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To Mask or Not To Mask?

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    From Nature "Face masks: what the data say"

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02801-8

    "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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      From Nature "Face masks: what the data say"

      https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02801-8

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      @George-K said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

      From Nature "Face masks: what the data say"

      https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02801-8

      Good article. 👍

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      • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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        Aqua Letifer
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        Masks are a product of fear.

        Please love yourself.

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        • CopperC Offline
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          Once they use data as plural, I'm done.

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          • CopperC Copper

            Once they use data as plural, I'm done.

            George KG Offline
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            George K
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            #223

            @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 KG George K

              @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.

              Aqua LetiferA Offline
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              Aqua Letifer
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              #224

              @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 LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                @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.

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                George K
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                #225

                @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.

                "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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                • CopperC Offline
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                  Copper
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                  #226

                  We didn't just study Latin.

                  We spoke it.

                  It is not only singular, it is Dayt-uh not daaata

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                  • jon-nycJ Offline
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                    jon-nyc
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                    John Derbyshire once had a corner post about his unhappiness with these colonial editors at NR changing his ‘data is’ to ‘data are’. His argument, which I found compelling, is the word was now English and not Latin. In English it’s a mass noun like rice or sand. In Latin it’s plural but if you’re using it as a Latin word than you would italicize it. But nobody italicizes it because it’s an English word.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                      #228

                      People say ‘my agenda is full’.

                      Can you imagine how pretentious would sound to say “I can’t do 9 o’clock, I have an agendum”.

                      Or, “I can’t do next week, my agenda are too many”.

                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        Doctor Phibes
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                        I got 40% on my Latin exam.

                        One should always try to XL, however difficult the subject.

                        I was only joking

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                        • George KG Offline
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                          George K
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                          And...cough:

                          "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
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                            From a friend in Canada.

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                            "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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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                "Stop killing babies!"

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                                "My choice, my body!"

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                                "Wear a mask! Wear a mask!"

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                                "My choice, my body!"

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                                "But you could kill an innocent person!"

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                                  Chris Christie, after seven days in the ICU:

                                  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chris-christie-says-he-was-icu-7-days-battling-covid-n1243589

                                  "Every public official, regardless of party or position, should advocate for every American to wear a mask in public, appropriately socially distance and to wash your hands frequently every day. ...”

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                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        Waaaaaay too much emphasis being placed on masks by both sides.

                                        They help. A little. Not nearly as much as washing your hands and keeping some space between you and someone else, but a little. Lots of people wearing masks are still getting it from other people that are also wearing masks.

                                        Rather than belittling those people that are wrongly protesting the masks, maybe you should be focusing on belittling people that aren't washing their hands and are a bigger cause of spread than the mask issue?

                                        By focusing on masks, you are creating a false sense of security for groups that aren't socially distancing and aren't taking care of proper hygiene. I've heard it over and over again "Oh, we both had masks so it's ok." No it isn't. The masks helped, but it would have been a lot better if you kept your space and washed your hands...

                                        The Brad

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                                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                          Waaaaaay too much emphasis being placed on masks by both sides.

                                          They help. A little. Not nearly as much as washing your hands and keeping some space between you and someone else, but a little. Lots of people wearing masks are still getting it from other people that are also wearing masks.

                                          Rather than belittling those people that are wrongly protesting the masks, maybe you should be focusing on belittling people that aren't washing their hands and are a bigger cause of spread than the mask issue?

                                          By focusing on masks, you are creating a false sense of security for groups that aren't socially distancing and aren't taking care of proper hygiene. I've heard it over and over again "Oh, we both had masks so it's ok." No it isn't. The masks helped, but it would have been a lot better if you kept your space and washed your hands...

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                                          George K
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                                          @LuFins-Dad said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:

                                          Lots of people wearing masks are still getting it from other people that are also wearing masks.

                                          Like D2.

                                          "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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