Antibody tests support what’s been obvious: Covid-19 is much more lethal than the flu

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fabric masks have very questionable efficacy. There is a lack of science.

I can not even imagine how ridiculous it is for our govt in San Diego to tell us to wear bandanas if we don't have masks. If they want us to wear masks they should have them for sale in front of stores. I really don't think I should deprive people in hospitals of masks while there is a shortage. (my wife has to wear the same mask all day when she goes to work... this whole shutdown and wear a mask framework is ridiculous. Its far more about conditioning the public to follow orders than proper public policy... The masks should be going to the health care providers if they have any efficacy at all. )

https://www.livescience.com/are-face-masks-effective-reducing-coronavirus-spread.html

By Stephanie Pappas - Live Science Contributor20 days ago
Efficacy of face masks

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"To me, it's not harmful to wear these masks, but it doesn't look from this study like there is a whole lot of benefit," Jones said. The sample size for seasonal coronavirus was small, she said, and there was a large amount of non-mask-related variation in how much virus people emitted, particularly given that the majority of samples without masks didn't have detectable coronavirus.


One thing everyone does agree on is that, whatever containment provided by non-fitted masks do provide, homemade fabric masks are the least effective. The recommendations that everyone wear masks are because "any kind of impediment is better than nothing," Chu said. But fabric masks are not expected to be as protective as surgical masks, she said. That's why public health officials are warning people to remain at least 6 feet apart from one another, even if they are wearing masks. In other words, homemade masks are likely to be just a small piece of the puzzle for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.


"There's been enough research done to be able to confidently say that masks wouldn't be able to stop the spread of infection, that they would only have a small effect on transmission," Cowling said. "We shouldn't be relying on masks to help us go back to normal."

 

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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barack-hussein-obama-covid-sign/
Is This ‘Barack + Hussein + Obama = COVID-19’ Protest Sign Real?
The math in this image isn't the only thing that's off.

• DAN EVON

• PUBLISHED 27 APRIL 2020

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A photograph shows a person holding a protest sign claiming that the number of characters in "Barack Hussein Obama" add up to the "19" in COVID-19.

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In April 2020, the above-displayed image of a person holding a protest sign started to circulate on social media. The sign appeared to show how the words “Barack Hussein Obama” contained 19 letters and that the disease at the center of the ongoing pandemic, COVID-19, also contained that number.

This is not a genuine photograph. Furthermore, when you add up the number of letters in “Barack Hussein Obama” (6 + 7 + 5), you get 18, not 19.

This manipulated image was created from a genuine photograph of a protester at a demonstration in Huntington Beach, California, which took place in spite of the state’s shelter-in-place orders. The original photograph was taken by Jeff Gritchen of the Orange Country Register on April 17, 2020, and showed a protester holding a sign bearing the words “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death.”


Here’s a look at the real photograph (left) and the doctored image (right):



The original photograph can be viewed here, where it is accompanied by the following caption:

Sarah Mason, from Covina, joins a crowd of people gathered at the corner of Main Street and Walnut Avenue in Huntington Beach, CA, to protest coronavirus (COVID-19) closures on Friday, April 17, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

This isn’t the first time that we’ve encountered a rumor concerning the name of the virus at the center of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. For instance, COVID-19 does NOT stand for “Chinese-Originated Viral Infectious Disease.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains how COVID-19 got its name in this passage, which appears on the CDC website:

On February 11, 2020 the World Health Organization announced an official name for the disease that is causing the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, first identified in Wuhan China. The new name of this disease is coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as COVID-19. In COVID-19, ‘CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus,’ and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as “2019 novel coronavirus” or “2019-nCoV”.

There are many types of human coronaviruses including some that commonly cause mild upper-respiratory tract illnesses. COVID-19 is a new disease, caused by a novel (or new) coronavirus that has not previously been seen in humans. The name of this disease was selected following the World Health Organization (WHO) best practice for naming of new human infectious diseases.

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Not sure the actual sign was smarter, offered death she would freak. The open your eyes bit at the bottom is a nice touch mind you.