Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by throwaway4good on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:12AM (#27152650)

Back in January 2020 for every medical authority saying that the virus is airborne there was at least one saying: We expect this to be similar to a harsh flu season at worst, at best the virus will burn out locally.

It takes time for knowledge to get formulated, broadly accepted, and turn into actual policy. It has to be like that. Most of the time, being prepared but doing nothing is the best thing to.

SARS, H1N1, Ebola + probably many others all burned out before they reached the west.

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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by ddxxdd on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:23AM (#27152717)

Have you ever heard of Aumann's Agreement Theorem? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aumann%27s_agreement_theorem

If scientists are looking at the same data and the same set of facts, then they cannot disagree.

Back when Hong Kong health authorities were warning about 14 days of asymptomatic spread, Chinese authorities had already placed multiple cities under martial law and set up concentration camps for infected people. It's absurd that the West was still in a "wait-and-see" mindset.

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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by o-__-o on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:59AM (#27152905)

Was it a disinformation campaign from China funneled through Hong Kong or was it actually a breakout. We didnt know if the martial law was out of caution, China only reported 80k infections.

Lots of assumptions went wrong on this one

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