do you wear a mask outside?

[Dungeon Snake]

I think history will vindicate us Pholopoply.

[Evan]

Originally Posted by Bobby Swisha

And by the way, I still wear my mask when I go out, but there's been studies that have essentially point to them not doing much of anything for protection.

John Hopkins put out a study recently that stated: https://web.archive.org/web/20201126163323/https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/a-closer-look-at-u-s-deaths-due-to-covid-19"“

man I just realized that you linked an archived link. https://www.jhunewsletter.com/articl...ue-to-covid-19

Editor’s Note: After The News-Letter published this article on Nov. 22, it was brought to our attention that our coverage of Genevieve Briand’s presentation “COVID-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data” has been used to support dangerous inaccuracies that minimize the impact of the pandemic.

We decided on Nov. 26 to retract this article to stop the spread of misinformation, as we noted on social media. However, it is our responsibility as journalists to provide a historical record. We have chosen to take down the article from our website, but it is available here as a PDF.

In accordance with our standards for transparency, we are sharing with our readers how we came to this decision. The News-Letter is an editorially and financially independent, student-run publication. Our articles and content are not endorsed by the University or the School of Medicine, and our decision to retract this article was made independently.

Briand’s study should not be used exclusively in understanding the impact of COVID-19, but should be taken in context with the countless other data published by Hopkins, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

As assistant director for the Master’s in Applied Economics program at Hopkins, Briand is neither a medical professional nor a disease researcher. At her talk, she herself stated that more research and data are needed to understand the effects of COVID-19 in the U.S.

Briand was quoted in the article as saying, “All of this points to no evidence that COVID-19 created any excess deaths. Total death numbers are not above normal death numbers.” This claim is incorrect and does not take into account the spike in raw death count from all causes compared to previous years. According to the CDC, there have been almost 300,000 excess deaths due to COVID-19. Additionally, Briand presented data of total U.S. deaths in comparison to COVID-19-related deaths as a proportion percentage, which trivializes the repercussions of the pandemic. This evidence does not disprove the severity of COVID-19; an increase in excess deaths is not represented in these proportionalities because they are offered as percentages, not raw numbers.

Briand also claimed in her analysis that deaths due to heart diseases, respiratory diseases, influenza and pneumonia may be incorrectly categorized as COVID-19-related deaths. However, COVID-19 disproportionately affects those with preexisting conditions, so those with those underlying conditions are statistically more likely to be severely affected and die from the virus.

Because of these inaccuracies and our failure to provide additional information about the effects of COVID-19, The News-Letter decided to retract this article. It is our duty as a publication to combat the spread of misinformation and to enhance our fact-checking process. We apologize to our readers.

[Bobby Swisha]

yeah they tried to suppress the study after posting it

[Bobby Swisha]

thats how you know it was good

[John Coffee]

this thread was a mistake mods delete plz

[Plopilpy]

this sig makes me long for salvation

[Brossy]

Dunno if this is still active, and I didn't read many replies...

I don't wear a mask, but there hasn't been a 'need' to. There's been very few infections in the area I live ('Hunter region', 40 mins or so away from Newcastle).

Any hospital visits have had a mask required as you walk in. That's about the only time I've worn them.

I really haven't been in public much since March. My wife has had 3-5 tests over the months whenever there was a 'scare' in her area at work.

If I had been in a high infection area or living in the states, and not living with someone having regular tests.... there's no way I would have been arrogant enough to not wear a mask.

I would have stayed inside and ordered what I could online.

I'm just exceptionally lucky to live in a very low impacted area.

[Bobby Swisha]

Australia has 0 cases now, right? Pretty impressive.

[Anthropophagus]

Haha, good reminder of what a mentally unbalanced retard deserving of the lethal injection that Evan is.

[Kane]

Lmao jesus

[Nintendoman]

(No idea what we're talking about before I post this but...) I always wear one whenever we're outside; it's pretty much become habit. Right now I am in Colorado and we are pretty much forced to wear one which I don't mind, and even then, we still would have to wear one since my brother is undergoing lots of medical stuff and we don't want to risk him getting Covid.

[Plopilpy]

Originally Posted by Nintendoman's sig

"I can't change my username."
- LemonBread

Aye just request space goat or Gorosaurus to do it for you, they'll get right on it if you just shoot them a Private Message.


Also, no text sigs allowed, pal. just make a simple 325x60 image as your signature.

[Nintendoman]

Originally Posted by Plopilpy

Aye just request space goat or Gorosaurus to do it for you, they'll get right on it if you just shoot them a Private Message.

Thanks. I don't really mind it though.

[Plopilpy]

Ah okay.