Re: Ot- 2020 memes
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:31 pm
Seeing as we have both infections and masks and social distance help, i'll eat a Apple and 3 Oranges. Jim.
Yes, one has to look just a tiny bit deeper into an apparent contradiction to see the truth. Your two points about prevention measures and R0 values are what I would emphasize.Dog Slobber wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 2:04 pmThe Flu is dramatically lower because the COVID prevention measures that some (but not all), are reducing the spread that we are typically accustomed to.
COVID is still bad because the prevention measures are still not good enough to address the transmission of COVID because it has a much higher R-naught value than the flu. It's also bad because being a novel virus our bodies are less adapted to fighting it, and as a society we have less experience treating it.
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give up, granny. when it comes to covid, he appears to just post these things to troll others.ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:56 pmWhat medical professionals are you dealing with? All the ones I deal with know full well why we wear masks after being vaccinated.
Dang. It's just a meme. Am I supposed to adhere to a certain "group think" in a *meme* thread? Is there another thread with thicker-skinned curmudgeons?zonker wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 6:53 pmgive up, granny. when it comes to covid, he appears to just post these things to troll others.ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:56 pmWhat medical professionals are you dealing with? All the ones I deal with know full well why we wear masks after being vaccinated.