported 3 new positive cases, all imported (1 each from Spain, the US & the UAE, all had been fully vaccinated w/ the BioNTech/Fosun vaccine in Hong Kong before traveling overseas).
p.a.
The Republican Party: rejecting every hard-earned medical lesson, from 1348 on.
YY_Sima Qian
Today, Wuhan in Hubei Province reported 7 new domestic positive cases, which will be reported in tomorrow’s data dump. During the evening of 8/1, the municipal authorities identified a construction worker whose paths had intersected w/ the group on company outing from Huai’an in Jiangsu Province, having been in Jingzhou high speed rail station at the same time on 7/27. Contact tracing identified 6 coworkers who tested positive. They are in Hanyang District, across the Yangtze River from where we live. These are the 1st positive cases Wuhan has registered in over a year. A residential compound next to the university campus my wife works at is under lock down, apparently due to presence of traced close contact(s). Not sure for how low, may just long enough for the close contact(s) to be taken to quarantine & the remaining residents to be tested, or maybe for the full 14 days.
Fortunately, my wife, daughter & in-laws are still at Enshi Prefecture in western Hubei Province, in a fairly sparsely populated area (by Chinese standards). I have advised them to wear KN95 masks when visiting the supermarket, avoid the country fairs, avoid going into the nearest township as much as possible, & avoid going to the nearest regional city except under medical emergencies. When they choose to return to Wuhan, I told them to drive back, rather than taking the high speed rail. The area should be safer than Wuhan under the circumstances, but the downsides are that vaccination rate, masking rate & alertness to COVID-19 symptoms are also likely to be much lower than in Wuhan.
After the news of the positive cases was reported, people across the city (but especially in Hanyang District) rushed to stock up for potential lock downs. I myself made some purchases, and the delivery in the afternoon took much longer than in the morning. Municipal authorities had to announce that the city has abundant supplies & that anxious buying is unnecessary.
Brachiator
Loved that BBC News story about Sky News being barred from YouTube because it was putting out disinformation.
Sky News Australia is right up their with its American counterpart Fox News. I’ve seen news clips reporting on BREXIT or American politics which were just straight up lies. You could find a news clip of a MP in Parliament saying something and the Sky News piece would just be a bald face lie. Not slanted. Not biased. Just a straight up lie.
Sky News digital editor Jack Houghton wrote some nonsense in which he suggested that Sky News is not responsible for presenting facts, but in helping Australia have a conversation about Covid-19.
This is where we are, and it ain’t just America.
eclare
According to the intertubes, the Home Depot seven miles from me has 3M N95’s with some sort of cooling valve. Off in thirty minutes.
NotMax
@p.a.
Reach further back, about another 1200 years distant.
Cermet
@Brachiator: While true, it is primarily Murdoch and his fake news empire; too bad no terrorist target them. The world would be a far better place.
NotMax
@eclare
Dunno about where you are but masks continue to be required indoors here (requirement was never lifted). Masks with valves have all along been specifically deemed by the state as one of the types unacceptable for entry.
eclare
@NotMax: Really? My city, Memphis, had a mask mandate, but TN never did. I never stopped wearing them though. A friend of mine recommended these. Why are these not allowed
Eta: up til now I’ve been double masking with surgical masks.
NotMax
@eclare
I don’t know why, nor if there’s anything unique to them that landed them on the naughty list. It may have arisen from a superabundance of caution, as I think it may be more involved for the average person to insure a proper fit.
eclare
@NotMax: Well I’m off. I trust the person who recommended these, no FB news, etc.
NotMax
@eclare
If it provides peace of mind, great. Otherwise I’ve never seen much significantly added benefit to double masking, stemming from the idea ‘it’s the quality not the quantity’ (and of course taking the effort to securely fit for safety and protection). One is generally okay with operating room personnel; I choose to follow that lead. YMMV.
Erin
@NotMax: the valves allow breath to escape. They make the airflow one-way, air is filtered going in, unfiltered going out. Yours might be a different model though.
NotMax
@eclare
I most certainly wasn’t not recommending them (have nothing approaching any expertise to broach that), just pointing out something gleaned from local regulations here.
rikyrah
Protect yourself from the lying unvaccinated??
NotMax
@Erin
Oh, I don’t have any. Although in years past have heard/seen nurses saying there’s a dozen different ways to wear them ineffectively and only one correct way. And that is the full and complete extent of personal knowledge regarding them.
