To Mask or Not To Mask?
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@George-K said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:
Yeah, as you and Aqua pointed out, it certainly makes good sense, but, as I said, "let's see the science" and not the speculation.
Am I being clear here?
offers some evidence
But not cost/benefit analysis
For the sake of argument, let's say there is some benefit. By benefit, I mean the number of covid cases is reduced.
How much benefit?
At what cost?
Shut-up
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FFS: DNR tells employees to wear masks during Zoom calls, even when they are alone at home
The head of the Department of Natural Resources is telling employees to wear face masks on teleconferences â even when theyâre not around others and at no risk of spreading the coronavirus.
Natural Resources Secretary Preston Cole reminded employees in a July 31 email that Gov. Tony Eversâ mask order was going into effect the next day. That means every DNR employee must wear a mask while in a DNR facility, noted Cole, an appointee of the Democratic governor.
âAlso, wear your mask, even if you are home, to participate in a virtual meeting that involves being seen â such as on Zoom or another video-conferencing platform â by non-DNR staff,â Cole told his employees. âSet the safety example which shows you as a DNR public service employee care about the safety and health of others.â
The governorâs mask order requires people to wear masks when they are indoors â other than in private residences.
From a medical perspective, masks need to be worn at home only in limited situations, such as to protect people if someone living with them has COVID-19, said Nasia Safdar, the medical director of infection control at UW Health.
âBeyond that, there is not a reason to routinely wear a mask in your home if that risk isnât there,â she said.
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Wow.
Also in the news today a Florida sheriff is forbidding masks in his facility. Visitors and staff. I guess it isnât really about liberty after all.
DONâT let them eat cake.
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From Nature "Face masks: what the data say"
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:
From Nature "Face masks: what the data say"
Good article.
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Masks are a product of fear.
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@Copper said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:
Once they use data as plural, I'm done.
Once they used data as plural, I paid attention.
We've talked about this before, but, I sort of appreciate the attention to the precision of Latin.
But...that's just one datum.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:
@Copper said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:
Once they use data as plural, I'm done.
Once they used data as plural, I paid attention.
We've talked about this before, but, I sort of appreciate the attention to the precision of Latin.
But...that's just one datum.
Fucking* doctors.
*There you go, some bona fide (see what I did there?) Anglo-Saxon for you.
Please love yourself.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:
Fucking* doctors.
*There you go, some bona fide (see what I did there?) Anglo-Saxon for you.Bravo, sir.
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John Derbyshire once had a corner post about his unhappiness with these colonial editors at NR changing his âdata isâ to âdata areâ. His argument, which I found compelling, is the word was now English and not Latin. In English itâs a mass noun like rice or sand. In Latin itâs plural but if youâre using it as a Latin word than you would italicize it. But nobody italicizes it because itâs an English word.
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People say âmy agenda is fullâ.
Can you imagine how pretentious would sound to say âI canât do 9 oâclock, I have an agendumâ.
Or, âI canât do next week, my agenda are too manyâ.
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I got 40% on my Latin exam.
One should always try to XL, however difficult the subject.
