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In reply to the discussion: Who uses the "Next Door" app? What a source of endless (and often pathetic) humor [View all]mia
(8,476 posts)The latest discussion about masks....
M. E. "Wear A Mask! Its not a political statement, its a health issue. If you are outside and breathing, please wear a mask. Thank you." 21 hr ago 69 Comments
A. B. "Youre right, although people in the Gables do not care. I do wear a mask every time I go out of house, the way it should be." 18 hr ago
R. W. "If you think people in Coral Gables don't care, try going a little farther North. We visited a friend in Vero Beach a couple weeks ago after she had surgery. No one, and I mean absolutely no one wore a mask. They looked at us like we were freaks. Very sad and that's exactly why the number of cases of the Carona Virus are increasing throughout the state of Florida." 18 hr ago
N. C. "Deaths by day have been plunging since April."
https://reason.com/2020/06/22/daily-covid-19-deaths-have-fallen-dramatically-since-april/
L. S. Its not all about death. Covid can cause long-term (or even lifetime) coronary, pulmonary, kidney and even neurological damage. And theres no way to predict how your body will react. Suffering from these afflictions is also medically expensive. And the cases in Florida havent plateaued or dropped. Edited 7 hr ago
N. C. to L.S. "thats based on complete speculation and media sensationalism. Media also pretends we are having a Covid surge based on new cases despite deaths and hospitalizations dropping. Theres a reason there are new cases and reputable doctors have explained its due to more testing yet the media and city officials refuse to acknowledge science and reasoning. They want this hysteria to continue."
5 hr ago
S.W. "Pretends??? Because of more testing? Do you think people wake up and say, "oh let me go have a foot long swab shoved up my nose today, I've nothing else to do!" People get tested because they are either sick, or are concerned they have been exposed. Do you really think less testing means less covid?? If I don;'t take my blood pressure it won't be high? If I don't weight, I won't have gained 10 pounds? I'm going to 'pretend' you are not so misinformed. "1 hr ago
N.C. to Y.A. "out of science and logic. Im the only one sharing data and peer reviewed studies"
54 min ago
Y.A. to N. C. "You have linked only two articles (which are not considered peer reviewed studies), a chart with no source and a 2015 NIH study about cloth masks during the Ebola epidemic that has not yet been revised. Attached a link to a more recent study since you seem to be a bit behind on current data
" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191274/
Edited 29 min ago
G. H. to N.C. "Your liberty stops when it infringes on mine. Ill fight for your right to waive your arms until you hit me in the face. Then youve trounced on my rights."
3 min ago