Amir Khalid
@NotMax:
The Ministry of Health here says double-masking is a good idea and recommends it.
satby
@eclare: Valves allow covid to spread through them. Don’t waste your money, they aren’t safe against microbes, just large dust particles (which is what they were designed for).
mrmoshpotato
“U.S. leaders” is an odd spelling of “Rethuglican, Trump-humping, murderous shitpiles.”
satby
On valve masks: which I thought was common knowledge.
prostratedragon
Clever disguise on that undercover constable patrolling in Brisbane.
mrmoshpotato
Tell them about having to get licensed to drive, and watch their heads explode.
NotMax
@mrmoshpotato
Ever driven in Paris or Rome? It’s … trippy.
;)
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 15,764 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,146,186 cases. He also reports 219 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 9,403 deaths — 0.82% of the cumulative reported total, 0.99% of resolved cases.
There are currently 199,051 active and contagious cases; 1,063 are in ICU, 532 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 11,767 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 937,732 patients recovered – 81.81% of the cumulative reported total.
29 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 3,731 clusters. 1,128 clusters are currently active; 2,603 clusters are now inactive.
15,758 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 6,065 local cases: 199 in clusters, 3,556 close-contact screenings, and 2,310 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 1,534 local cases: 324 in clusters, 663 close-contact screenings, and 547 other screenings. Johor reports 1,221 local cases: 279 in clusters, 701 close-contact screenings, and 241 other screenings. Sabah reports 1,166 cases: 147 in clusters, 674 close-contact screenings, and 345 other screenings. Kedah reports 1,108 cases: 94 in clusters, 665 close-contact screenings, and 349 other screenings.
Negeri Sembilan reports 862 cases: 36 in clusters, 526 close-contact screenings, and 300 other screenings.
Perak reports 748 cases: 297 in clusters, 199 close-contact screenings, and 252 other screenings.
Penang reports 667 cases: 92 in clusters, 321 close-contact screenings, and 254 other screenings.
Kelantan reports 552 cases: 177 in clusters, 202 close-contact screenings, and 173 other screenings.
Pahang reports 475 cases: 94 in clusters, 300 close-contact screenings, and 81 other screenings. Melaka reports 463 cases: 123 in clusters, 253 close-contact screenings, and 87 other screenings. Terengganu reports 425 cases: 84 in clusters, 248 close-contact screenings, and 93 other screenings. Sarawak reports 410 local cases: 96 in clusters, 248 close-contact screenings, and 66 other screenings.
Putrajaya reports 46 cases: 17 close-contact screenings and 29 other screenings. Perlis reports nine cases: seven close-contact screenings and two other screenings. Labuan reports seven cases: four close-contact screenings and three other screenings.
Six new cases today are imported: two in Kuala Lumpur, two in Selangor,one in Johor, and one in Sarawak.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 480,122 doses of vaccine on 1st August: 298,236 first doses and 181,886 second doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 21,200,473 doses administered: 14,247,659 first doses and 6,952,814 second doses. 21.3% of the population are now fully vaccinated.
Seven vaccination centres in the Klang Valley began accepting walk-ins today, alongside people with appointments. The Klang Valley in Selangor, which includes the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, is the most heavily populated region in Malaysia and a current hotbed of Covid-19 infection.
frosty
@eclare: HD here has 3M Aura N95 masks which are approved for medical use. Valved masks are not.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
About time on Sky News Australia from You Tube, those clowns make OAN look positively sober. Sky News is more like Q-Annon TV.
Amir Khalid
@satby:
Valve masks are well known to be unfit fof purpose, which makes me wonder why their sale is allowed.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Yes, the one I noticed was that exchange between Ron Paul and Fauchi were Sky News just edited out Fauchi rebuttal to Paul and made it look like Fauchi had nothing to say to Paul’s dumbass accusations.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Meanwhile, the anti-vaccers are taking an animal med in attempt to avoid COVID
https://www.livescience.com/ivermectin-deworming-drug-covid-19.html
mrmoshpotato
Start the countdown clock.
Freemark
@Amir Khalid: Because they protect the user. They are still great for uses other than preventing spread of disease from person wearing them. Not that it matters in the US. The idiots most likely to spread the disease aren’t wearing masks anyway and the few that do wear them below their nose. They also lower them as they lean towards you and talk to you.
Robert Sneddon
@Amir Khalid: They are industrial masks, not intended for medical purposes.
mrmoshpotato
@Cermet:
And then it’s back to the hospital for a bad case of bit-in-the-ass!
Chris Johnson
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
Somebody is in charge of suggesting this shit.
mrmoshpotato
@prostratedragon: Constable Constabird!
