Peter, How'd that isolation thing working in NYC? Over 80 deaths per 1000 cases. Compare that with Florida, about 43 per 1000, and far less draconian lock-down / isolation. Why are all those New Yorkers fleeing and heading to their vacation homes (including in FL)?
We've got community spreading going on, the "test and trace" horse has left the barn and is probably a few counties away. Testing, contact tracing and isolating is a fantasy at this point. When the Chinese Communist Party isolated Wuhan from all internal travel, but permitted international flights out of Wuhan to all corners of the globe, those commies made sure community spread was going on all over the globe. You can thank them. Where is the science, where are the studies, that tell us that lock-down and isolation works? Meanwhile, real life data is telling us that it does not work. Your civil liberties and rights may not mean much to you, but to many in this country they are essential to having a job and feeding a family. If you can afford to stay locked up in your house, no one is going to stop you. If people not wearing masks is too risky for you, then stay away from them. There are plenty of medical professionals against the idea that the general public should be wearing masks in social situations, but that goes against the narrative of fear perpetuated by the main stream media, so their voice is never heard. Wearing a mask can impede the flow of oxygen into the blood stream, reducing 02 levels and making the wearer MORE susceptible to infection of lungs. Add increased touching of the face and mask due to discomfort, and the risk of infection is going up. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 10:46 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Actually, isolation is the only way to stop the spread. This is an > unusual virus in that it's possible to actually stop the spread, difficulty > is that it can have a long incubation period with virus shedding going on > for some days before symptoms get bad enough to send someone in for testing. > > This isn't the first time, either -- SARS and MERS are similar viruses, > just much less transmissible. Another long forgotten incident involved fur > animals in Manchuria in the early part of the 1900s, when no vaccine was > possible. That outbreak was traced back to harvesitng sick animals for > fur, and was stopped by guess what, cloth masks and social distancing. > > The key to stopping the spread is testing and contact tracing -- if people > can be tested easily, it's possible to break the chain of transmission, and > when no more people are getting infected, eventually the virus will no long > reproduce. > > My local county has always had a pretty strong public health department, > and has been on top of tracing and testing since the start -- luckily, we > are more or less remote here, and full state wide social restrictions were > in place before the first cases showed up. The result is that we have just > over 200 cases for 200,000 people and two deaths. Case number per day is > down to five or six, and I believe nearly all of them were people in > observation for exposure. > > Couple people refused to self isolate and were promptly served with stay > at home orders by a local judge -- we still have quarantine laws on the > books from when there were no antibiotics or vaccines for common illnesses > like scarlet fever a measles. > > while it may seem very harsh and draconian, the lockdown in China worked. > You have to understand the filtering of news there, but I suspect the > reported case numbers are reasonably accurate -- if the Parry lies too > much, they will be overthrown, it's how things work in China. South Korea > and Tiawan, both of whom had serious issues with SARS in the 90s, have very > low cases as well. > > One point more -- nightclubs opened in Seol, and at least 126 cases have > come from a single club over a couple nights. This is what I'm worried > about with the lunatics that squeal about how their "rights" are being > infringed by public health measures. Only takes one jerk ignoring the > health rules to infect hundreds of people in close quarters. Ditto for the > boob that insisted he run his barber shop in spite of the shutdown -- he's > now positive and who knows how many of his clients are too as a result. > > I definitely error on the side of caution, it's why I've driven a Benz for > decades. Hardly an imposition to wear a mask compared to getting really, > really sick or killing my elderly mother. We are not all isolated > sovereign states with no responsibilities, we are a community and need to > remember everyone is entitled to what we are. Or as my Grandmother used to > say "You have your rights, true -- until they run into mine, and you are > standing on my toes" > > Far too many people who blow on about their "right" to do whatever they > want are notably absent when it's time to take responsibility for the > results of their actions. > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
