Go ahead blame the people for spreading a virus? Even though the CDC highlighted a study which illustrated that 85% of the people who got Covid in the study frequently wore a mask. I think 70 percent said they wore it all the time. Sure a few irresponsible people spread more Covid than they should have.... But, the major failure was with the Gov't policy. Too light too extinguish the virus. Much too long to make ensure we had hospital beds. As soon has hospitals were in the clear, locally, the low risk should have been out.
You mean it's possible that masks are not effective at prevention of transmission? Is it likely that we have been sold a bill o' goods?
Somehow you think that if you keep repeating a falsehood then it magically becomes true. You are peddling nonsense again. Fact check: Does CDC study show '85 percent' of COVID-19 patients wore masks? https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/fa...-19-patients-wore-masks-not-exactly/19340391/ Fox News host Tucker Carlson misrepresented the findings of a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, amplifying misinformation from social media as he claimed on his TV show that the study showed masks don’t work like experts say. Running through a series of data points listed in the CDC’s report, Carlson said during his Oct. 13 show: "Almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly this doesn't work the way they tell us it works." The Fox News host’s take ran counter to comments he made in April touting the effectiveness of masks. It also contradicted the guidance of public health officials, who say mask wearing on a broad scale can slow the spread of the coronavirus. Carlson’s misleading claim about the CDC study appeared to make its way to North Carolina. Dan Forest, North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor, cited the study during his debate with incumbent Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday. “The CDC just this week released their study about mask wearing on COVID-positive cases: 85% of the positive cases in America are from people who say they wore the mask everyday, all the time, or at least almost all the time. 85% of the positive cases,” Forest said. President Donald Trump, a frequent Fox News watcher and guest, then mentioned it during his rally in Greenville on Thursday. "Did you see, the CDC, that 85% of the people wearing the masks catch it, OK?" Trump said. The data in the CDC report, however, cannot be generalized to say "almost everyone" who wore a mask in July got the coronavirus. It’s from a very small sample the authors said may not be representative of the United States, and mask use was self-reported. The report does not say masks don’t work to slow the spread of COVID-19. The CDC study wasn’t measuring mask effectiveness The CDC paper summarizes findings from a survey of 314 people. The total included a group of 154 symptomatic people who tested positive for the coronavirus in July and a control group of 160 symptomatic people who tested negative for the coronavirus in July. Based on the results of the survey, the CDC report said two activities were linked to a positive coronavirus test: close contact with someone who also tested positive, and going to locations with on-site eating and drinking options, such as bars and restaurants. Of the 160 survey participants who tested negative, 74.2% said they "always" wore a mask or face covering and 14.5% said they "often" did so. Of the 154 survey participants who tested positive, 70.6% said they "always" wore a mask or face covering and 14.4% said they "often" did so. Those numbers form the basis of Carlson’s claim that 85% of people "who got the coronavirus in July (were) wearing a mask." A Fox News spokesperson pointed to those figures and a segment from Carlson’s show the following night. In the segment, Carlson addressed a statement he said the CDC made to Fox News. Carlson said the agency called his commentary on the September study "misleading." "CDC guidance on masks has clearly stated that wearing a mask is intended to protect other people in case the mask wearer is infected," the CDC said in the statement. "At no time has CDC guidance suggested that masks were intended to protect the wearers." Carlson told viewers the CDC didn’t address his original claim. "The spokesman didn’t dispute that we had showed accurate data from the CDC, including that 85% of people who tested positive for coronavirus in July reported wearing a mask always or often," Carlson said. But the CDC study wasn’t measuring the impact of masks. "Participants were asked about mask use as an individual behavior," CDC spokesperson Jason McDonald told PolitiFact. "However, the aim of the study was to assess possible situations for community exposure, not mask use." Carlson misrepresented the CDC paper’s findings It’s misleading to leap to conclusions about the effectiveness of masks from the CDC report, since most participants reported wearing them and the study was not controlling for mask use. "You can’t just look at a table and draw conclusions without understanding the details of the study," said Cindy Prins, an epidemiologist with the University of Florida. "It is difficult to detect the effect of an exposure or intervention when it is widely deployed or used," McDonald added. He said both groups of participants had high levels of mask use, and that the rates of people who always wore a mask in each group were not "statistically different." The study did find a significant difference between the groups: whether participants went out for food or drink. The study authors wrote that those with positive test results were "approximately twice as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant" than those who tested negative. The link between restaurants and catching the coronavirus is important to Carlson’s claim, since most people lower their masks to sip their drink or eat their food. "Restaurants and coffee shops are places where people will tend to not wear a mask," Prins said. The study’s authors noted that masks "cannot be effectively worn while eating and drinking." But Carlson claimed that 85% of July cases were "wearing a mask" and "infected anyway." "Going to places where mask use and social distancing cannot be maintained might be an important risk factor for COVID-19," McDonald said. Carlson’s comment also ignored limitations listed in the study. The people were surveyed at 11 health care facilities, where they’d all sought testing because they were experiencing symptoms. So they "might not be representative of the United States population," the study’s authors wrote. Ben Neuman, a virologist with Texas A&M University, Texarkana, also took issue with the survey’s reliance on the participants’ self-reporting of their own mask use. "There are certain things that are embarrassing or politically and socially sensitive, and you generally won’t get honest answers if you just ask them on a questionnaire," Neuman said. Carlson misrepresented how masks work Carlson’s claim also mischaracterized the science behind masks. While masks do provide some protection for wearers, experts and public health officials say they are most effective as "source control," preventing infected people from transmitting the virus. "When a person who is infected