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Masks smasks. I saw a woman yesterday I would say in her 30's riding a bike and wearing a mask on a lonely small 2 lane road in Hillsborough wearing a mask. She was struggling cycling and her sterering was erratic. What a fool.

You can't wear a mask in this heat for long. IMO you're doing more harm to yourself, you're breathing in your own carbon all day, while it's hot and humid. I feel sick wearing it and I'm not some fat slob.
 
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Weren't athletes wearing masks during workouts that specifically restricted their breathing, not too long ago? Now we're all too sensitive to wearing masks while loafing around.
 
Not good, we were hoping Covid does not do well in heat like the flu
It likely isn't spreading as quickly as it would in cold weather right?

We pick through the reasons as to why it spread so much faster in the NE and upper midwest, and certainly population density is a big part of it, but weather may be as well.
 
You can't wear a mask in this heat for long. IMO you're doing more harm to yourself, you're breathing in your own carbon all day, while it's hot and humid. I feel sick wearing it and I'm not some fat slob.
I did at first.

Now I forget to take it off when I'm working outside. Even yesterday I caught myself after working out there for 5 minutes with it on.
 
Weren't athletes wearing masks during workouts that specifically restricted their breathing, not too long ago? Now we're all too sensitive to wearing masks while loafing around.

Don't use those people as your example.

Those athletes were morons.
At least professionals got paid to promote them - the guy in your local gym wearing one is just a fool.

"Elevation training masks" (and the people wearing them) have been a laughing stock for years.
 
not even going that far

but here is one for you that did effect me personally...had to limit number of people at funeral but you can have mass memorials across the country, is it justified because a cop murdered a black man but yet all the other lives lost in the past few months, some of them only had a handful of people to mourn them, we were lucky that we were able to have pretty much most family and small group of friends at my moms funeral but some others didnt.

how can they justify this...well they can because it fits their needs.

people need to open their eyes and question things, it doesnt mean you calling coronavirus a hoax but just realize that they are flying by their seat of their pants and trying to control and instill fear in you when it suits them
If you allow them to instill fear in you they will try for sure.
 
Now we're all too sensitive to wearing masks while loafing around.

I'm not a scientist or doctor.
I just follow Gov. Murphy's rules and assume he is being advised by doctors and scientists and making rules accordingly.

If Gov. Murphy says it's okay to loaf around outside on the beach or in a park all day with no mask on, that's good enough for me.
 
Swarms of people packed like sardines will descend upon DC and other cities today

No outcry nor lecturing by public health officials nor state or local politicians.

That must mean that CV is longer a public health threat.

If it were, you would have these officials screaming at the top of their lungs to stay home.
Maybe it is an attempt at thinning the herd?
 
Don't use those people as your example.

Those athletes were morons.
At least professionals got paid to promote them - the guy in your local gym wearing one is just a fool.

"Elevation training masks" (and the people wearing them) have been a laughing stock for years.
Jamal Westerman wore one when he played for the Jets and a CFL team. @rurichdog
 
I'm not a scientist or doctor.
I just follow Gov. Murphy's rules and assume he is being advised by doctors and scientists and making rules accordingly.

If Gov. Murphy says it's okay to loaf around outside on the beach or in a park all day with no mask on, that's good enough for me.

Did you see this? I wouldn't put so much trust in these people. They don't know anything that you can't learn yourself from reading up.
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020...demic-failures-led-to-preventable-deaths.html
 
Did you even read it? The parade was held at the very start of the virus. We are at the back of this one. That was a friggin parade. Gathering at mass still requires social distancing and masks. Huge difference from 1918.
 
How does this make any sense?

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That's crazy.
Did you even read it? The parade was held at the very start of the virus. We are at the back of this one. That was a friggin parade. Gathering at mass still requires social distancing and masks. Huge difference from 1918.

Yeah, it's much worse now that officials, Who still have stay at home lockdowns on the populace and won't let them earn a living, go to a house of worship or take their family to a park in some cases, have been silent and even encouraged other people to go gather and protest.

You're good with that?
 
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I'm not a scientist or doctor.
I just follow Gov. Murphy's rules and assume he is being advised by doctors and scientists and making rules accordingly.

If Gov. Murphy says it's okay to loaf around outside on the beach or in a park all day with no mask on, that's good enough for me.
That's good enough for me too. I just found it strange that a few years back, wearing a mask while exercising was a big fad. Now, people cry about wearing masks that have better airflow than what we voluntarily paid money for, for less reasons. I have to wear one all day at work, so while I understand the enjoyment of finally getting to take it off at the end of a shift, I also don't cry about breathing my own air when I have to wear it somewhere out of the building.
 
