To Mask or Not To Mask?
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From Nature "Face masks: what the data say"
wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 00:41 last edited by@George-K said in To Mask or Not To Mask?:
From Nature "Face masks: what the data say"
Good article.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 01:18 last edited by
Masks are a product of fear.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 01:40 last edited by
Once they use data as plural, I'm done.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 01:49 last edited by George K 10 Sept 2020, 01:49
@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.
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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.
wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 02:05 last edited by@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 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.
wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 02:23 last edited by@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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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 16:05 last edited by
We didn't just study Latin.
We spoke it.
It is not only singular, it is Dayt-uh not daaata
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 16:15 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 16:18 last edited by jon-nyc 10 Sept 2020, 16:19
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”.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 16:21 last edited by
I got 40% on my Latin exam.
One should always try to XL, however difficult the subject.
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wrote on 10 Oct 2020, 02:10 last edited by
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wrote on 10 Oct 2020, 23:40 last edited by
From a friend in Canada.
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wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 22:19 last edited by
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wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 23:54 last edited by
"Stop killing babies!"
"My choice, my body!"
"Wear a mask! Wear a mask!"
"My choice, my body!"
"But you could kill an innocent person!"............
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wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 23:59 last edited by
Chris Christie, after seven days in the ICU:
"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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wrote on 29 Oct 2020, 01:15 last edited by
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 18:44 last edited by
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wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 18:55 last edited by
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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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...
wrote on 7 Dec 2020, 18:59 last edited by@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.
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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...
wrote on 8 Dec 2020, 01:46 last edited by@LuFins-Dad I disagree. I think masks help more than a little.
Will there people wearing masks who get sick? Of course. Are there people who lead a healthy lifestyle, never smoke, etc but still get cancer of the lungs? Of course.
I agree that Wearing masks is one part of the overall puzzle but I personally think that they help a lot. And there seems to be data that agrees with this.