with COVID-19 wears a mask, it helps to reduce the amount of virus that they release when they cough, talk, or even breathe," Prins said. The CDC recommends wearing masks in public and when social distancing isn’t possible. Neuman previously shared three studies with PolitiFact that found wearing masks reduces the likelihood of contracting the coronavirus. Other studies have said the same. "Growing evidence increasingly shows that wearing masks in community settings reduces transmission among individuals in that community," McDonald said. "There are laboratory studies, animal studies, community and epidemiological studies, as well as policy studies that show masking reduces transmission in communities by blocking exhaled respiratory droplets." The Fox News spokesperson cited CDC Director Robert Redfield’s September testimony as an example of how mask wearing "doesn’t work the way they tell us it works," as Carlson claimed. Redfield touted the effectiveness of masks relative to a potential coronavirus vaccine. "I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine," Redfield said in a clip Carlson played on his show. But Redfield never said that masks only protect the wearer — or that they offer complete and total protection in that regard. He was comparing masks to a potential early vaccine, which he said wouldn’t necessarily guarantee an immune response. "He was suggesting if everyone around him wore a mask, he would be protected until a vaccine became available," McDonald said. The CDC has been clear elsewhere that masks help keep infected people from passing the virus to others. The CDC’s website, for example, says masks help "prevent a person who is sick from spreading the virus to others." It adds: "The protective effects — how well the mask protects healthy people from breathing in the virus — are unknown." PolitiFact ruling: FALSE
Not sure what planet you're on...I clearly blamed the re-opening, blamed leadership in prior replies to you in this thread and other threads, blamed businesses that went over-capacity / ignoring the health guidelines... Not a few individuals...hell of a lot of them. As stated to you before that you continue to ignore...face mask wearing, social distancing and hand wash. Ignore two of the above health guidelines while only doing one...that's a person that has sabotage all three. Thus, that one thing they did do...will fail. Further, I once gave you specific details, links for you how to test your own face mask...you ignore those commentary too via replying back with a derogatory comment about it being a high school project. Simply, do your own damn test and stop depending upon others to tell you how to protect yourself and your family. I know you remember the above...involving the petri dish tests...right ? Regardless, it no longer matters whom is at fault. Too late for the blame game but if you really want to go there...start with the clusterfuck travel bans involving China while allowing the Europeans to land at major airports like Toronto, Montréal, New York, Boston, Atlanta and Miami... No health checks, no contact tracing, no follow up with the arrivals even though they had everybody names from the airlines travel tickets (country departure)...just a questionnaire upon arrival. The point I'm making, people like you are where you're at because you ignore. It's as simple as that. Thus, you reap what you sow. P.S. Mike Pence has two advisors that wore their face mask. Those advisors did not get sick / infected. The other 5 that did not wear face mask...they got infected. Donald Trump has one advisor that wears a face mask. That advisor did not get sick / infected. We now know whom became infected with Trump...those that did not wear a face mask in those closed door meeting and when they moved indoors to celebrate the rose garden event. P.S.S. All the families on my street that wear face masks...not one has become infected. The next street...two infected families...parents that do not believe face mask reduces the viral load to minimize serious illness. One of them now are banned from school while their child is hospitalized. Ignorance As a friendly reminder, lockdowns and lockdown lite did not fail. The re-opens failed. wrbtrader
You are such a lying piece shit... you should try reading your propaganda pieces.. you just proved my point... from your article... "Of the 154 survey participants who tested positive, 70.6% said they "always" wore a mask or face covering and 14.4% said they "often" did so. Those numbers form the basis of Carlson’s claim that 85% of people "who got the coronavirus in July (were) wearing a mask."
You really should try to read the entire article rather then one sentence. The claim is completely FALSE --- as outlined in the fact check.
I don't care about your previous posts... when you knew posts is slanted I comment on it. 2. you fuckers keep acting like I don't wear a mask. These are the guidelines in San Diego. I follow them... so fuck off with your lefty bullshit accusations... When to wear In general, you must wear face coverings anywhere you come within six feet of others. That includes: Waiting in line to go inside a store. Shopping in a store. Picking up food at a restaurant. Indoors in a restaurant, except while seated and eating a meal. Waiting for or riding on public transportation. Riding in a taxi or other ride service vehicle. Seeking health care. Going into facilities allowed to stay open. Working an essential job that interacts with the public. When they're not required Face coverings are not required: At home. In the car alone or with members of your household. For children under 2 years old, because of the risk of suffocation. Swimming, walking, hiking, bicycling or running by yourself or with household members. You should have a face covering ready and wear it if you come within six feet of other people. For residents with a health condition that prevents wearing a mask.
I told you to go and you went, you had no choice. Twice now. You little mind is easily controlled and even telling you what I did won't affect you leaving again. You have been correct about nothing, you are just such a flop sweat failure of a man your only remaining play is to pretend you have not been shown as an idiot.
Read the report liar.... here is my statement... "Go ahead blame the people for spreading a virus? Even though the CDC highlighted a study which illustrated that 85% of the people who got Covid in the study frequently wore a mask. I think 70 percent said they wore it all the time." here is the report...GWB you lying idiot... https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6936a5-H.pdf Reported use of cloth face covering or mask 14 days before illness onset (missing = 2) Never (3.9) Rarely (3.9) Sometimes (7.2) Often (14.4) Always 108 (70.6) Lying GWB....70.6 percent of the people in the study who go Covid reported they always wore a mask and 14.4 percent stated they Often wore a mask so what did I say... 85% frequently wore a mask 70 percent said they wore it all the time. Once again.. you lied your ass off.
1. You are such a narcissist you are comedic. In your world... the everything revolves around you. 2. Flop sweat failure? Who is hiding from the Colombian tax man? I always love lefties who evade taxes... such stand up people.