Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Florida, Washington: tenant, school, colleges)

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by msRB311

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hospital-...121501204.html

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The de facto leader of the hospital employees is John Matland, 36, a CT scan technician who is a good friend of Daniel Presti, the manager of Mac’s Public House bar on Staten Island, which last year gained notoriety for defying virus restrictions.
When indoor dining was banned in the area because of high infection rates, the bar continued to serve local customers inside, prompting the police to arrest Presti and to padlock the bar."

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by Shrewsburried

The medical-grade masks are made from polypropylene (commonly used in microwave-safe food packaging), not PTFE ... not that matrix PTFE would be a health risk if the masks were made of the material. This stuff is common knowledge. A manufacturer isn't going to use a high cost material like PTFE for cheap high volume masks and the MSDS is, by law, in the public domain.

https://www.quickmedical.com/downloa...-Mask-MSDS.pdf

Learn to do a Google search and stop spreading blatant misinformation.

Yeah, but "Death Teflon" has a certain je ne sais quois on social media.

[BostonMike7]

Originally Posted by justyouraveragetenant

The virus particles are too small I just recently saw a video of a guy wearing 5 masks and it did not stop it. I'll have to find it.

Here is the proof
....https://youtu.be/tIaul0U83d0

I wouldn't call that proof. There's flaws in his "test". Water droplets can range in size but generally the smallest form of water vapor will be sub 1nm. Sub-10nm filtration is difficult to do, so it doesn't surprise me to see vapor pass through. Looks convincing, but it doesn't necessarily correlate to viral particulates making it through. Covid virus is roughly 100-125nm in diameter. In the world of filtration, this is large and well within the range that certain materials can capture.

His argument also focuses on sieving as a filtration method but leaves out the other capture mechanisms that allow filter media to capture and hold onto particles much smaller than their pore diameter. He's either intentionally leaving it out, or simply doesn't know.

[msRB311]

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local...-fall/2473754/

[YevTK]

Originally Posted by msRB311

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local...-fall/2473754/

I wouldn't put any credence in these types of forecasts. Without a history of accuracy they are just speculation. That's not to say cases won't rise just that models are wildly inaccurate.

From the latest CDC Forecasts page:

This week, ensemble forecasts of new reported COVID-19 cases over the next 4 weeks included forecasts from 22 modeling groups, each of which contributed a forecast for at least one jurisdiction.

This week’s national ensemble predicts 560,000 to 2,250,000 new cases likely reported in the week ending September 11, 2021.

Over the last several weeks, more reported cases have fallen outside of the forecasted prediction intervals than expected. This suggests that current forecast prediction intervals may not capture the full range of uncertainty. Because of this, case forecasts for the coming weeks should be interpreted with caution.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by YevTK

I wouldn't put any credence in these types of forecasts. Without a history of accuracy they are just speculation. That's not to say cases won't rise just that models are wildly inaccurate.

From the latest CDC Forecasts page:

This week, ensemble forecasts of new reported COVID-19 cases over the next 4 weeks included forecasts from 22 modeling groups, each of which contributed a forecast for at least one jurisdiction.

This week’s national ensemble predicts 560,000 to 2,250,000 new cases likely reported in the week ending September 11, 2021.

Over the last several weeks, more reported cases have fallen outside of the forecasted prediction intervals than expected. This suggests that current forecast prediction intervals may not capture the full range of uncertainty. Because of this, case forecasts for the coming weeks should be interpreted with caution.

Who knows? We don’t test enough to have any sense for the disease.

[msRB311]

I am no scientists but with the amount of students coming to the area in the fall and kids going back to school it doesn't necessarily take a scientist to predict more cases. I would love to be wrong there.

[Shrewsburried]

Originally Posted by msRB311

I am no scientists but with the amount of students coming to the area in the fall and kids going back to school it doesn't necessarily take a scientist to predict more cases. I would love to be wrong there.

MA has had nearly 20K confirmed cases within college student populations as of May 26. Presumably the actual cases are higher.

Between those with natural immunity and those with vax immunity we might not see a huge spike this fall. We'll find out soon enough.

[OutdoorLover]

It was expected, but nice to see it come through - the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine gained full approval today :-)
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...vid-19-vaccine

[robr2]

Originally Posted by Shrewsburried

MA has had nearly 20K confirmed cases within college student populations as of May 26. Presumably the actual cases are higher.

Between those with natural immunity and those with vax immunity we might not see a huge spike this fall. We'll find out soon enough.

Let's hope so. About 150K students descend on greater Boston on September 1. Many of them have been advised that they must see Maxine Vandate before coming.