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Booger says

I'd wear that t-shirt. Just the right side is all I need.

Stupid analogy.
Masks are designed to stop the big drops going out of your mouth, not fine particles going in.
Onvacation says

This highlights the most prevelent reason anti mask people hate masks.
Its because elected officials, infoemed by thousands of medical experts, told them they had to temporarily do something to save lives.


Onvacation says

MrEd says

This highlights the most prevelent reason anti mask people hate masks.
Its because elected officials, infoemed by thousands of medical experts, told them they had to temporarily do something to save lives.

If people are so vulnerable because of comorbidities or compromised immune systems they should self isolate. This is the first time healthy people have been asked to quarantine and small business has been forced to shutter to "protect" unhealthy people. Why is that?

Not expecting a cogent answer.

MrEd says

Masks are designed to stop the big drops going out of your mouth, not fine particles going in.

But I can still hear them!

But seriously, how do we stop that super small cloud of viruses that fly through masks like mosquitoes through chicken wire?

Onvacation says

Not expecting a cogent answer.

Because I seldom get one.

Surprise!
Onvacation says

If people are so vulnerable because of comorbidities or compromised immune systems they should self isolate. This is the first time healthy people have been asked to quarantine and small business has been forced to shutter to "protect" unhealthy people. Why is that?

Not expecting a cogent answer.

Why are some healthy, young people dying of Covid-19?
Health experts aren't sure why some otherwise healthy, young people are suddenly dying of Covid-19, but they do have some theories.

One theory is that some people are genetically predisposed to developing more severe cases of Covid-19 than others. For example, Philip Murphy, a biomedical researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Science Magazine's Jocelyn Kaiser that variations in a person's ACE2 gene receptor potentially "could make it easier or harder for the virus to get into lung cells."

Michael Skinner, a virologist at Imperial College London, said he believes it's "very possible that some of us could have a particular genetic makeup that makes it more likely that we will respond badly to an infection with this coronavirus."

Another theory is that some patients might have low levels of surfactant, a substance the body produces to help the lungs expand and contract, as a result of the disease. If a patient lacks an adequate amount of surfactant, their lungs will become stiff, which could explain why some patients have trouble breathing even if they're on a ventilator, CNN reports.

There's also a theory that the virus could be causing what's known as a "cytokine storm" in some young patients. The phenomenon, named after cytokine proteins which are part of the immune system, causes the immune system to overreact to an external pathogen, like a virus. The response ultimately could cause a patient's immune system to attack their lungs, causing their lungs to stop delivering oxygen to the rest of their body, and leading to respiratory failure and potentially death.

Other health experts suggest that patients exposed to larger amounts of the new coronavirus could become sicker than others. Alison Sinclair, a virologist at Sussex University, said, "A person with a high viral load has more virus particles than one with a low load. We do not yet know what impact viral load has on the symptoms of a person infected with Covid-19. Whether there is a link between a high viral load and worse outcomes is going to be important to find out."

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Onvacation says

Onvacation says

Not expecting a cogent answer.

Because I seldom get one that fits my narritive.

prodigy says

Why are some healthy, young people dying of Covid-19?
Health experts aren't sure why some otherwise healthy, young people are suddenly dying of Covid-19, but they do have some theories.

But it is statistically insignificant.

I think we can count on 1 hand how many young and healthy kids have died of COVID in the US.

Based on all information we have today, the common flu is much more deadly to children than COVID by far.

So why harm millions of children (especially poor kids in abusive homes) by depriving them of education and stability?

By not being around the cloud. ie social distancing
By not being a cause of the cloud. ie expelling large to minute size droplets, the smaller ones stay in the air longer, while evaporating, and eventually reach a size that can penetrate a mask prior to total evaporation
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Onvacation says

MrEd says

Masks are designed to stop the big drops going out of your mouth, not fine particles going in.

But I can still hear them!

But seriously, how do we stop that super small cloud of viruses that fly through masks like mosquitoes through chicken wire?

prodigy says

Why are some healthy, young people dying of Covid-19?

Can you please link to a story of healthy young people who are dying of Covid-19? Even an anecdotal story?

The info from the CDC I previously posted showed less than 999 people under the age of 25 years of age have died of Covid-19. Over 97,000 were over 65 and most, if not all, had comorbidities.

https://patrick.net/post/1322462?7440#comment-1690037

The sentence that begins with "The info from..."
Onvacation says

Can you please link to a story of healthy young people who are dying of Covid-19?

http://protomag.com/articles/why-do-young-healthy-people-die-covid-19

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/24/strokes-coronavirus-young-patients/

prodigy says

By not being around the cloud. ie social distancing
By not being a cause of the cloud. ie expelling large to minute size droplets, the smaller ones stay in the air longer, while evaporating, and eventually reach a size that can penetrate a mask prior to total evaporation

Agreed! Those at risk should quarantine while the rest of us fight the latest battle against the ancient scourge of viral infections!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/why-young-healthy-people-dying-coronavirus/

Is that cogent enough?

prodigy says

Because I seldom get one that fits my narritive.

So what is your narrative? Why should we shut down the world, kill the economy, stop children's education, and force masking under threat of life and liberty?

Might have something to do with the failed impeachment, Biden's corruption, and Epstein's murder.

The left has no sense of humor.

prodigy says

Is that cogent enough?

It doesn't change anything that death wise it's not even a dent in this quite populated world. You want to continue to shut down life for 99.99% of the population? Also these articles are junk, statistically these rises have zero significance until replicated on a broader scale. A couple weeks ago there was an article how Covid19 causes diabetes. Now it's something else. Everyone has enough respect now for sars cov 2 induced by fear porn to bash in their neighbors head for not wearing a mask.

Also why is only the US leftoid lamestream media fearmongering? Every European country has moved on, must have something to do with the 2020 election ;) Another nation-wide shutdown would be devastating far more than Covid-19.