HnkrCrash wrote:Masks do work if worn correctly. Pretty sound science on that and more coming out daily. The issue is very few people wear them correctly (covering nose and mouth), if at all. The largest increases are now in rural areas where mask compliance is slim to none. I was in Home Depot and Runnings in Wilmar a week or two back and I was in the great minority with having a mask on. The stats about rural areas blowing up makes perfect sense to me after that experience. Community spread in public places is by all accounts low even with this being the case for those properly masked. Another issue now is in private settings with people who are “safe” and mask usage is also not a thing. And there have also been studies done showing that restaurants are contributing to the spread. Again, people not masked while eating food. Something like 35% of all new cases a month back involved someone who had been at a bar/restaurant with the last 10 or so days. Currently 31% of all ICU beds in MN are filled with COVID patients. How much more serious do things have to get before people care? Don’t take it from me though. Listen and read comments from healthcare providers dealing with this mess. The nurse in SD whose tweet went viral is really all you need to know about the willful ignorance some people have surrounding the current situation the country is in. Good luck to everyone. The first person I’ve had beers with is vented and knocking on death’s door as I type this. Early 60s, fit, no preexisting conditions. He was probably gonna die within a year or two anyways though, right?
The person you describe is statistically the exception, per the MN stats that are updated daily. IF the person is real, I mean dude you claim to know like 200 people with covid last month and all were about to die so no offense but clearly you have a hard on for covid.
A study said 35% of new cases had eaten at a restaurant in the last 10 days?? What else did they do? Buy groceries, have kids in school/daycare, put gas in car? That's ridiculous. 100% of them have taken a shit so I guess shitting causes covid as well.
Again - this is UNDENIABLE per the statistics that the state of MN posts daily.....if you are not in a high risk group, the chances are very, very slim you will get very ill and even smaller you will die. You can ignore these ACTUAL statistics if you want or you have an agenda but that is empirical data printed daily from the MN health dept.