Masks absolutely do help. There are certainly different quality of masks - but essentially the will help contain water molecules which transport the virus. I think Bill Nye explains it very simply and best:
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Corona Virus Now Spreading
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When I have it done, and the one time I did it myself; I had to count to 15 for each nostril. I kept rolling it around in each nostril...I kind of counted one second for one complete circle.
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My friend, who is now in Florida, called to see how I was doing. She told me 7 people we know, in Massachusetts, have come down with Covid within the past 2 days... Unbelievable.. The Thanksgiving surge is now here...
I really do not know why the Governor is not stepping aback at least one step. This is getting frightening.
It is just about time to order from Instacart... sigh... I want my fresh veggies and such.. These items are not reliable on Instacart.. sigh.. may just use the local Deli/produce store, and the limited store downstairs in the building.. sigh..
Nothing was different with my sampling technique so I don't know why the sample couldn't be processed 
Maybe a fluke out of the hundreds of samples that are submitted and processed daily. I spent extra time today swabbing my nostrils today to ensure a good sample.
The governor announced a step back in the phased reopening plan today.
NPR has an article on masks and what type of material is most effective: Masks Work — But What Makes Them More Effective? The Latest On Layers, Filters And Particles
Maybe a fluke out of the hundreds of samples that are submitted and processed daily. I spent extra time today swabbing my nostrils today to ensure a good sample.The governor announced a step back in the phased reopening plan today.
NPR has an article on masks and what type of material is most effective: Masks Work — But What Makes Them More Effective? The Latest On Layers, Filters And Particles
The post Thanksgiving surge is here in a big way. Ohio had 25,000 new cases yesterday and went over 500,000 total. The county I live in had 3,000 new cases.
Vaccines started in the UK today. Part of me is jealous that we'll be watching from the sidelines as Europe and the US are inoculated before us, but the other part of me recognizes that in comparison, our situation is not at all dire (even if the local media tries to make us think that way, we're at our worst wave yet and still only 600 in the whole country per day (total pop. 52 million)). Plus, if the results are good, we should get our vaccines sooner than planned. The government says they'll arrive in late February, but they wanted to hold off distribution until the latter half of the year to see what effects other countries experience. But with 3 months between the vaccines being available here and their general roll-out in the UK this week, I'm hopeful that we'll be COVID free by summer.
I just saw an article that said 1 in 22 people in the US has/has had COVID. By comparison, in Seoul, 1 in 1000 have/have had it.
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I work part time at a nursing home and we have 27 residents with COVID-19 and I don't know how many employees. I'm seriously considering asking for a leave of absence since my job is not really essential and I am no longer comfortable being there.
I just saw where a 104 year old WWII vet survived COVID. He had a birthday while he was in the hospital and they were rolling him out in a wheelchair and they had balloons and the staff was singing Happy Birthday.
Wowza, that's amazing!!
I would as well.
My helper was exposed and it was prolonged exposure. I spoke with her yesterday and she's
feeling ok for now. I also spoke with Jon from the agency and he said he was 99.99% certain
she will contract it. They have no one to send for back up. NE Ohio is in a crisis for home health
care aides.I'm doing what I can and decided to self-isolate since I found out on Monday.
feeling ok for now. I also spoke with Jon from the agency and he said he was 99.99% certain
she will contract it. They have no one to send for back up. NE Ohio is in a crisis for home health
care aides.I'm doing what I can and decided to self-isolate since I found out on Monday.
My parents are negative! I'm so relieved.
This month, Germany is going to start distributing 3 free certified N95 (FFP2) respirators to people over 60 and those with preconditions (with a doctor's note). As of January, those same groups will get 2 "forgery-proof" coupons - sent by their health insurers, the country has univeral, mandatory coverage - entitling them to buy 2x6 respirators at a greatly reduced price. They'll pay €2 ($2.29) for a set of 6 instead of the going price of around €18 ($20.57).
The people complaining about restrictions and claiming that SARS-CoV-2 is "no worse than the flu" should think about this:
Angela Merkel calls for stricter lockdown measures, and other news around the world.
The people complaining about restrictions and claiming that SARS-CoV-2 is "no worse than the flu" should think about this:
Angela Merkel calls for stricter lockdown measures, and other news around the world.
I read a news article where the organizer of a Republican group for young adults claimed that the virus doesn't affect 99.9% of the population 
Then the person went on about face masks infringing on rights and the virus being a hoax and other nonsense.
My retest came back negative.
Then the person went on about face masks infringing on rights and the virus being a hoax and other nonsense.My retest came back negative.
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Is this person insane????I read a news article where the organizer of a Republican group for young adults claimed that the virus doesn't affect 99.9% of the population
My retest came back negative.
The health care in Germany sounds excellent.
It is. You get excellent and speedy care regardless of your income. Give me this form of socialized medicine any day. If I could give my family and friends in the US just one thing, it would be German health care. My American friends in Germany all say the same.
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There seems to be quite a few people who believe this outside of the U.S. as well. Never mind that if everyone had cooperated from the get go and, we'd all be done with all this months ago and no one would have to "lose their rights".I read a news article where the organizer of a Republican group for young adults claimed that the virus doesn't affect 99.9% of the population
My retest came back negative.
Wearing a mask has nothing to do with rights IMO. It's all about limiting the spread of germs. I agree, if everyone wore a mask at the beginning, we most likely won't be in the situation we're in now and thousands of people wouldn't have died because of anti-maskers. I heard that the same group of people and now others are anti-covid vaccine. This is more of a topic for the thread in the IMO forum.
Another fun test to take later today
I always feel like sneezing really bad when I have the swab in my nostrils.
There's a middle aged woman I've seen on the bus a few times now who wears her mask on her chin and just slowly nacks on various things. She doesn't put the mask on while chewing. I think she just snacks so she doesn't have to wear a mask on the bus, which I should point out is crowded
She probably wears the mask to get on the bus but then moves it to her chin. I only take the bus a couple stops so I'm no exposed to her germs for very long but it's still uncomfortable 
Another fun test to take later today
I always feel like sneezing really bad when I have the swab in my nostrils.There's a middle aged woman I've seen on the bus a few times now who wears her mask on her chin and just slowly nacks on various things. She doesn't put the mask on while chewing. I think she just snacks so she doesn't have to wear a mask on the bus, which I should point out is crowded
She probably wears the mask to get on the bus but then moves it to her chin. I only take the bus a couple stops so I'm no exposed to her germs for very long but it's still uncomfortable 
