Re: mask mandate

JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 11:12:27 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
 

and clearly sweden came out on top proving

 
Behavioral "isolation" guidelines can reduce total infections when
practiced.
 
In US, the Republican party did not take Covid seriously, and the
majority of deaths happened for those 50 and older.
<https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/>
 
The mask request was required in places like hospitals.  Nursing homes
took a big death hit: "Long-Term Care Facility Residents and Staff
Account for More Than 201,000 COVID-19 Deaths, and At Least 23% of All
COVID-19 Deaths in the U.S., As of 1/30/2022."
 
<https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/over-200000-residents-and-staff-in-long-term-care-facilities-have-died-from-covid-19/>
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Some regard COVID-19 as the "Geriatric Culling Virus". 
From a societal standpoint, whether or not that is a
good thing is reduced to a matter of policy.

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