Thank you Mac - If one infected person will infect 5 more we are no where near going maskless. The risk of wearing masks is so much less than the risk of going maskless. I've been wearing the 3M VFLEX mask and it has the highest and easiest flow thru of any tried so far. A great seal and only $0.75 a pop! Best N95 mask around. I worry about any medical advice coming out of NH the state that banned any masking or vaccination requirements in public buildings. Ableist to the Nth degree. Tom Prunier
On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 5:27 PM Walker Sloan via Organizers < organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Becoming infected by Covid today is a lower risk to the individual than > at the start of the pandemic. > > However, becoming infected by Covid is also an opportunity for the Covid > virus to be transmitted to others, and to mutate. > > R0 is the number of people that an infected individual is likely to infect. > > R0 was 5.4 in Dec 2022. > > XBB.1.5 is estimated to be 82% of all Covid cases today. > > 5.4 and 82% are not numbers influenced by communities or individuals > attitudes towards risk. Only by community and individual behavior. > > People who assume increased risk for themselves are also assuming > increased risk for 5.4 other people. > > Masks, vaxes, and emails mitigate risks. > > These data are from an article published by a reputable university > hospital last month on Mar 17 2023. Scroll to the last page for R0. > > > https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-03/Oregon-Hospital-Forecast-Trends-March17-2023.pdf > > Mac Sloan > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- organizers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >
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