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05-27-2020, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GoodLife
Were you elected hall monitor recently?
If you are discussing masks and if they protect you, it might be helpful to have accurate facts on death rates and totals. For instance, pneumonia/influenza killed 117,761 americans in the 2019-2020 season. They are both contagious but we don't shut down the entire economy or wear masks to fight them.
Provisional COVID-19 Death Counts by Sex, Age, and State | Data | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
PS If as Gracie said, the death rate for covid positive over 65 people was actually 80%, I'd invest in a Bio Level 4 containment suit and wear it every time I left the house. |
Were you elected purveyor of all wisdom, sir? We all are trying to communicate ideas, not win the Nobel Prize. I am a retired nursery school teacher.
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