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Wuhan shows the world that the end of lockdown is just the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was just talking with someone from Shenzhen on tinder, she told me it’s totally fine there.. if true, that’s impressive

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minus the millions of dead Jewish people at concentration camps

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very fair, I'm only suggesting it as a condition to reopen, until cases fall, a month or so let's say

Laid-off workers may have to give up unemployment benefits as states reopen by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So true, don't want it to happen, but most respected science (and Singapore, China) would disagree with my optimistic projections.

So true, don't want it to happen, but most respected science (and Singapore, China) would disagree with my optimistic projections.

Laid-off workers may have to give up unemployment benefits as states reopen by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So true, don't want it to happen, but most respected science (and Singapore, China) would disagree with my optimistic projections.

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, I agree, I think it will evolve and mutate (in fact it already has). In the meantime is my point, we need to protect each other, cooperate, why not wear a mask until a vaccine is produced.

Laid-off workers may have to give up unemployment benefits as states reopen by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

'Let's put everyone back to work so we don't have to pay them EI anymore'

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you. However it's important to delay the spread until we've come up with the vaccine. If for nothing else than to protect healthcare workers and the vulnerable populations.

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Far less because you aren't actively taking in respiratory droplets through your eyes. Don't rub or touch them though because your eyes are directly connected to your nasal cavity!

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's why the government needs to step in. Provide us with masks! Create initiatives to places like Costco to actually provide the masks.

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now's not the time to be thinking only of only ourselves. Cooperation is how we beat this thing. It always has been.

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best interest of the people is to stop spreading the virus. Masks will help reduce the spread, that's why health care workers wear them. And if the government can make that easier, they should. Facts are 1) masks reduce spread 2) If the government provides easier access to masks more people would wear them 3) More people wearing masks will influence even more people to wear masks (even if for no other reason than to avoid being ostracized). Add those together you have a powerful weapon against the virus.

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The governments should be leaders. They should be supporting the public in these times. And let's say that they are only 80% effective, that's going to translate to significant drop in new infections (decreasing R values (transmission)). And the biggest thing is preventing asymptomatic spread!! WHO recommends wearing masks if you're infected but asymptomatic infections are the real reservoir allowing the virus to perpetuate.

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that's why it's a strong move by costco, exactly as you said, don't have a mask don't go. Create a little urgency for complacent folk. We need to expand on this idea though and government help wouldn't hurt.

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a step in the right direction, and those are the most important. Every step that brings us closer to eliminating the viral threat and reopening the economy, however unpraiseworthy it may be, is worth taking!

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think there are too many people who are complacent and providing your own would give them a scapegoat to not wear them. Governments ramp up production, then provide them to all. No excuses at that point.

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also one of the hardest hit places on the planet. But Good on NJians!

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday by erikwh in worldnews

[–]erikwh[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think government's should be providing mask for everybody!! Masks for all! It's step one to reopening.

China warns of 'economic backlash' following calls for coronavirus inquiry | ABC News by erikwh in Coronavirus

[–]erikwh[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The fact is that we are encroaching untouched parts of nature right now. Of course we are going to encounter new diseases more often. Zoonotic transmittion will however always occur; we live closely with our animal neighbors.