YOUR KIDDING?!?!? Frankly, most of what was done or not done was Governors. If anything was done wrong, most of the blame lies with them and if anything was done right, most of the credit goes to them. They all want states rights until its time to own up.
Actually... masks probably don't help. They certainly don't do nearly enough. At best they can help you be slightly less likely to infect someone else. And that's if you bothered to buy one that is of any quality. They may legislate a questionable $100 fine for walking down the street without a mask, but there's nothing to say the jack-booted thug who stops to check you for a mask will look at the label and run it through a battery of tests before waving you on your way.
No, you're wrong. There is now a large body of published research showing that masks work. So go look it up if you care, but either way, remain ignorant no longer.
Masks work in aggregate, likely not for the reasons you think. If everyone studiously wore a mask, of course we would see lower infection counts, due to people not touching their own faces, and also restriction of mucous droplets from sneezing and coughing. All of which are easily solvable by other methods. Don't touch your face, and cough/sneeze into your arm, wash your hands. If people did those things studiously it would likely have a greater effect than mask wearing. That's my beef with the masks - I'm already careful in doing those things, so someone who believes I need a mask as well, doesn't understand something about the science of transmission(*).
The one caveat is that masks definitely are required in hospitals or group care homes, where there is a reasonable chance someone could cough or sneeze in your face.
Exhaling droplets without coughing can spread the coronavirus and easily reach 2m. Exhaled/coughed droplets can remain suspended in the air for hours. I'm guessing you're not as careful as you think. Wear a fucking mask.
Plitician lies? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re: (Score:4, Insightful)
Re: (Score:1)
Actually... masks probably don't help. They certainly don't do nearly enough. At best they can help you be slightly less likely to infect someone else. And that's if you bothered to buy one that is of any quality. They may legislate a questionable $100 fine for walking down the street without a mask, but there's nothing to say the jack-booted thug who stops to check you for a mask will look at the label and run it through a battery of tests before waving you on your way.
Re: Plitician lies? (Score:4, Informative)
Re: Plitician lies? (Score:3, Interesting)
The one caveat is that masks definitely are required in hospitals or group care homes, where there is a reasonable chance someone could cough or sneeze in your face.
Re: (Score:2)
Exhaling droplets without coughing can spread the coronavirus and easily reach 2m. Exhaled/coughed droplets can remain suspended in the air for hours. I'm guessing you're not as careful as you think. Wear a fucking mask.
Re: (Score:2)
Whilst you are to be commended for your excellent hygiene habits, I think you trivialise the number and size of droplets created simply by talking.
For example, here's a high-speed video [youtube.com] of droplets created by counting one to ten.