Thursday, April 28, 2022

At the airport SEA TAC

I would offer that about 30% of the people here are wearing masks. Nobody in the food court is wearing one (eating or not).




Recently someone here posted  a link to a "poll" that suggested a large majority of Americans were unhappy with the lifting of the mask requirements at the airport and that that same majority would "choose" to wear a mask at the airport. 

Well I don't need an alternate poll to prove to myself that it was nonsense. Sort of figured as much when I read it. If there are this few people wearing masks in Seattle (the mask wearing capital of the world) then I suspect there would be even less in places like Florida, Texas, and even Minnesota. There is no way a "majority" of Americans still favor the mandate that is not in place, and I can see with my own eyes that a "majority" are not choosing to wear masks.

Anyways... wish me luck. I fly coach (nothing else available when you have to catch a flight for a funeral). I am hoping for a 120 lb woman sitting next to me rather than 220 pound man.   

22 comments:

rrb said...



Sorry for your loss, good luck, safe travels, and God bless the mask wearers. It's always helpful when the dumb fucks who voted for Biden self-identify.



Anonymous said...

♥️ sorry Scott.

C.H. Truth said...

Thanks...

My Cousin died about six weeks ago. Long time between death and funeral. To some degree that is good, because I think a lot of the grieving period is over and I am just sort of excited to see people I have not seen in six months or more. Spending six days back in Minny to catch up with people.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Hundreds of lives saved in Kansas counties that adopted mask mandates, study findsDate:University of KansasNew research shows that despite cultural and political pushback, the evidence remains clear: Face masks made a difference in Kansas.

    

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Despite facing cultural and political pushback, the evidence remains clear: Face masks made a difference in Kansas.

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"These had a huge effect in counties that had a mask mandate," said Donna Ginther, the Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Economics and director of the Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas. "Our research found that masks reduced cases, hospitalizations and deaths in counties that adopted them by around 60% across the board."

Ginther's article "Association of Mask Mandates and COVID-19 Case Rates, Hospitalizations and Deaths in Kansas" examines the effect of masks on the state's 105 counties. It appears in JAMA Network Open, a journal published by the American Medical Association.

Kansas boasts the fifth-highest total of counties among all the states. Executive Order No. 20-52 that took effect in July of 2020 was initially adopted by only 15 counties, with 68 others not adopting the order through October. A second mandate in November was embraced by an additional 40 counties.

"We thought masks would matter for certain cases, but the effect size for hospitalizations and deaths being the same rate was pretty astonishing," Ginther said.

Co-written with Carlos Zambrana, an associate researcher at the Institute for Policy & Social Research, Ginther estimated masks saved about 500 lives in adoptive counties. And, yet, other counties often refused to adopt the mandate, citing personal freedoms and lack of scientific evidence as reasons.

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"There's no way to run a clinical trial on masks because you'd have to observe people using them all the time, and we can't observe everyone's behavior. This type of observational study is the best we can do," Ginther said.

"But in terms of personal freedom, I would say that wearing a mask is a public good. There's a negative externality to not wearing one, and you could get infected or infect others. In a pandemic, where close to 600,000 people have died, this is a low-cost preventative measure that preserves life."

Data for her study was corralled from several sources. She used the daily total number of cases per county from The New York Times COVID-19 data in the U.S. GitHub repository. The state information came from the list of county official actions compiled by the Kansas Health Institute. Linear regression difference-in-difference models were then employed, with cases regressed on an indicator variable that started 21 days after the mandate to allow for changes in mask-wearing behavior, an indicator for no coronavirus cases and the number of days since the first recorded case.

"We are required to wear seatbelts in the state to save lives. We get driver's licenses to save lives. We have vaccine mandates for children going to school to prevent the spread of infectious disease. These are all public health measures that we follow. At some point, the government steps in and says, 'These are the right things to do to save lives,'" she said.

Aside from the health implications of ignoring a mask mandate, there are also economic ones.

"COVID-19 costs money," she said. "It slows down economic activity. It drains money for hospitalizations. We show that if you prevent COVID, you save the health care system money."

Now in her 18th year at KU, Ginther believes "Association of Mask Mandates" demonstrates the importance of nonmedical interventions for preventing the spread of respiratory diseases.

She said, "Given everything that's happening around the world, this may not be the last pandemic in our lifetime. Just think about places like India that don't have access to the vaccine. If you're wanting to slow the spread, knowing that a mask works and is a cost-effective approach to public health is really important."


Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210628170504.htm

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Lmao 🤣
Former President Trump told New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns that he would still be in the White House if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had bought into his false election claims. 

”Had Mitch stuck with many members of the party who knew the election was rigged, I think we wouldn’t be at Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said in an interview at his resort in Florida, an excerpt of the reporters’ “This Will Not Pass” book that was obtained by Punchbowl News states. 

“We would be at the White House having this conversation,” he added. 

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Trump is “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events” of Jan. 6, McConnell said after the former president’s second impeachment trial. 

McConnell recently said in an interview, however, that he would support Trump if he became the GOP presidential nominee in 2024.

“I think I have an obligation to support the nominee of my party,” McConnell said. “That will mean that whoever the nominee is has gone out and earned the nomination.”

Trump has not been so forgiving, frequently referring to McConnell as “Old Crow.”

Orange juice over milk? Tropicana creates ‘first cereal made for OJ’Brennan: Putin will threaten West after collapse of Ukraine invasion plan

“Why is it that Old Crow Mitch McConnell voted for a terrible Democrat Socialist Infrastructure Plan, and induced others in his Party to do likewise, when he was incapable of getting a great Infrastructure Plan wanting to be put forward by me and the Republican Party?” Trump asked after McConnell voted last year for the bipartisan infrastructure plan.

The latest excerpt has come after a week of bombshells from the book, including tapes with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggesting Trump should resign if he was impeached after the riot.

Trump dismissed tensions with McCarthy in the Mar-a-Lago interview and when asked why the House GOP leader claims to be tougher with Trump in private than in public, Trump summed it up to an “inferiority complex,” according to Punchbowl.


Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Doubt of science in health issues is definitely dangerous .

Anonymous said...

Roger, why have you stopped posting about "Biden's great econ
omy"?

Anonymous said...

Joe Biden just said he is not looking at forgiving up to 50 k , per student.
James accused Republicans "Keep students in debt".

Oppsie

Caliphate4vr said...

Sorry for your loss, safe travels

rrb said...



"There's no way to run a clinical trial on masks because you'd have to observe people using them all the time, and we can't observe everyone's behavior. This type of observational study is the best we can do," Ginther said.


So you're admitting that your "trial" proves fucking nothing and is just a flourish of bullshit.

That explains why the alky plagiarized it.

rrb said...

Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...

Doubt of science in health issues is definitely dangerous .


So take your own advice, alky.

5 out of 5 dentists think you really need to brush those 'yeller teeth' more than just once a year.


Caliphate4vr said...

So you're admitting that your "trial" proves fucking nothing and is just a flourish of bullshit.

That explains why the alky plagiarized it.


He won’t understand that

Anonymous said...

No sign in logs at Camp.David under Biden.

Hiding meetings .

Anonymous said...

"I am Science, don't question me"
Dr Fauci

Anonymous said...

$32 billion more us tax dollars to Ukraine, what a waste .
Lend Lease updated for Joe to flood lawyers , guns and money to Urkraine.

Remember how Lend Lease Ended.

anonymous said...

And the goat fucker thinks money to Uke is a waste.....BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! That you dumb fucking loser is the price of FREEDOM and destroying Putin's authoritarian regime!!!!!! That is a cheap price to pay to maintain our life style which you apparently think sucks......!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOL

I am a goat fucker don't question why I live in a frightened ever lost state of mind!!!!!!!

rrb said...



He won’t understand that

Not a chance.

It's also proof positive that he doesn't even read the shit he steals before he posts it, so quick he is to get it up there because he truly believes it makes him look smart.

But not smart enough to be trusted with that door code.

LOL.

Anonymous said...

Hi Joe, "
I am a goat fucker don't question why I live in a frightened ever lost state of mind!!!!"

Anonymous said...

James posts , but , is unable to debate.

Anonymous said...

The US GDP dropped.
"Russia has made $66 billion from fuel exports since it invaded Ukraine - and the EU is still its biggest buyer"

Just think if Biden would act boldly and restore the US to Energy independence.

anonymous said...

Yep goat fucker as I have said many times...unless everyone boycotts Russian oil, someone will always be buying it ....Why don't you take your head out your ass and post something intelligent LOLOLOLOL BTW.....US HAS NEVER BEEN ENEGY INDEPENDENT THAT YOU KEEP LYING ABOUT!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!