**All data is from NYT unless otherwise noted.*** It is simply incredibly hard to believe that we are averaging 150,000 new cases a day - again. As you can see below, EVERYTHING went up this week. Cases (20%), tests (33%) - and the most worrisome are hospitalizations (24%) and deaths (96%). At this point in the pandemic, over 95% of ALL hospitalizations and deaths are entirely preventable. Preventable.
I just feel defeated. My school district and county (Tarrant) refuse to go against the governor and protect our kids. My middle daughter is in a class with high masking which is a huge blessing. But, I kept my youngest (first grade) home to homeschool. This never ending cycle of going from bad to worse is exhausting.
Thanks again Emily! This is not great news, but I'm thankful for a place to come and get the "real" story! Okay, so I still have people cringing about wearing masks, and I think what is making so many parents afraid of their kids wearing masks is all the pseudo-science going around telling them that it will cause cancer and/or hypoxia and/or worse. A relative sent me these studies (along with a couple of thick conspiracy articles which I'm not including) about the 'harmful effects of wearing masks for long durations'. Would you mind having a look at them and giving your thoughts (or your circle of expert friends' thoughts). I could see right away that one of them did not even conclude that there were harmful effects - and using the "similar articles" links, I found other articles which also found no harmful effects. However, before I respond to my relative, I wanted to get your take on this stuff. Especially because you'd know which studies are not accepted/flawed/irrelevant better than me! Thank you - sorry this question is so long and sorry if you already answered this! You are amazing!
I just feel defeated. My school district and county (Tarrant) refuse to go against the governor and protect our kids. My middle daughter is in a class with high masking which is a huge blessing. But, I kept my youngest (first grade) home to homeschool. This never ending cycle of going from bad to worse is exhausting.
Thanks again Emily! This is not great news, but I'm thankful for a place to come and get the "real" story! Okay, so I still have people cringing about wearing masks, and I think what is making so many parents afraid of their kids wearing masks is all the pseudo-science going around telling them that it will cause cancer and/or hypoxia and/or worse. A relative sent me these studies (along with a couple of thick conspiracy articles which I'm not including) about the 'harmful effects of wearing masks for long durations'. Would you mind having a look at them and giving your thoughts (or your circle of expert friends' thoughts). I could see right away that one of them did not even conclude that there were harmful effects - and using the "similar articles" links, I found other articles which also found no harmful effects. However, before I respond to my relative, I wanted to get your take on this stuff. Especially because you'd know which studies are not accepted/flawed/irrelevant better than me! Thank you - sorry this question is so long and sorry if you already answered this! You are amazing!
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18500410/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26179900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3589840/