Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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So masks work -> P&G takes a financial hit
P&G reported that cold medicine sales were down 45% from a year ago.
More Masks Means Fewer Germs, Hitting P&G’s Cold-Medicine Sales So I consider this a hard data point to support the theory of mask wearing slows spread of virus germs including covid and flu the anti maskers can !@#$%^&*() Last edited by CoachKandSportsguy; 01-21-2021 at 01:34 PM. Reason: a job reviewing covid dead patients and reporting them to authorities can cause extreme feelings against anti-maskers |
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Here's upper respiratory data from a molecular diagnostic system also illustrating the impact.
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You will also soon hear that studies are beginning to show that the masks aren't as effective as they need to be and countries in Europe are (or soon will be) requiring N95 masks or equivalent. anti-maskers are annoying but so are rude comments.
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Personally, I think that businesses that provide hand sanitizer stations go far in preventing the spread of viruses in general. I would love for them to continue this practice. I'm more likely to use it if it's at the entrance to a store or restaurant.
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Many have not left their homes, working from home, kids not in school to transfer the cold. Then there are the thousands upon thousands who no longer have income. Do you buy meds, cold medicine, or feed your children. Children always win, P&G zero. Working for 5 months exposed 60 hours a week, wearing multiple masks at a time, didn’t help hundreds of healthcare workers. But that’s just first hand experience. Not saying masks don’t work for those who may or may not be exposed everyday in TV. But there is a difference when wearing a mask with a less than 5% exposure, compared to 100%. Closely working with 186 people everyday, many still got sick, flu, colds, and yes Covid. All with more protective gear than one could imagine. And that mask didn’t save some of them.
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Absolutely. But there are those who worship at the altar of the holy mask, want everyone else to join their church and will find any lame reason to support their belief
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So P&G cold medicine is national, and not job specific, nor age specific. The sales are rural and urban, adults and children, and represents a data point that at the national level, generalized behavioral changes have made a difference, measureable enough to be seen. Also, though not publically available information, coach k's medical center has used less than 50% of their flu vaccine supply which was ordered in Oct. And the same behaviors which have limited covid spread have limited the flu as well. Also a not well publicized point, you can't get a COVID vaccine shot if you have had any other vaccine shot, including the flu, in the prior 14 days.
I agree that its not just the mask but the whole reinforced behavioral changes which have caused the reduction, so my bad for sensationalizing one particular aspect over the other . Given the increased infectious rate of the mutations showing up however, the behaviors continuing will be needed even more to slow the spread. . . |
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No need to worry about Procter & Gamble. They also make Charmin and Dawn.
It occurred to me at the beginning of Covid that Dawn would be good for handwashing. I figured if Dawn could cut through that oil and save those baby ducks, Dawn could cut through the virus. (Please don’t drink it though.) Last edited by Boomer; 01-21-2021 at 08:15 PM. |
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[QUOTE=CoachKandSportsguy;1890687]P&G reported that cold medicine sales were down 45% from a year ago.
More Masks Means Fewer Germs, Hitting P&G’s Cold-Medicine Sales So I consider this a hard data point to support the theory of mask wearing slows spread of virus germs including covid and flu Last edited by jswirs; 01-22-2021 at 06:06 AM. Reason: duplicate post |
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By now everyone should be carrying one in their bag. Leaving the house nowadays should be......mask-check, sanitizer-check.....plastic gloves- maybe.
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