It's just a mask

[Oerets]

I'm under the opinion that if a link to anyone not wearing a mask, by contact tracing to an infection. They be charged with assault! Or attempted murder if can be proved they knew was infected!
If a death occurs when unknowing then manslaughter!

[Chicks]

One arrested in threat to kidnap and kill Wichita mayor over COVID-19 mask mandate

https://www.kansas.com/news/politics...246513655.html

The apparent motive was the suspect’s opposition to “masks and tyranny,” Whipple said.

“He said he was going to kidnap me and slash my throat and he needed my address because I needed to see the hangman — me and everyone who, something about tyranny,” Whipple said.

“It sounded like the person was very upset about pretty much mask mandates and he said something about not being able to see his mother because of COVID restrictions on elderly homes.”

Trumpkins aren't just stupid and whacked out like this Insane clown, they're also dangerous psychopaths.

[Chicks]

Birx tells friends she was relieved after Trump adviser Scott Atlas' inaccurate mask tweet was removed

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/polit...rce/index.html

Members of the White House coronavirus task force are praising a move by Twitter removing a misleading tweet from top Trump adviser Dr. Scott Atlas that told Americans masks don't work.

The tweet's removal was a "relief" among some task force members, Dr. Deborah Birx told friends over the weekend, according to a source with knowledge of the conversation.


Birx also told friends fighting the virus is "hard enough (without Atlas)."

She also suggested the task force is frustrated by Atlas' ability to find obscure information, label it as data and "present (it) to the President as scientific evidence," an almost insurmountable challenge.

"If he likes the sound of it, he believes it," Birx has said of Trump.

Atlas has emerged as a key influence on the President in recent weeks as the task force and its key public health experts have been swept aside by politics and competing interests.

Atlas is about as qualified on COVID as this Insane clown.

[Chicks]

CDC expands definition of who is a ‘close contact’ of an individual with covid-19
The new guidance is likely to have the biggest impact on schools, workplaces and other group settings since more people are likely to be considered at risk.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...e-contact-cdc/

Federal health officials issued new guidance on Wednesday that greatly expands the pool of people considered at risk of contracting the novel coronavirus by changing the definition of who is a “close contact” of an infected individual.

The change by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is likely to have its biggest impact in schools, workplaces and other group settings where people are in contact with others for long periods of time. It also underscores the importance of mask-wearing to prevent spread of the virus, even as President Trump and his top coronavirus adviser raise doubts about such guidance.

The CDC had previously defined a “close contact” as someone who spent at least 15 consecutive minutes within six feet of a confirmed coronavirus case. The updated guidance, which health departments rely on to conduct contact tracing, now defines a close contact as someone who was within six feet of an infected individual for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period, according to a CDC statement Wednesday.

Wear that mask! You too, Trumpkin morons.

[donquixote99]

I see what they did. They dropped the 'consecutive' part. 1 minute 15 times now counts, if all 15 are within 24 hours of each other.

[Chicks]

Hormel is giving away bacon-scented face masks so you can smell bacon everywhere you go

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/10/22/u...rnd/index.html

A mask even an idiot Trumpkin would wear.

[Chicks]

A powerful argument for wearing a mask, in visual form
Real-time pandemic data paints a vivid picture of the relationship between mask-wearing and the prevalence of covid-19 symptoms

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...a-chart-masks/



Translating for you idiot Trumpkins: Bottom right good, top left bad.

[Chicks]

How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill?
Liberty doesn’t mean freedom to infect other people.
By Paul Krugman

A long time ago, in an America far, far away — actually just last spring — many conservatives dismissed Covid-19 as a New York problem. It’s true that in the first few months of the pandemic, the New York area, the port of entry for many infected visitors from Europe, was hit very hard. But the focus on New York also played into right-wing “American carnage” narratives about the evils of densely populated, diverse cities. Rural white states imagined themselves immune.

But New York eventually controlled its viral surge, in large part via widespread mask-wearing, and at this point the “anarchist jurisdiction” is one of the safest places in the country. Despite a worrying uptick in some neighborhoods, especially in religious communities that have been flouting rules on social distancing, New York City’s positivity rate — the fraction of tests showing presence of the coronavirus — is only a bit over 1 percent.

Last weekend North Dakota, which is averaging more than 700 new coronavirus cases every day, was down to only 17 available I.C.U. beds. South Dakota now has a terrifying 35 percent positivity rate. Deaths tend to lag behind infections and hospitalizations, but more people are already dying daily in the Dakotas than in New York State, which has 10 times their combined population. And there’s every reason to fear that things will get worse as cold weather forces people indoors and Covid-19 interacts with the flu season.

But why does this keep happening? Why does America keep making the same mistakes?

Donald Trump’s disastrous leadership is, of course, an important factor. But I also blame Ayn Rand — or, more generally, libertarianism gone bad, a misunderstanding of what freedom is all about.

If you look at what Republican politicians are saying as the pandemic rips through their states, you see a lot of science denial. Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, has gone full Trump — questioning the usefulness of masks and encouraging potential super-spreader events. (The Sturgis motorcycle rally, which drew almost a half-million bikers to her state, may have played a key role in setting off the viral surge.)

But you also see a lot of libertarian rhetoric — a lot of talk about “freedom” and “personal responsibility.” Even politicians willing to say that people should cover their faces and avoid indoor gatherings refuse to use their power to impose rules to that effect, insisting that it should be a matter of individual choice.

Which is nonsense.

Nonsense is all this Insane clown knows.

[RickeyM]

Sadly the reality of increased hospitalizations and deaths will hit these heartland folk after they cast their votes for tRump, still believing were " 'rounding the curve" and "a vaccination is only weeks away". Even with a Biden election win inauguration day is over two months away and that's a long time in the...

(read the sig)

[Chicks]

The New York Times @nytimes

There are only 10 states where cases are not rising and have stayed low. http://nyti.ms/34qqinI

11:27 AM · Oct 23, 2020·Twitter Web App

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Red states in the Midwest, where, apparently, they're too damn stupid to mask up, are in horrific shape, and will get MUCH worse as the cold sets in. Sensible Blue states like CA, of course, are doing far better, some even trending down.