Florida: Masks Made No Difference in Cases or Positivity Rates

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NASAg03
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I'm done with this board.

CondensedFoggyAggie ruins every thread.
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NASAg03 said:

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scottmorefield/2021/10/06/as-cases-plummet-in-florida-new-data-show-forcibly-masking-kids-made-no-difference-n2597079

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But yes, let's mandate vaccines and masks for school children because that will make covid go away and THEN we can finally return to normal...

That is a far too hasty conclusion.
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Just curious, decreases were the same, but did no mask schools have a higher increase at the beginning?

I don't doubt that masks on 5 year old kindergartners are highly ineffective, but just curious if the number of cases at the beginning surged more in the masked or non-masked schools at the beginning.
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It's not lies, but its curated to tell a story. Comparing percent change of two data sets is meaningless if the two numbers weren't similar to begin with. You could easily take Florida numbers and write any combination of stories "proving" masks work.

03_Aggie
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Another Doug said:

It's not lies, but its curated to tell a story. Comparing percent change of two data sets is meaningless if the two numbers weren't similar to begin with. You could easily take Florida numbers and write any combination of stories "proving" masks work.




Permeates through a lot of this. Simply the case when you do not have standardized reporting requirements or a centralized database.
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Masks are and were always worthless.
CondensedFogAggie
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Just look at what a policy difference makes after the vaccine came out.

No wonder Florida's death rate is 47% higher than for example, California



TheMasterplan
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CondensedFoggyAggie said:

Just look at what a policy difference makes after the vaccine came out.

No wonder Florida's death rate is 47% higher than for example, California




Do you even y-axis bro? Care to post age adjusted death rates to reflect demographic differences?

Also, why was there a massive spike in California anyway? Weren't masks supposed to prevent these?
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I don't think there is much arguing that the summer spike in California was much less severe than Florida's. Now why that occured can be debated, but the y-axis does confirm that the spike in California was much less this summer than Florida's.
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TheMasterplan said:

CondensedFoggyAggie said:

Just look at what a policy difference makes after the vaccine came out.

No wonder Florida's death rate is 47% higher than for example, California




Do you even y-axis bro? Care to post age adjusted death rates to reflect demographic differences?

Also, why was there a massive spike in California anyway? Weren't masks supposed to prevent these?

Who cares about comparing y axis since the two states have large population differences?

Look at the trends after the vaccine came out and end results. One state protected its citizens, the other completely dropped the ball resulting in a 47% higher death rate, partially because of fake news reports like the op posted

If you don't like California or Florida, switch it out with Illinois and Texas



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Cases and deaths in the SE are dropping off a cliff. This at the very time that football crazy residents are packing football stadiums and going back to school unmasked. Meanwhile cases and deaths across the mid-west, VA, and similar "covid sensitive" areas are on the upswing. Masks and cases do not correlate. They never have. Masks are purely political. Always have been.
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HumpitPuryear said:

Cases and deaths in the SE are dropping off a cliff. This at the very time that football crazy residents are packing football stadiums and going back to school unmasked. Meanwhile cases and deaths across the mid-west, VA, and similar "covid sensitive" areas are on the upswing. Masks and cases do not correlate. They never have. Masks are purely political. Always have been.

VA is on the upswing? Florida and Texas would love to have their upswing. Not to mention they're 40th in the nation in terms of covid death rate.

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CondensedFoggyAggie said:

TheMasterplan said:

CondensedFoggyAggie said:

Just look at what a policy difference makes after the vaccine came out.

No wonder Florida's death rate is 47% higher than for example, California




Do you even y-axis bro? Care to post age adjusted death rates to reflect demographic differences?

Also, why was there a massive spike in California anyway? Weren't masks supposed to prevent these?

Who cares about comparing y axis since the two states have large population differences?

Look at the trends after the vaccine came out and end results. One state protected its citizens, the other completely dropped the ball resulting in a 47% higher death rate, partially because of fake news reports like the op posted

If you don't like California or Florida, switch it out with Illinois and Texas




How do you classify "protected"? Did the state of Texas restrict vaccine supply? Where did the government of Texas post fake news reports? Texas and Illinois have very similar vax rates at the moment. I'm unsure of what they were a couple months ago.

No comment about age adjusted death rates?
TheMasterplan
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Aston94 said:

I don't think there is much arguing that the summer spike in California was much less severe than Florida's. Now why that occured can be debated, but the y-axis does confirm that the spike in California was much less this summer than Florida's.
Sure but its exaggerated by the y-axis inconsistency which is the posters intent. Post the data but don't be disingenuous.

