Quote (Ghot @ Sep 1 2020 10:18am)
I look at it like this...
If you're already old, with one or a few serious conditions already, even a common cold, flu etc., could kill you. I don't think the 6% is right, nor do I think the 200,000 is right.
It's probably some where in between. Probably more like 25-30% of all the deaths are truly covid-19 deaths. Ofc, that's just a guess.
It's getting kind of hard to get any accurate information these days. Too many normally trustworthy sources seem to have "other" motivations.
The only thing that should matter is that they exist. Not deaths, excess deaths. And they are pretty quantifiable, so no, there aren't "probably 25-30%." There's 200,000 extra dead people. And we have an excellent idea why.
Quote (SBD @ Sep 1 2020 11:35am)
To this date I have not had any experience to judge. For the first time during this pandemic I've had to wear a mask due to travel for an appointment.
The absolute worse thing about it is warm breath against my own face which is barly an inconvenience. Masks were supplied free of charge.
I can safely conclude that those bitching about wearing one are absolute pansies.
This conclusion is definitive you pansies.
Claustrophobia and anxiety are real conditions which people suffer from, and masks exasperate them.