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax: Nope. Never been to either city (or country) for that matter.
eclare
@satby: Wow. No I’d never heard that. CDC or OSHA or some agency really needs to step up, I think I follow news pretty well, and if I had no idea…
evodevo
@NotMax:
Try downtown Naples LOL – back when Garmin was a thing, it took us off the Autostrada and right into downtown Naples and through to Herculaneum on back streets for no particular reason…
Sloane Ranger
Sunday in the UK we had 24,470 new cases. After case numbers went up for 2 days in a row they have now gone down for 3 days in a row. This has led to the moving 7-day average continuing to decrease. Yesterday the decrease was by 30%. The usual weekend warnings, however, need to be applied. New cases by nation,
England – 21,645 (down 2304)
Northern Ireland – 1072 (down 105)
Scotland – 1034 (up 16)
Wales – 719 (includes Saturday’s figures).
Deaths – There were 65 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday although this may be an undercount due to weekend office closures. The 7-day moving average has increased by 16.7%. New deaths by nation, 52 in England, 5 in Northern Ireland, 3 in Scotland and 5 in Wales (may include deaths which occurred on Saturday).
Testing – not updated at weekends.
Hospitalisations – Not updated at weekends.
Vaccinations – As of Saturday, 31 July, 46,851,145 people had received 1 jab of a vaccine and 38,345,841 had had both. This means that 88.6% of all adults in the UK have had one shot and 72.5% were fully vaccinated.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — 799 new cases of COVID-19 reported with one new reported death of someone who had tested positive (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends). Test positivity rate is 6.5%. Hospitalisations and ICU bed occupancy numbers are slightly down from last week. The statistics reported today are probably undercounted due to the persisting weekend effect. Tomorrow’s released information will be more indicative of any real trends up or down.
Just over 18,000 vaccinations were administered in Scotland yesterday (Sunday) with less than 10% of those being first doses. 72.2% of the adult population are now fully vaccinated with another 17.6% having received their first dose of vaccine. Weekend vaccination rates are usually down a little (5% to 10%) from weekday numbers.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Chris Johnson:
That someone, I will bet, who is heavily invested in ivermectin stock.
But I will point out it’s these dumbasses desperate need to preen as special and clever is why they would even try something as stupid as taking an anti-parasite designed for cow because of a virus.
VOR
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: There was a case in 1H 2020 where a couple decided to take fish tank cleaner because it had chloroquine as an ingredient. They may have heard TFG’s claim Hydroxychloroquine was a miracle cure for COVID.
frosty
Bah! I just ordered a few new masks from Etsy along with the 3M N95s. I am so pissed at the stupid people in this country (and my county) who are causing the Delta outbreak. All my plans to go to lunch and happy hour with friends will be on the chopping block soon, I expect.
We were so close!! Assholes!!!!
charon
Houston area chart:
https://twitter.com/zachdespart/status/1421948803448463362
Peale
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: Sadly, I don’t think the side effects are bad enough to make a difference. I rather liked it better when they were pitching silver/mercury solutions that would turn their skins blue.
gvg
@eclare: Valves are a no no. they make them useless for virus protection. 3M makes those for things like woodworking and paint fumes. Wrong kind
Kayla Rudbek
@frosty: I’m not sure whether Mr. Rudbek and I will be able to go to Maine later this month…and getting the shopping delivered again is starting to sound really good.
DB11
@Amir Khalid: Because their intended purpose has nothing to do with limiting the spread of disease?
I have worn valved N95 masks for the past 25-30 years for woodworking and renovation work to protect my lungs from all sorts of nasty air-born particles. They’re much more comfortable (and cooler) to wear all-day — especially in a shop environment— as compared to valveless N95 masks.
They were never designed to restrict the respiratory outflow of microbes from the wearer, and that was never their intended purpose.
That people have misconstrued their utility in a COVID context is likely related to the widespread misapprehension that mask wearing is self-protection vs incoming virus — rather than primarily about protecting the people around you from what might be lurking undetected in your lungs and nasal cavities.
ExpatDan
Bad juju here in Bangkok. Tho’ it’s pretty much the fault of the gummint and their (lack of) vaccine policy. They’ve gone from one of the best places to be (last year) to one of the worst (now). Here’s an update from TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand). Pretty much everything is locked down tight here until the end of the month at least… https://www.tatnews.org/2021/08/thailand-expands-lockdown-in-29-dark-red-zone-provinces-from-3-31-august-2021/
A bit scary, since I left a third of my left lung in Afghanistan. And I’m into my 2nd round of chemo for stage 3 stomach cancer (if anyone cares to help, I could use it…)
ExpatDan
Yeah, things kicking off here in Bangkok. You’ll prolly not see this news…
https://twitter.com/ittipat_tv/status/1423947205694562306?s=09