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| Tennessee Data for Masked vs. Unmasked Counties |
| 2020-12-29 |
| [Townhall] Here in Tennessee, one of the few states without a statewide mask-mandate, much pressure has been placed upon Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to "do something." Since lockdowns are thankfully for the most part out of the question here, the pressure has centered on establishing that mandate the mask-Karens have been longing for. Even former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a medical doctor, has gotten in on the action, begging Lee to pull the trigger in a Facebook post earlier this month that blamed rising case numbers not on the winter months when such viruses always tend to spread, but on supposedly unmasked rural counties. Over the allotted period, counties with mask mandates saw 4.7% of their population infected while those without them saw a 4.6% infection rate. Interestingly, Hawkins County, which let its mandate expire at the end of September, had 4.3% of its population infected, while Carter County had 5.1% infected with a mandate in place. Both have nearly identical populations. When you combine this Tennessee data with Rational Ground's data from Florida and masked vs unmasked states nationwide that I wrote about in last week's column, the picture is increasingly clear. It's time to face the fact that mask mandates DO NOT WORK to stop or even slow the spread of COVID-19. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #7 The latest slander attempt seems to be Toxic Individuality. But go ahead, wear your mask to an Anhydrous leak, find out how little that 'it helps a little' really is. Governess Cat Lady here is trying to wrest control from the counties to a statewide model, and it is apparently not going over very well. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-12-29 15:42 |
| #6 Masks do not prevent the virus infecting you. Covering the eyes would be vastly more effective. Masks stop quite a bit of particles larger than the virus exhaled into in the air, but not enough to make any difference. When masks were first mandated they were for "re-assurance". Promising clinical data for fenofibrate's ability to prevent lung damage in COVID-19 patients Interesting aside. We tend to eat more fat during the winter. I wonder does a lower fat diet mean less lung problems if infected? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-12-29 11:21 |
| #5 #3 Each SARS-CoV-2 virion is approximately 50–200 nanometres in diameter. Your Nobel prize in organic chemistry is in the mail. the largest known odorant is a labdane with a molecular weight of 296 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-12-29 10:39 |
| #4 I live in Hawkins county. Very few people wear masks except in grocery stores. Even there a significant number do not. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2020-12-29 09:07 |
| #3 If you can smell thru your mask it's not going to stop covid molecules. Follow the science(r). |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 2020-12-29 08:39 |
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| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-12-29 03:25 |
| #1 Sssssh! Don't tell ou(r) (r)esident (r)ona-wanke(r) |
| Posted by: Crerese Speaking for Boskone5708 2020-12-29 01:44 |