A worthwhile read from Michael Yon, on how the famously combative Thais approach different challenges with different societal solutions.
A worthwhile read from Michael Yon, on how the famously combative Thais approach different challenges with different societal solutions.
Why is Vietnam doing the same?
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=vietnam+c19+cases
Everyone wear a mask; isolate the infirm and infected. Pretty easy and doesn’t require killing the economy.
Robert, correct but I do not think the masks are necessary for daily use, there are many people in the medical field who say they are not necessary for everyday use and will not prevent the spread of any virus. Do the people in Thailand sanitize their clothing after every outing?
I think the mask argument is getting pretty convoluted.
The big spreading/danger of this virus has been in paces where people are exposed to it, inside, for an extended period of time and receive a huge viral load through the air (being in the same nursing home/hospital with an infected person, riding the subway in NYC, even the big early “super-spreader” incidents like a choir practice in WA and a funeral in GA fit that model). There is not evidence that only surface contact with the virus has led to a big spreading of symptomatic people.
People wearing masks reduces the amount of virus a person gets from an infected person they encounter. Wearing a mask probably does not eliminate exposure, but that may be a good thing. There is evidence that getting only a small viral load with your exposure increases the chance the person does not have a serious negative impact from the virus. Letting people that are not in the risk groups back out of their houses, with masks, to mitigate their interactions may be the quickest way we “vaccinate” the public.
Robert of Ottawa, yes, exactly.
Masks have been purposely downplayed. Purposely, downplayed.
We need to get out of lockdown.
If we all wore masks we could make that happen. Hence they must be rejected.
Diverth cultures like Chinada’s can’t have a hive culture.
Blackie the Liar says we’re all in this together, but that’s a joke. Every government employee has Zero to worry about. Not so for millions of others.
conservatives, classic liberals, self reliant small gov types could “hive” in times of crisis but we generally don’t.
We dont take this seriously, hence we dont respond appropriately.
Spill response analogy, get big quick. We did not do this.
In times of world crisis, I’m always interested in Micheal Yon’s reportage.
The hive response, great descriptor
Lots of common sense. My normal commute involves an hour each day on three separate buses. None are packed, but there’s typically 3 people within a metre of me.
If the people who are sneezing (and there’s always at least 2) are sneezing into their sleeve, the virus doesn’t become airborne right away, but is virus-side-out when they pull their head away from the now wet sleeve. If they sneeze into a mask, then the virus is side-in regardless of how they move their head around.
The full sneeze radius of 2m+ applies to non-stifled or improperly stifled sneezes. Masks being worn by those who are contagious decreases that distance by a lot. The spacing in the quarantine zone looks to be about a metre between the masked sitters.
And I’m not old enough to be in the “this is likely to kill you” age group, although many of my neighbours and in-laws are.
From a few days ago at TheRebel. I hope this is on the free side, I found it a great history lesson.
http://www.rebelnews.com/quarantine_rule-breakers_brought_the_plague_back_to_france_in_1720
Then again, maybe it is that there are hardly anyone shaking hands, like in Japan, just a little bow. In Italy and France a lot of pecks on the cheek and hugs. This might explain the lack of spread. And, by the way, the tourist industry has collapsed.