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#conspiracytheory
Has he really tested positive, or is he just saying so in order to back his downplaying of Covid when he remains healthy and recovers quickly?
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Interesting listen
Episode Info
Coronaviruses aren't new. For more than 20 years, German virologist Rolf Hilgenfeld has been looking for ways to slow or stop the virus. What does it take to find a treatment for coronaviruses, and what might that mean for the future of COVID-19? For more information on this episode, visit nationalgeographic.com/overheard
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Good summary on The Daily, New York Times
Four New Insights About The Coronavirus
In a nutshell
- It's not a respiratory virus but vascular
- Outdoors is safer than indoors
- It's mutating, less damaging but more virulent
- Kids are good, get back to school
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oh man, I know we all have our own morons, but 'murica seem to do it better!
Anti-mask activists organised a protest at a grilled cheese restaurant in Florida after the owner encouraged people not to wear masks.
The US restaurant 33 & Melt has created tension after the owner, Carrie Hudson, promised 100 free meals for those who turn up without a mask on July 11.
During Saturday's protest, no customers wore face coverings inside the restaurant, despite the fact Florida county officials made the use of face masks in public mandatory since June 20.
The rally became tense when the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco arrived at the restaurant and served Hudson with a warning.
"It's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong. Don't shut her down, don't shut her down," protesters responded in a Global News video.
Protester Chris Nelson said in the video, "All she is doing is standing up for the rights of people to make their own medical decisions".
"You know what, you wanna call me selfish for not wearing a mask? I wanna say to you, all the people call me selfish, you're the one who's trying to force me [to have] a medical procedure so YOU can feel more safe," he said.
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US President Donald Trump has appeared in public wearing a facemask.
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Kiwis are neither required nor encouraged to wear a face mask in New Zealand.
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Many Americans still refuse to wear a mask even though health experts say the use of face masks may help stop transmission of the virus.Another anti-mask activist said she did not oppose those who want to wear face masks.
"If you are at higher risk, feel free to stay home, feel free to wear a mask, feel free to social distance - that is your choice and we respect it. We want our choices to be respected as well," said Tara Hill.
Florida has reported the largest single-day increase of COVID-19 of any state in the US, with a total of more than 269,000 confirmed cases so far.
According to the state Department of Health statistics, Florida reported an increase of more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours on Sunday, the day after the protest.
US President Donald Trump wore a face mask for the first time in public when he visited a Washington DC-area military hospital on Saturday July 12.
He had previously refused to wear a face mask or asked residents to wear one, saying it was a personal choice.
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Speaking of the USA:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/us/30-year-old-covid-party-death.html
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@taniwharugby Putting a facemask on in public is now a medical procedure?
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@Bovidae said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Speaking of the USA:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/us/30-year-old-covid-party-death.html
So now he knows the truth..... Americans are truly quacked
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@Bones who knows, so much (mis) information about.
But my totally qualifed AF thinking, if you have just been sick and get ill again several weeks later, surely that'd knock you harder 2nd time round as your immune system is still in recovery mode?
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Any wonder they're setting records in America?
edity - what a great comment: "If Facebook was a person this would be it."
Coronavirus - Overall