I'll admit, the only reason I'm not wearing a mask is I don't want to be the weirdo wearing a mask.

If everyone was wearing one, I'd prefer wearing one out in public.

Esteban du Plantier said:

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I'll admit, the only reason I'm not wearing a mask is I don't want to be the weirdo wearing a mask.

If everyone was wearing one, I'd prefer wearing one out in public.

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I felt weird the first time I wore one out to the grocery store. However, I really liked how people actively avoided me since the mask actually protected me best by causing social distancing.

I just take a coughing 3 year old with me. Same results.

Random thought. Police departments now having a large chunk come off the force due to coronavirus.

Wouldn't this be a great way to get a feel for the percent of people who are asymptomatic? I assume they're doing contact tracing / testing of exposed officers.

Chance by the end of the day we double the amount of cases we had 3 days ago (68,000 March 25th, so far today March 28th 117,000).

Toptierag2018 said:

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Chance by the end of the day we double the amount of cases we had 3 days ago (68,000 March 25th, so far today March 28th 117,000).

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yes with further testing we knew this would be the outcome good lord

Sumatriptan said:

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Toptierag2018 said:

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Chance by the end of the day we double the amount of cases we had 3 days ago (68,000 March 25th, so far today March 28th 117,000).

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yes with further testing we knew this would be the outcome good lord

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I think for a lot of people though it's not reality until it is.... For instance, 80% of this board won't believe it's a problem until the actual cases are proven.

Sumatriptan said:

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Toptierag2018 said:

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Chance by the end of the day we double the amount of cases we had 3 days ago (68,000 March 25th, so far today March 28th 117,000).

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yes with further testing we knew this would be the outcome good lord

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It's just surreal seeing it actually happen. Us zooming past every other country in the world. When we hit a million sometime next month that'll be another Wow moment.

Esteban du Plantier said:

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I'll admit, the only reason I'm not wearing a mask is I don't want to be the weirdo wearing a mask.

If everyone was wearing one, I'd prefer wearing one out in public.

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I wore a mask with gloves and eye protection when grocery shopping last week. About a quarter of other shoppers had a mask or some level of PPE.

There were a couple weird looks, but everyone knew exactly why I was wearing a mask. I got the feeling some people were wondering if they should be doing the same.

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Esteban du Plantier said:

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I'll admit, the only reason I'm not wearing a mask is I don't want to be the weirdo wearing a mask.

If everyone was wearing one, I'd prefer wearing one out in public.

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I wore a mask with gloves and eye protection when grocery shopping last week. About a quarter of other shoppers had a mask or some level of PPE.

There were a couple weird looks, but everyone knew exactly why I was wearing a mask. I got the feeling some people were wondering if they should be doing the same.

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It will become common place and no longer taboo over the next few months.

I would guess we are already there with people who are a symptomatic

To each his own...let's watch how this all plays out.

It's probably going to be an absolute disaster.....

That President is hell bent in moving Mexico up the economic food chain. Will be interesting to see how this shakes loose. It may be bad or it may not be but they will be over it quicker than anybody else.

I have to agree.

From a selfish perspective I was wondering how that type of national policy will impact Texas and Houston where I live. Can't see it shortening the duration of our local policies any.

I'm not wearing a mask. Ever.

Sorry. Just not happening.

"There are certain things my vanity just won't allow." - Augustus McRae

just give me the dang virus and lets get this over with.

That Doc that they featured on there is the older brother of a guy I was in school with a kid. Very nice and straight up family. He hasn't aged well though, haha.

CDMX, I am ghastly afraid, is gonna be a big problem. Some of the areas, the poor ones, are just overrun with population and disarray.

Any Mexican leader that orders a quarantine or lockdown faces a huge challenge and terrible repercussions, about 30 to 40 percent of Mexican wage earners work in the "informal economy", meaning the work on or about the streets. They have no government benefits nor are they probably even known about save for being registered to vote.

Laying off workers in Mexico is really not allowed in the labor law, unless there are some odd circumstances, there is no unemployment. The employer gets stuck with all responsibility for the employee, either pay them or severance them out (severance terms are outlandish). All part of the reasons for the low wages.

If this deal hammers Mexico it is going to test not only the government and health care areas, but also the archaic and dysfunctional labor and tax laws.

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Are masks even effective seen conflicting information out there?

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Yes masks are effective.

When 80% of the population wears them it effectively functions as herd immunity.

Let me dig around and find the study link.

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80% of our population will never wear masks on a regular basis.

We don't need it on a regular basis. Just during the pandemic. It happened in 1918, it may well happen again.

Thanks for weighing in. I was debating about posting to the South Texas board, too. It's just crazy to consider how this might impact down there.

Why not? Follow the golden rule.

What is your objection to helping others? You wear a shirt to help us not see your gross body. Why cant you wear a mask to help us not get your gross germs?

Sumatriptan said:

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Toptierag2018 said:

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Chance by the end of the day we double the amount of cases we had 3 days ago (68,000 March 25th, so far today March 28th 117,000).

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yes with further testing we knew this would be the outcome good lord

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I honestly thought with more testing, the mortality rate would drop. When we had 68,000 cases the mortality rate was 1.3%. It is 1.7% now.

I realize the true mortality rate is much lower. But with more testing the mortality rate for confirmed cases has actually increased.

It hasn't gotten much fanfare, and I believe the powers that be ordered ceasing and removing. But some hospitals and clinics in Mexico hung banners and signs basically saying "if you are sick with Corona, we can't help you, we have no tests, please go home".

Big difference to the States and Europe, there is no liability for a Mexican, and really any LatAm, doc or Hospital turning someone away, be it because they can't pay or maybe they are full.

If this lights off in Mex a lot of people will die never being certain why and they probably won't see a health care professional in the process.

https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-testing-us-states.html

https://www.radioformula.com.mx/noticias/20200327/funerarias-de-toluca-reportan-70-muertes-por-neumonia-piden-transparencia-en-defunciones/

You make a very poor internet tough guy

k2aggie07 said:

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https://www.radioformula.com.mx/noticias/20200327/funerarias-de-toluca-reportan-70-muertes-por-neumonia-piden-transparencia-en-defunciones/

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Sad to see. Seems to be taking off in Mexico. AMLOs indifference will haunt him soon.

then we deserve to fail

it's not asking much

Over 500 US deaths already today with a few hours to go.

5 days ago we were at 140 deaths/day.

BoydCrowder13 said:

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Over 500 US deaths already today with a few hours to go.

5 days ago we were at 140 deaths/day.

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NY has a 50% reduction in new ICU cases today vs yesterday. Probably a 1-day blip but would be nice to see it continue.

277 in New York today so far.

New York serves as another example of what happens when the health system gets overrun. I fear the death numbers we will see out of New York in a week.