New Yorkers were seen masking up in Brooklyn on Tuesday.
Posted on 08/23/2023 12:16:28 PM PDT by lightman
COVID-19 cases are expected to rise this fall as new variants become more prevalent. And, as unfortunately expected, it’s already triggered demands by some of our more zealous public health enforcers, not to mention some teachers’ unions, to reinstate mitigation measures including mandatory masking.
Some researchers are already recommending that when cases go up, people will need to wear masks indoors again.
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None of this incipient hysteria is warranted.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is, as expected, continuing to mutate. The EG.5 variant is the most common US strain now, making up an estimated 21% of new infections in the two-week period ending August 19. The next-most common, at 13%, is the FL.1.5.1 variant. ...
But neither variant seems to cause more severe disease than earlier Omicron strains which were themselves less virulent than the pre-Omicron variants. ... Moreover, many of the revised mandates are directed at low-risk populations. School-age children, ages 5-14, accounted for less than one-tenth of a percent of total COVID-19 deaths. High school and university ages, 15-24, were a quarter of a percent...
Multiple studies have failed to document a benefit from masks. But masks do interfere with social interactions and are particularly damaging to the psychosocial and educational development of schoolchildren.
Should cases rise dramatically, those at increased risk from COVID — the elderly (more than three-quarters of deaths), the immunocompromised, and people with multiple underlying medical conditions — will need to exercise caution, just as they should during any annual flu season.
But the time for widespread COVID-19 mandates is over.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
😷 never helped!
I know one person that got it, sick 3 days like the flu. It’s clearly time for lockdowns, masks and general panic. Oh, and mail out ballots.
New Yorkers were seen masking up in Brooklyn on Tuesday.
If anyone who believes anything coming out of worthless government is an IDIOT!!!!
No! Ever outbreak of the Wuhanic Plague is worse than the last! If you don’t get the latest weekly mRNA injection, you’re killing GRANDMA!
And PUPPIES!!!
Won’t SOMPEBODY please think of the PUUUUUUUUPIEEEEESSSSSS?!?!?!?!?!
I’d rather drink bleach than wear a mask or get the vaccine.
Wearing masks outdoors in the summer heat cannot be good for you....
Who is testing and why?
Cold just be a cold. Oh yea, those went away when Covid came out.
It’s a scam people. unless the chinese release another virus.
I’ve had to wear an actual respirator outdoors in the summer heat, while working.
It’s exhausting. You really need to take “breathing breaks”.
If your N95 or KN95 mask is sealed properly, it’s almost as bad.
If it’s not almost as bad, you’re not wearing it properly.
Either way, it’s pure virtue signaling.
Wearing masks outdoors in the summer heat cannot be good for you....
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It’s craziness. Don’t they get dizzy? Oxygen is still good for us right?
But the guvmint says to wear them. They wouldn’t lie, would they? Huh?
When do they start with the lockdowns and close the schools?
As the old saying goes, just follow the money.
So Fauci receiving royalties of hundreds of thousands of dollars is a Red Flag?
CDC Announces Deadly New ‘Electionyearicron’ Covid Variant
Babylon Bee ^ | 08/23/2023 | Babylon Bee
Posted on 8/23/2023, 12:24:22 PM by DFG
ATLANTA, GA — The Center for Disease Control warned Americans this week to resume all contact precautions due a new and rapidly-spreading “Electionyearicron” Covid variant.
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CDC director Bob Cohen spoke with reporters Wednesday to announce the new variant. “’Electionyearicron’ is thought to be the most disruptive variant yet, and will be here all through 2024 until approximately November sixth,” said Mr. Cohen. “So everyone, stay home and get ready to vote by mail!”
The White House hosted an immediate press conference to address the dangerous new variant. “We’re thrilled - I mean, um, alarmed - to hear of this deadly new ‘Electionyearicron’ variant,” said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “The President says we’ll probably just go ahead and cancel the general elections next year as a precaution. It’s the only way to really flatten the curve. You don’t want to kill grandma, do you?”
The CDC has released guidelines once again encouraging social distancing and the wearing of masks. “It’s the best way to love your neighbor,” said Mr. Cohen. “The government will let you know just as soon as it’s safe to end quarantine, which we project to be immediately after the next election is over. Just to give Americans an extra sense of assurance, we are calling Dr. Fauci back out of retirement so everyone knows they can trust our word. Stay home, stay safe!”
As of press time, millions of middle-class liberal women had already sewn their N95 masks directly onto their faces as a precaution.
Go ahead and cancel the general elections next year as a precaution.
It’s the only way to really flatten the curve. You don’t want to kill grandma, do you?”
The CDC has released guidelines once again encouraging social distancing and the wearing of masks. “It’s the best way to love your neighbor,” said Mr. Cohen. “The government will let you know just as soon as it’s safe to end quarantine, which we project to be immediately after the next election is over.
Just to give Americans an extra sense of assurance, we are calling Dr. Fauci back out of retirement so everyone knows they can trust our word. Stay home, stay safe!”
KEYWORDS: cdc; covid; electionyearicron; variant:
https://babylonbee.com/news/cdc-announces-deadly-new-electionyearicron-covid-variant
I keep reading “tested positive in an asymptomatic person.”
SO dangerous and deadly you need to be tested to even know if you have it.
“😷 never helped!”
it was never about helping.
My ex has it, so does my daughter... ex tests for social reasons I assume. “I got covid... boo hoo...” Its like bragging rights or something. Its her second or 3rd time having it. My son got a cold after she declared her positive test... He had a sore throat for a few days no test.
I had a friend get sick when covid hit. He took 3 covid tests, first two were negative, third was positive. He just had to have covid. Like he wanted it to be covid. People are weird.
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