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That's crazy.


Yeah, it's much worse now that officials, Who still have stay at home lockdowns on the populace and won't let them earn a living or take their family to a park in some cases, have been silent and even encouraged other people to go gather and protest.

But in both cases officials knew there was a pandemic and defied common sense.
How are they defying common sense by letting people go to church??
 
I re-worded and edited , go see and tell me if you're good with the hypocrisy
You do know that most states are no longer under lock down and business are reopening, right? The order in Philly to gather at mass happened at the same time that they let business reopen. All of it has restrictions. No I don't see the hypocrisy at all because there is none.
 
RU numbers I love all the information and your scientific knowledge is awesome as I know we both graduated at the same time not just here but of course on the other sports boards. Hate the way people attack other people on all these boards as they are a voice for all of us to voice our opinions!!
With that being said when do you ever sleep lol!!
Thanks - I've never minded well-formed arguments (my wife says I like to argue for sport) or even a creative dig. It's the petty, mean-spirited stuff or the obvious trolling that can be annoying. Was always a night owl who didn't need much sleep - it was tougher when I was working 12+ hours a day and doing weather threads into the wee hours and only getting 2-3 hours sleep, lol. Post-retirement, I can just sleep in.
 
Did you even read it? The parade was held at the very start of the virus. We are at the back of this one. That was a friggin parade. Gathering at mass still requires social distancing and masks. Huge difference from 1918.
I think he wrote "in mass" meaning "en masse" and you are saying "at mass" implying church.
 
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I work construction. There are some places that require us to wear a mask and we have to or we cant work there. There are also some places that dont require them and me and all my coworkers dont wear them. It sucks to work in them especially with safety glasses on that keep fogging up. In the begining I was more worried/afraid of the virus but after reading more and more about it Im not as worried anymore. I just practice good hygiene and I consider myself healthy. Im gonna live my life.
 
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I think he wrote "in mass" meaning "en masse" and you are saying "at mass" implying church.
Different answer, a parade put on by a city can be cancelled easily. A protest not so much. We have this thing called The First Ammendment. Still a huge difference from 1918.
 
Can’t be an issue from what people have seen the past several weeks... you can’t have it both ways... we all abide by the quarantine or we don’t... that is playing out now and we will see why soon...
I think it is still an issue, but the powers that be have lost credibility on the issue, so when they come around in the fall saying it's still an issue when the 2nd wave kicks in they are going to have to face up to their hypocrisy.
 
Somerset county down to 4 new cases! Shows that the increased outdoor activity over the past month isn’t causing an increase around here
 
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Different answer, a parade put on by a city can be cancelled easily. A protest not so much. We have this thing called The First Ammendment. Still a huge difference from 1918.
I also think there is the practical part of this in that telling those protesters to stay home was just not going to work.

Still I think they should be pretty loud in saying this is still an issue, that these protests are high danger transmission points, while also encouraging masks and as much social distancing as possible, even if they don't expect any of this to have an effect.
 
Somerset county down to 4 new cases! Shows that the increased outdoor activity over the past month isn’t causing an increase around here
Because those people in somerset are being pretty smart about it. The protests are a lot of people in a relatively small space.

I know there is an outdoor aspect to this, but I think it eventually is overwhelmed by the mass of congregations.

On the other hand, while not everyone in these protests are wearing masks, a good % of them are.

We shall see.
 
That's good enough for me too. I just found it strange that a few years back, wearing a mask while exercising was a big fad. Now, people cry about wearing masks that have better airflow than what we voluntarily paid money for, for less reasons. I have to wear one all day at work, so while I understand the enjoyment of finally getting to take it off at the end of a shift, I also don't cry about breathing my own air when I have to wear it somewhere out of the building.
Nurses and doctors often have to wear masks. They suck, but I think this idea that they are bad for ones health is way overblown.
 
Something I heard from a nurse practitioner friend is fatalities seem to fall into 2 categories, those that die right away, and those that linger for ever. Said she had a couple who were still alive but were absolute skeletons.

Anecdotal but could explain why NJ's new case #'s have come down so much (17th most in the country in yesterdays reporting) while our deaths are still near the top in the country( 3rd in the country yesterday).
 
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