The Coronavirus Thread
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Four weeks does not look unreasonable to me, especially since the opposition actually asked for it. YMMV.
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First 4 weeks, then 4 years! Am I right, Dutchy?
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You are of course a constitutional specialist?
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Fuck elections, people are too stupid to make their own decisions. Just put me in charge, I'll sort this shit out pronto. All y'all just STFU and do what you're told.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Re: The Coronavirus Thread
Ireland's spiking again. The government kept pushing forward the dates of the phases against advice. And the populace kept taking liberties with each relaxation of the lockdown.
Now face masks in shops are mandatory and three counties are quarantined.
Now face masks in shops are mandatory and three counties are quarantined.
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Looks like we're going back to full lockdown.
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It's the same everywhere. Relax for a moment, and the fucker surges again...
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Have tried phoning you GP recently and making an appointment? We are hearing horrendous stories from Ireland.
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Exactly.
Perv doesn't have multiple degrees in International Constitutional Law like you do.


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Are you a specialist in constitutional law and ethics, particularly those pertaining to NZ?
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Slightly lower case numbers in Victoria today, so hopefully the lockdown is having an effect...
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For reference.
'Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks'
'Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks'
'Face Masks Considerably Reduce COVID-19 Cases in Germany: A Synthetic Control Method Approach'We identified seasonal human coronaviruses, influenza viruses and rhinoviruses in exhaled breath and coughs of children and adults with acute respiratory illness. Surgical face masks significantly reduced detection of influenza virus RNA in respiratory droplets and coronavirus RNA in aerosols, with a trend toward reduced detection of coronavirus RNA in respiratory droplets. Our results indicate that surgical face masks could prevent transmission of human coronaviruses and influenza viruses from symptomatic individuals.
'Universal use of face masks for success against COVID-19: evidence and implications for prevention policies'We use the synthetic control method to analyze the effect of face masks on the spread of Covid-19 in Germany. Our identification approach exploits regional variation in the point in time when face masks became compulsory. Depending on the region we analyse, we find that face masks reduced the cumulative number of registered Covid-19 cases between 2.3% and 13% over a period of 10 days after they became compulsory. Assessing the credibility of the various estimates, we conclude that face masks reduce the daily growth rate of reported infections by around 40%.
'Masks Do More Than Protect Others During COVID-19: Reducing the Inoculum of SARS-CoV-2 to Protect the Wearer'Controlling a respiratory infection at source using a face mask is a well-established strategy. For example, symptomatic patients with cough or sneezing are generally advised to put on a face mask, and this applies equally to patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (airborne transmission) and influenza (predominantly droplet-transmitted). With the large number of asymptomatic patients unaware of their own infection, the comparable viral load in their upper respiratory tract, droplet and aerosol dispersion even during talking and breathing, and prolonged viral viability outside our body, we strongly advocate universal use of face masks as a means of source control in public places during the COVID-19 pandemic. Extreme forms of social distancing are not sustainable, and complete lockdown of cities or even whole countries is devastating to the economy. Universal masking in public complements social distancing and hand hygiene in containing or slowing down the otherwise exponential growth of the pandemic. Universal masking protects against cross-transmission through unavoidable person-to-person contact during the lockdown and reduces the risk for resurgence during relaxation of social distancing measures.
This perspective outlines a unique angle on why universal public masking during the COVID-19 pandemic should be one of the most important pillars of disease control. Our theory is based on the likelihood of masking reducing the viral inoculum to which the mask-wearer is exposed, leading to higher rates of mild or asymptomatic infection with COVID-19. No prior perspective has specifically focused on this link between population-level facial masking, the viral inoculum, and increasing rates of asymptomatic infection with SARS-CoV-2.
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