The coronavirus has more than half of the adults living in the United States wearing face masks when they go out in public.

Fifty-five percent of adults in the U.S. reported that they have started to wear masks when going out in public, according to a poll from ABC News/Ipsos. That total does not include the 13% of respondents who reported they have not left their homes at all out of fear of contracting the coronavirus.
Guidance on face masks has shifted since the outbreak first began. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently endorsed the general public wearing face masks after weeks of questioning whether it would help stop the spread of the virus.


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/...-in-public-poll

More disheartening stats at the link. A nation of frightened sheep.

I'm calling bullshit on that poll. I was at Publix and Walmart yesterday to pick essentials. I saw only a small handful ...less than 10% of the shoppers wearing masks. At the walmart most of mask wearers were black. At publix it was the elderly you know...people my age.

When I went to HEB on Wednesday about a third of the sheep wore masks. Their breath moistened the t-shirt material clinging to their faces and they fiddled with it with gloved hands then touched everything in the store. Very hygienic.

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Just got back from HEB. Other than the employees, I saw maybe five people wearing masks.

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Not wearing a mask. Nor going to wear a mask.

I have done extensive reading of papers regarding epidemiolgy, yada - yada.

Some of this info is hard to find now.

Concerns were raised over this being a biotech chimera.

Early reports were slapped down. The problem is with the spike insertions and the length of this gene. Unusually long. Compared to other coronaviruses. Also that it had the features of an OLD virus. Meaning it had appeared, been wiped out, or became endemic to the host, or similar vectors.

Do you see what I am saying? This was last year's coronavirus.

How often has the 1918 flu reappeared? Never?

The chance of this virus reappearing spontaneously is not without the possibility of a recurral. But that isn't what this is.

Give me a chance and follow me down a rabbit hole. Later.

Yesterday at the HEB in Kerrville the employees are all forced to wear masks. They are miserable and complaining how hot it is. By the end of their shift, their soggy masks will be breeding bacteria. Many of the shoppers wore masks and fiddled with them with their gloved hands. I smirk at them and roll my eyes. They act like scared bunnies.

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Not wearing a mask. Nor going to wear a mask.

I have done extensive reading of papers regarding epidemiolgy, yada - yada.

Some of this info is hard to find now.

Concerns were raised over this being a biotech chimera.

Early reports were slapped down. The problem is with the spike insertions and the length of this gene. Unusually long. Compared to other coronaviruses. Also that it had the features of an OLD virus. Meaning it had appeared, been wiped out, or became endemic to the host, or similar vectors.

Do you see what I am saying? This was last year's coronavirus.

How often has the 1918 flu reappeared? Never?

The chance of this virus reappearing spontaneously is not without the possibility of a recurral. But that isn't what this is.

Give me a chance and follow me down a rabbit hole. Later.

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I look forward to your thoughts.

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Problem I see in Florida, and maybe is the same in other places, is that individual counties are putting mask requirements in place. Now, if you happen to travel to that county and don't have a mask you're "breaking the law". There's no way to keep up with what each county is requiring.

I find it stunning the people are wearing masks without questioning why now. the lack of effectiveness or anything else. They have accepted the yoke of slavery.

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I find it stunning the people are wearing masks without questioning why now. the lack of effectiveness or anything else. They have accepted the yoke of slavery.

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