Californias upswing in Feb/March was much higher than Florida. Why did California fail to protect its citizens and allow people to die?
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Would love sometime to see the COVID hospitalization/death rates adjusted for:



and

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CondensedFoggyAggie said:

HumpitPuryear said:

Cases and deaths in the SE are dropping off a cliff. This at the very time that football crazy residents are packing football stadiums and going back to school unmasked. Meanwhile cases and deaths across the mid-west, VA, and similar "covid sensitive" areas are on the upswing. Masks and cases do not correlate. They never have. Masks are purely political. Always have been.

VA is on the upswing? Florida and Texas would love to have their upswing. Not to mention they're 40th in the nation in terms of covid death rate.


Look at MN, WI, MI, IL, PA. Also look at Washington and Oregon. Things are trending the wrong way in those states. Will it reach the same numbers as Texas? Probably not. They don't have thousands of untested, unvaccinated illegals. I'm just saying trends don't support mask wearing. They never have. We saw the same thing in spikes last year.
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HumpitPuryear said:

CondensedFoggyAggie said:

HumpitPuryear said:

Cases and deaths in the SE are dropping off a cliff. This at the very time that football crazy residents are packing football stadiums and going back to school unmasked. Meanwhile cases and deaths across the mid-west, VA, and similar "covid sensitive" areas are on the upswing. Masks and cases do not correlate. They never have. Masks are purely political. Always have been.

VA is on the upswing? Florida and Texas would love to have their upswing. Not to mention they're 40th in the nation in terms of covid death rate.


Look at MN, WI, MI, IL, PA. Also look at Washington and Oregon. Things are trending the wrong way in those states. Will it reach the same numbers as Texas? Probably not. They don't have thousands of untested, unvaccinated illegals. I'm just saying trends don't support mask wearing. They never have. We saw the same thing in spikes last year.

States with similar policies as Texas and Florida all have been going through huge spikes similar to earlier this year. Oklahoma. Georgia. West Virginia.

Are all these state spikes because of untested unvaccinated illegals? When are you going to realize the people giving you all this false data are resulting in dead Americans?



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We know about those spikes and the Neanderthals that live in those states. You have not explained the increases in all of those sophisticated states that are trending up. Why are they trending up? They are doing everything right including mask and vaccine mandates.
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Posting something that goes against the talking points in Covidistan is like trying to open a Tony Roma's in Tehran. You won't last long.
The Covidian is a strange sort: he both relies on “science” and ignores it. Perhaps because it’s not “science” at all, but rather just the TV.
CondensedFogAggie
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HumpitPuryear said:

We know about those spikes and the Neanderthals that live in those states. You have not explained the increases in all of those sophisticated states that are trending up. Why are they trending up? They are doing everything right including mask and vaccine mandates.

I already posted Illinois above. At worst they've hit or about to their peak, which is still a ton smaller than the early year spike.


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NASAg03 said:

I'm done with this board.

CondensedFoggyAggie ruins every thread.
You mean disprove every false data point, false chart, false conclusion that is leading to American deaths?

Another 2000 dead yesterday. 10 thousand dead the past week.

Maybe now you've realize all the fake news you've been spreading, though I doubt it
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Have they peaked? Really? You want to go ahead and tell me the results of the game on Saturday?
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CondensedFoggyAggie said:

NASAg03 said:

I'm done with this board.

CondensedFoggyAggie ruins every thread.
You mean disprove every false data point, false chart, false conclusion that is leading to American deaths?

Another 2000 dead yesterday. 10 thousand dead the past week.

Maybe now you've realize all the fake news you've been spreading, though I doubt it


Hunh, I thought it was a virus doing that. Guess you learn something new everyday.
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CondensedFoggyAggie said:

HumpitPuryear said:

We know about those spikes and the Neanderthals that live in those states. You have not explained the increases in all of those sophisticated states that are trending up. Why are they trending up? They are doing everything right including mask and vaccine mandates.

I already posted Illinois above. At worst they've hit or about to their peak, which is still a ton smaller than the early year spike.



Look at those massive death spikes in Michigan and Minnesota. Must've not been wearing masks!
03_Aggie
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Quote:

"Total number of confirmed COVID-19 associated deaths with date of death on the provided date. Local health departments use multiple sources to confirm that a death is COVID-associated, including speaking with physicians, reviewing medical records, and consulting with medical examiners. COVID-associated deaths are also counted in the "Cases" field.

Note: If the cause of death was determined to be unrelated to COVID-19 (e.g. homicide) for an individual with confirmed COVID-19 infection, that case is not counted in the Death count (but counted in the Cases count).

