The US Surgeon General

[mercuryblues]

is Jerome Adams

All you need to know about him.

He was Indiana's State Health Commissioner under Pence. Praying away Covid19, what could go wrong with that?

[mr_lebowski]

1. And Oh Hey, if a shitload of people do end up dying ... GODS WILL, right?

Don't worry the Indiana Braintrust has got this whole situation dicked ...

[dewsgirl]

2. He put out a tweet yesterday stating masks only help if you

are already infected, other countries aren't saying that. I understand there are shortages and medical personnel need them the most, but don't give the public misleading information. It is spread certainly by droplets, of course a mask will give you more protection than no mask. I don't trust a thing coming from this government.

[mercuryblues]

3. I don't understand how masks are

ineffective for the general populace, but they work for medical personal.

[dewsgirl]

4. Exactly, it's like they think just because the vast majority of the

base is semi illiterate, we all are. This story seriously pissed me off, I have followed this for the past month and definitely knew better.

[Kaleva]

5. Several studies have found that surgical masks can be effective.

"According to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, families with kids who had flu-like symptoms and used the masks properly were 80% less likely to be diagnosed with the same thing.

Another study looked at 400 people who had the flu found that family members who wore a surgical mask and washed their hands reduced their chance of getting the flu by 70%.

“Individual brands of masks and that sort of thing hasn't been studied, but the few studies that have looked at them do have an effect – in some studies, up to 50 to 80% reduction in transmission,” UW virology expert Alex Greninger said. “They seem to stop large droplets, and I think the other key thing to mention with masks is that it really depends on what you're willing to wear.”

Coronavirus is most commonly spread through the air by coughing or sneezing or though close personal contact, such as touching or shaking hands, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

While masks do seem promising, it's also important to utilize other preventive measures. Make sure you wash your hands often during flu season, especially if you're around others who may be sick. Also, be sure to get your annual flu shot to protect yourself and others from spreading the virus."

https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/surgical-mask-effectiveness/281-9c762e52-c2ec-4dec-b5f3-77ee833fca1e

"At the start of flu season in the last two years, participants were randomly assigned to six weeks of wearing a standard medical procedure mask alone, mask use and hand sanitizer use, or a control group with no intervention. Researchers followed students for incidence of influenza like illness symptoms, defined as cough with at least one other characteristic symptom such as fever, chills or body aches, Monto said.

From the third week on, both the mask only and mask/hand sanitizer interventions showed a significant or nearly significant reduction in the rate of influenza-like illness symptoms in comparison to the control group. The observed reduction in rate of flu-like symptoms remained even after adjusting for gender, race/ethnicity, hand washing practices, sleep quality, and flu vaccination."

https://news.umich.edu/masks-hand-washing-prevent-spread-of-flu-like-symptoms-by-up-to-50-percent/

[dewsgirl]

6. Thank you.

[Kaleva]

8. As far as surgical masks go, I prefer to err on the side of caution

A box of 50 cost me $10 (I got 4 boxes) plus S&H and tax. I see that they've gone up $7 a box at the site I bought them from.

[dewsgirl]

9. Do you mind sharing the site?

[Kaleva]

10. This is the site but they are out of stock

https://www.sciplus.com/

Keep checking the site though as they went out of stock shortly after I got my order but they had some more the last time I checked about a week or so ago.

[dewsgirl]

11. Thank you very much.

[dewsgirl]

12. That site has all kinds of cool stuff, I found actual gas masks

for around 20 bucks, I am coming up blank searching for both masks/respirators, maybe because they are out of stock? You may have got really lucky.

[Kaleva]

13. They carry masks but it won't show up in a search if they are out of stock.

The had DOD Flu Pandemic kits too but that quickly went out of stock awhile ago an they haven't got anymore.

[lpbk2713]

7. And if (when) it gets worse it's because we're not praying hard enough.

It's not like they're actually expected to do anything.