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Don't know. Hardly anyone one social distances and fewer people are masking up. Numbers seem to be rising and the NFL, for what it's worth, is seeing increased cases, notably on the LA Rams and Cleveland Browns. FWIW, 1,598 people died from Covid yesterday while there were 108,566 new cases according to World O Meter
And the total death rate is still less than one quarter of one percent and the cases vs tests ratio is still under 7%.
Depends on ones definition of "work". I think they are a deterrent, much like coving your face when sneezing but that is about it. Nothing against masking up, and I will do it when around a large group of people.
The brainwashed Democrats still think so. COVID is their religion.
Covid does not discriminate.
Right now most hospitals in Indiana have reached capacity. Elective surgeries have been cancelled. National Guard has been deployed to assist/ support hospitals. Most hospitals north of Indianapolis are beyond capacity.
24+ hour waits in the ER for non- life threatening cases have become common place.
Similar outcome in Ky, right now, especially in counties with low vaccination rates which tend to have populations with higher rates of obesity, Diabetes and smoking.
Right now most hospitals in Indiana have reached capacity. Elective surgeries have been cancelled. National Guard has been deployed to assist/ support hospitals. Most hospitals north of Indianapolis are beyond capacity.
24+ hour waits in the ER for non- life threatening cases have become common place.
Similar outcome in Ky, right now, especially in counties with low vaccination rates which tend to have populations with higher rates of obesity, Diabetes and smoking.
Hospital is 'near' capacity ... but I say that with a caveat. We had to shut down an entire floor back in May due to staffing issues.
ER ranges from a half hour wait to a 6 hour wait. This depends on a wide variety of factors. Obviously severity of malady but the main issue is availability of a room for admission for the reason I stated above.
Elective surgeries are still full steam ahead. This current week we have a schedule of 120+.
Hospital is 'near' capacity ... but I say that with a caveat. We had to shut down an entire floor back in May due to staffing issues.
ER ranges from a half hour wait to a 6 hour wait. This depends on a wide variety of factors. Obviously severity of malady but the main issue is availability of a room for admission for the reason I stated above.
Elective surgeries are still full steam ahead. This current week we have a schedule of 120+.
I was talking to my next door neighbor the other day, he is an anesthesiologist. I asked him about the whole "capacity" thing. He laughed, and said of course we are busy, when aren't we ? An empty bed doesn't pay for itself. He also added that there was no threat of ER's being shut down to being too full. His hospital is just outside of the Detroit metro area, although still a county that has very high covid cases.
We're at a point where it's being done how it should be done at least out by me everybody can make their own choice as to how much protection they feel they need.
None of this you must comply mandatory mandate crap. It's better if boosted people spread covid around anyway so we can achieve faster spread and more immunity more quickly than trying to drag this out forever.
This full hospital thing is been largely a myth at least in the United States. It's kind of like how people are overhyping the strong low pressure system that move through stating that there's a hundred mile per hour winds in Iowa.... Maybe in one spot for 5 seconds... Human beings just have a flair for the dramatic.
To directly address the premise of this thread. NO, social distancing and masking do not and will not work. EVERY single one of us will be exposed to Covid if we have already not been. If you're sick and coughing PLEASE wear a mask. It will somewhat prevent immediate transmission of whatever it is you are afflicted with. Otherwise, it is useless.
Chances are, EVERYONE who reads this post has been exposed to Covid.
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