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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by coding123 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @12:51AM (#23766994)
The pandemic could be over if 100% of the population wears them for just 2 months. That's a way better deal than what the mask averse are going to give us which is 12-15months and probably a few million more US lives over that timespan.
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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by refurb on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @01:03AM (#23767032)
No way. Sure you could get it down to a few cases, but compliance is never 100% and it would flare up very quickly.

The only things masks do is slow the spread (which is obviously a good thing for hospitals). If we don't get a vaccine we'll be maintaining some sort of protection (masks, distancing) but every single person will be infected eventually.

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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by amanaplanacanal on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @01:17AM (#23767090)
Other countries have managed to get it under control by testing and contact tracing. If we could "get it down to a few cases", as you say, we could do the same thing. In the current environment in the US, that seems impossible.
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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by refurb on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @01:56AM (#23767274)
Sure and those countries have effectively closed their borders. How long can they keep that up for?
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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by ben-schaaf on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @03:40AM (#23767783)
I'm not fully up to date on the US situation but haven't they effectively shut down all borders as well, or at least have had their borders closed on them?
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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by refurb on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @11:15AM (#23770700)
The US has restricted travel from certain countries (not all), but there are several exceptions for US citizens, permanent residents and their family.

So there is still a decent amount of air travel happening into and out of the US.

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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by irjustin on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @03:02AM (#23767596)
If you're willing to let tourism die, near indefinitely?
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