LinvilleGorge

I follow neither. I understand data. It's a huge part of what I do. The data supporting the efficacy of mask wearing is overwhelming. I've lost my patience in being civil about it. We'll watch our healthcare system get overwhelmed this winter and our economy get driven into the next Great Depression if we keep allowing idiots to go around mouth breathing without a mask.

A great case study on why America has had a far different COVID experience than any other developed nation.

He just got a warning as well.

If you turn this into a race baiting thread I'm gonna ban your ass. Straight up.

What part of "we've already had this conversation" don't you understand? I guess reading comprehension wasn't exactly your strong suit either. And no, that's not an insult. It's simply an observation. Go back and read if you want to rehash that conversation. I'm tired of being civil with people who are ignorantly or willfully enabling an ongoing pandemic that is going to have devastating impacts on our healthcare system this fall and winter and has already had a devastating impact on our economy that are ongoing.

You and your buddy Wes are the two who think you're outsmarting the world's leading virologists and epidemiologists. Y'all probably barely passed HS biology

Like I said, we went over this many pages ago. You were part of that conversation. Go back and read.

Yeah, we've already gone over Fauci's massive error in judgement of speaking out against masks early on to conserve supply for medical professionals. That was many pages ago.

Your "but people touch their face without washing their hands" kinda pretty clearly indicates that you don't understand how masks work.

If you actually care to educate yourself, feel free. But I'm pretty sure you're way too deep down the whataboutism rabbit hole to bother. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent

SC refuses to issue a mandate requiring masks, but they have issued a mandate requiring schools to be open five days a weeks this fall.

-catching-coronavirus-from-a-surface.html Not according to actual data. The data is trending more and more toward respiratory transmission and more and more away from touch transmission. Touch transmission is likely possible, but it's looking more and more like respiratory transmission is the dominant method of transmission.

You realize there is actual data STRONGLY suggesting that mask wearing is effective in real world situations, right? So, what are these mental gymanstics truly about? Honestly, I realize that I may need to switch tactics here...

Maybe I need another cup of coffee or maybe it's a bad translation, but what is that quote supposed to be getting at?

Their trust factor for a certain politician certainly hasn't wavered despite spewing blatant falsehoods at every opportunity. Funny how that works.

Constantly evoking whataboutisms and pseudo-science is a far better use of time?

It's so painfully simple. Yet we have people just flat out refusing to do it or engaging in mental gymnastics to convince themselves and others why maybe they shouldn't. Just wear the mask. This isn't a personal liberty issue and it's ridiculous to make it out to be one.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html This is deeply concerning.

Yeah, it's well known that COVID generally doesn't hit the young all that hard when we know the flu can be pretty dangerous for young children.

Many are actually pulling a complete 180. At first, everyone who wore a mask was a pussy. Now they're basically claiming they can't wear masks BECAUSE they are pussies, inventing "issues" they have to explain why they can't endure the tortures of wearing a simple facemask.

I'm likely considerably right of most of the other mods. Right wingers call me a commie and left wingers call me a fascist. Honestly, I think both are completely illogical

If a poster makes it a habit of derailing threads with political conspiracy theories, yeah they'll end up banned at some point.

While blaming it on everyone else.

You're not banned, but you're going to take this to the TB or you'll end up banned.

Good grief, man. Turn off Fox news. It has been mathematically demonstrated time and time again that the rise in cases is not simply due to increased testing. The flu is not a coronavirus. This is literally not "a flu". If you just want to talk politics and psuedo-science, we have a dedicated forum for such tomfoolery. Take it to the TB.