Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Many websites do what you say, but I don’t put the Mayo Clinic, Harvard Health, and WebMD websites in that category.
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Increased use = reduced risk. Expounding on that: The more people who comply, the less likely anyone is to get sick. If EVERYONE complied, there would still be a risk of getting sick. But the risk would be minimal, and we would've been able to open up a lot sooner. But since there was no mandate, there was no reason for most people to feel compelled to wear masks. And so they didn't. And now we're on an increased crescendo of the first wave, because 9 months later - the first wave is still alive and kicking. |
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As we see more and more people acquire the virus and successfully recover(most cases), they will be asking themselves why they are still wearing a mask. I guess they wear it to make you feel safe, nothing else. There is a small part of me that says this was the intent of the cdc when suggesting all people wear masks indoors. Somewhat effective but it makes one feel a little safer.
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On the same general subject....I have recently observed this; People seem to think that they are safe in big crowds, but will jeer at the other side...for instance to me whether you are crowded at The Woman's March on Washington, The political rallies in Florida or the protests in Washington and Wisconsin States do not seem to make a difference to the mutated virus that has sickened millions in the world for the first time this last year. Good morning y'all. I slept in.
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"The chronic fatigue syndrome has gained popularity among the lay public and has stimulated considerable scientific debate about its existence. Many investigators and practitioners have attributed the disorder to chronic depression. Difficulty arises from the diverse symptoms associated with fatigue states; fatigue is a prominent feature of many systemic, neurologic, and psychiatric disorders. Also, fatigue is a subjective complaint without a quantifiable measure. This interweaving of many symptoms and diagnoses with disabling fatigue makes it difficult to compare patient groups. Terms applied to disorders that probably represent chronic fatigue syndrome are chronic infectious mononucleosis, myalgic encephalomyelitis, idiopathic chronic fatigue and myalgia syndrome, epidemic neuromyasthenia, postviral fatigue syndrome, and fibrositis-fibromyalgia. Current research on the chronic fatigue syndrome has focused on treatment, physiologic mechanisms, clinical subtypes, fatigue quantification measures and markers, and the association with chronic infections. Although several potential infectious agents have been identified, including Epstein-Barr virus, retroviruses (possibly human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II), human herpesvirus type 6, and coxsackieviruses, none has emerged as an indisputable cause of the syndrome. Research has also focused on identifying a metabolic marker using phosphate 31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy and a physiologic marker using single-fiber electromyography of muscle fatigue. Results have been mixed, and further efforts to delineate their role in evaluating the syndrome will be necessary. The question of whether fatigue is mediated by central nervous system or peripheral mechanisms has considerable scientific and therapeutic implications. Treatment remains focused on symptom and supportive management as no antiviral agent has proved successful. The answers to the many issues inherent in the chronic fatigue syndrome await the results of research." So bottom line---we just don't know |
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From the people in the balcony, who are tired of hearing it. |
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CFS is NOT a real disease. At most it is a syndrome, one that may or may not exist, cannot be defined, cannot be tested for and cannot be treated, r Yes, definitely nitpicking. I wanted to show that the medical community has differing view on CFS and nothing is definitive. Of your two statements above Doc which is true. 1. CFS is NOT a real disease 2. The medical community differs |
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Over the last year, OBB has generally made some very good posts with reasonable thought processes. On this one issue, however, she has decided to worship at the altar in the Church of the Holy Mask. She, and likeminded individuals believe that if everyone wore a mask, all the time, from day 1, there would be no pandemic. Simply not true, pandemics are difficult to get rid of. It took almost 200 years to eradicate smallpox from the face of the Earth from Jenner's original cowpox vaccine. And smallpox was relatively easy since the virus had no animal reservoirs Some of the always mask proponents believe they are acting out of pure altruism to protect others---well, OK, thank you. Others think the mask is protecting the wearer, which is a minimal to zero factor, one earlier post claimed this was the opinion of a lifelong nurse. The truth is that there are times when a mask is appropriate and times when it is useless, and it certainly is not the answer to the pandemic. Social distancing does more than a mask hands down. And even though surface to human transmission has not been documented to any degree, I'm sure there are still those that are wiping down their groceries with bleach (YUK) |
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To be a disease, it has to have a known etiologic agent. Read post 191 |
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1/2 the people in this country can't stand him.......they won't listen. There really is no new information about prevention since May/June.......and people are still choosing to ignore. States and Cities are free to communicate and restrict.
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The virus would not have had a chance against us humans. We would have won. Only problem is there would have had to be a high percentage of compliance to prevent the virus from latching on to new hosts. Americans are spoiled and do not want their civil rights taken from them. Hence, we are in a mess now combating an invisible enemy and we do NOT have a handle on it. The only way out of this mess is a viable safe and effective vaccine and for enough of us Americans to accept inoculation. The vaccine will allow us to reach herd immunity, safely. There is so much evidence that has been reported that masks do work to mitigate the virus and slow the spread. I will never understand why there are those who deny the science.
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I'm not a whatever of the holy whosits. I am a proponent of the concept that risk reduction is a good thing, when there is a pandemic going on. And if people would have just agreed to reduce their risks as recommended by the CDC (and by subsequent recommendations as they learned more about this novel virus), the risk of spread would have been reduced. Not eradicated. But reduced. It could have been reduced to the point where we could've re-opened months ago. I've also stated, on several posts in several threads, that I DO NOT WEAR A MASK OUTSIDE. I guess you skipped past all those as well. Because, y'know - if I was one of "those people" who thought everyone should've worn a mask, all the time, from day 1, I might not have said - on several posts, in several threads, that I DO NOT WEAR A MASK OUTSIDE. I do, however, make efforts to social distance - even outside. Which is something that sadly - other people refuse to do. |
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