Medical Examiner's Office explains discrepancies in COVID-19 death tallies
At least here on CSR, the mask debate wrt covid started back in January. See http://www.clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/the-virus-what-are-your-thoughts.96356/page-2.
Covid burgerI stopped on purpose for this pic.... you guys are killing me (in funny, not literally)
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Solid choice.... Without the stigma
"Essential Worker" is defined by the terms of a state or local order that creates community restrictions in support of public health. There are federal guidelines which most localities adopt but some create their own or add/subtract from the federal list. To my knowledge, healthcare, police and fire, transit, power and grocery workers are on every list. Defense Industrial Base is also on every list and I fit in under that. I believe Blueone stated he was in that category as well. It is not defined by how much you go out, although most essential workers necessarily go out a lot to get to work (the only purpose of the exemption). You can't self-select for essential worker if that's what you were saying (wasn't clear so apologies if I got it wrong).
Depends on what the request was for, not enough information in either article to determine that. As a general rule, a FOIA response will only provide exactly what was asked for, nothing more or less.
Yikes!!!! ....I hate when I die at lower rates
Good video and quite factual although intellectually dishonest in my opinion. I think the problem with both left and right media exemplified in this video is a failure to recognize and articulate the concept of opportunity cost. Opportunity costs are what happen if one path or the the other (or one of several) is taken. So, the point of this video is whether the cost of the lockdowns was worth it based on the deaths experienced to date (except in New York and New Jersey). The better question is whether the deaths expected with no or different actions would have been worth it. Although he hasn't put in those terms, President Trump has articulated an opportunity cost of 3.3 million deaths (probably overstated) if nothing had been done. Whether or not that was a good idea or an accurate estimate is actually the better debate. I suppose the concept may be considered too difficult to explain to the public, although it's used in government and business all the time. It's theoretical since the ultimate opportunity cost will never be known unless nothing in fact is done. Opportunity cost is also relevant to the cost of lockdown, for example, what might be the cost in lives for those displaced economically due to lockdown. One side ignores it and the other probably overstates it.
The CDC issued the recommendation that masks be worn nationwide on April 3. Lots of governments and commercial establishments across the nation gradually began to adopt masks at that time. Agree some governments didn't mandate masks until recently and I don't think all have as yet. It appears we are seeing the results of those mandates or even just recommendations as cases begin to abate, let's hope it continues.