Values:
Positive Numeric"


Interesting, while other states are counting probable cases and deaths, California seems to only be reporting confirmed. No wonder their number look better.
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Masks in schools are worthless, especially with the delta variant. My kids go to a large private school in DFW and we were masked last year. Not this year. There were a few cases at the beginning…. And no cases since mid September. Out of 1500 kids only a handful of cases so far this school year. Food for thought for all those in favor of masks….
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NASAg03 said:

I'm done with this board.

CondensedFoggyAggie ruins every thread.
yep, anyone with half a working brain knew these mask werent working from all the results coming out of studies in states that used them,

look if a person feels safer wearing a mask, then they should use one. If you are ok not using one then dont because they arent working anyway

I see very few mask in Houston of all places, most people are over using them

just use perma ignore on posters like condensed, i had to perma a few on this forum.. not a big deal
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Very little mask usage here in SA…there will likely be a few more scare attempts but it is time to move on. Now if you want to wear a Tyvek suit all day long, knock yourself out!!

I wonder what the pre-midterm variant will be?

Tau?
Omega?
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HumpitPuryear said:

Have they peaked? Really? You want to go ahead and tell me the results of the game on Saturday?

Guess reading a graph is tough for ya.

Are you gonna blame illegals for covid spikes in..... West Virginia? Since we're making **** up anyway.
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If masking is so effective, we never should have seen all those earlier pre-vaccine spikes when the entire world was still freaked out over Covid. States like Illinois had their biggest peak when you couldn't go anywhere without a mask and many schools were still shut down. People will throw up graphs of some state or country to try to prove how masking works while ignoring all the places around the planet where Covid spiked despite strict mask policies. It's a virus, it can't be controlled, and it's virtually impossible to predict or make sense of what it does.
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fullback44 said:

NASAg03 said:

I'm done with this board.

CondensedFoggyAggie ruins every thread.
yep, anyone with half a working brain knew these mask werent working from all the results coming out of studies in states that used them,

look if a person feels safer wearing a mask, then they should use one. If you are ok not using one then dont because they arent working anyway

I see very few mask in Houston of all places, most people are over using them

just use perma ignore on posters like condensed, i had to perma a few on this forum.. not a big deal

Thanks a ton for putting me on ignore and saving my time, did a solid. I'll do likewise.
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CondensedFoggyAggie said:

HumpitPuryear said:

Cases and deaths in the SE are dropping off a cliff. This at the very time that football crazy residents are packing football stadiums and going back to school unmasked. Meanwhile cases and deaths across the mid-west, VA, and similar "covid sensitive" areas are on the upswing. Masks and cases do not correlate. They never have. Masks are purely political. Always have been.

VA is on the upswing? Florida and Texas would love to have their upswing. Not to mention they're 40th in the nation in terms of covid death rate.




I live in Virginia and travel a lot for work. During the pandemic I have been to Florida, Arizona, California, DC, Maryland and VA.

VA has very lax restrictions compared to Maryland and DC. Very few mask mandates even in the northern VA area (e.g. my gym has never mandated masks the entire pandemic). Very few restaurant restrictions compared to DC and Maryland. So VAs success has nothing to do with harsh lockdowns or mask mandates. We've fared better than DC and Maryland who both imposed more restrictions.

I was shocked by how many people went maksless while I was in San Diego. I was expecting 100% masking in California. Not the case at all. Fewer masks in San Diego than Miami. More crowds and groups in San Diego. Miami gyms and hotels had mask requirements, most in San Diego did not.

The reality on the ground in these places is so different than what the media reports. If you start traveling, you'll likely be surprised at the delta between news and reality.
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sorry condensed, your permaed so so I cant read your post
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CondensedFoggyAggie said:

HumpitPuryear said:

Have they peaked? Really? You want to go ahead and tell me the results of the game on Saturday?

Guess reading a graph is tough for ya.

Are you gonna blame illegals for covid spikes in..... West Virginia? Since we're making **** up anyway.
Nah we know it's Neanderthal Trumpists anti-vaxers. I'm sure it's the same in Washington and Oregon.
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HumpitPuryear said:

CondensedFoggyAggie said:

HumpitPuryear said:

Have they peaked? Really? You want to go ahead and tell me the results of the game on Saturday?

Guess reading a graph is tough for ya.

Are you gonna blame illegals for covid spikes in..... West Virginia? Since we're making **** up anyway.
Nah we know it's Neanderthal Trumpists anti-vaxers. I'm sure it's the same in Washington and Oregon.

Glad you admit the truth!

By the way, Washington and Oregon are 45th and 46th in terms of covid death rates. They're doing beautifully.

Just the anti vaxxers over there dying, as usual, thanks for noticing
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