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Frankenscript said:
Fact based risk assessments for different activities. And no, protesting racism is not listed.

www.mlive.com

From hair salons to gyms, experts rank 36 activities by coronavirus risk level

Which activities are riskiest for spreading COVID-19?
www.mlive.com www.mlive.com

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Thanks @Frankenscript

Checked it and I completely disagree with their assessments. Example airplanes are far too low... unless we're putting space helmets on all passengers I just do not see the airplanes HVAC system catching the viral particles before they hit adjacent passengers.
 
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It's over, get over it and back to supporting this great country, and its countrymen, in its rise to be Great, again and again, we cannot have enough of GREAT ! :clap:
Lots of lives and livelihoods have been lost because of this 21st century scare. It sure was fun for lots of politicians, and news creeps.
 
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juliand said:
It's over, get over it and back to supporting this great country, and its countrymen, in its rise to be Great, again and again, we cannot have enough of GREAT ! :clap:
Lots of lives and livelihoods have been lost because of this 21st century scare. It sure was fun for lots of politicians, and news creeps.
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Be careful not to keep your head in the sand for too long.

No idea why anyone would suggest it is over. 800-1100 Americans are dying every day still, and there is no reason to think new waves won't hit in the fall.

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I've been trying to tell the folks around me to continue taking this seriously; stop taking this lightly. Reopening in this manner only gives people the preconceived notion that things are normalizing. There's a big difference between normalizing versus attempting to normalize. People just don't get it. Number of cases is only going to get higher if people continue to follow the bandwagon; that is by going outdoors for all things non-essential, not wearing a mask, and basking in the sun next to a complete total stranger. Also, give outside food and public transportation a rest. The recent protests definitely instills grave concern; not only from the its own reasons, but with growing concern that hundreds, if not thousands could be carrying the virus at this very moment. Remember: It only takes one person to spread the virus and enter a whole new level. This is not Jumanji

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Say it ain't so Floriduh....

www.foxnews.com

Florida, South Carolina coronavirus figures are the states' highest yet for a single day

New cases of the novel coronavirus broke single-day records in Florida and South Carolina on Thursday, according to health officials.
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That is true, but on the contrary, Vitamin D deficiency is affecting many individuals these days especially in the northern hemisphere irrespective of skin pigmentation. That's just how the Earth's axis works as it deviates towards and away from the sun throughout the year.

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FYI - it could be also due to the color of their skin - some MDs believe vitamin D plays an important role in a strong immune system. Darker skin = slower vitamin-D product in the sunlight.
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Absolutely unsurprising development. This week 19 states saw an uptick. Next week there will be more, there's no doubt about that. The weather is really making people restless and anxious in these uncertain times; they don't go well together. In other words, its analogous to nuclear fusion.

 
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Here's one in Italy that talks about asymptomatic spread in households during lockdown among other things:

www.medrxiv.org

Suppression of COVID-19 outbreak in the municipality of Vo’, Italy

On the 21st of February 2020 a resident of the municipality of Vo’, a small town near Padua, died of pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection[1][1]. This was the first COVID-19 death detected in Italy since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei province[2][2]. In response...
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It might have been too late. The virus was probably already in these households prior to the lockdown.

Frankenscript said:
Here's one in Italy that talks about asymptomatic spread in households during lockdown among other things:

www.medrxiv.org

Suppression of COVID-19 outbreak in the municipality of Vo’, Italy

On the 21st of February 2020 a resident of the municipality of Vo’, a small town near Padua, died of pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection[1][1]. This was the first COVID-19 death detected in Italy since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei province[2][2]. In response...
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The whole talk about Canada at the end of this video is totally unnecessary

 
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It might have been too late. The virus was probably already in these households prior to the lockdown.
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Agreed; the same would apply here particularly in the NY/NJ/Philadelphia region in March to April.
 
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Now the question is ultimately, who do we believe?

From Dr. Fauci's talk on CNN earlier,

www.cnn.com

Fauci says second wave is 'not inevitable' as coronavirus cases climb in some states | CNN

Coronavirus cases are on an upswing in several states and experts warn case rates could rise further this summer as states reopen. But the nation's top infectious disease expert said a second wave of the virus later this year is not inevitable.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said a recent increase in coronavirus cases in a number of states is not necessarily a "second spike."
"However, when you start to see increases in hospitalization, that's a surefire situation that you've got to pay close attention to," Fauci told CNN on Friday.


Fauci also said there may not be a so-called second wave of Covid-19 cases as some health experts are predicting.
"It is not inevitable that you will have a so-called 'second wave' in the fall or even a massive increase if you approach it in the proper way," he said.
He advised Americans to follow social distancing recommendations and to continue wearing masks in public, among other CDC guidelines.
Meanwhile former CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding, an infectious disease expert who now is an executive vice president at Merck & Co Inc., said Friday that the industry's collaborative efforts and the 130 vaccines in different stages of production points make her cautiously optimistic the pandemic will end with a vaccine.
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