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twice (herd immunity, masks) Fauci admitted to telling incorrect information not due to "scientific method".

I'm not monday morning quarterbacking.

There are millions of times more factories globally to make generic cloth masks. And there is zero issue with the US importing them at the time, it was actually easier to import a good like that than it would be now because of the fact that throughout the pandemic the US was importing a SHIT TON more than it was exporting, so places like china were exporting shipping containers but not getting them back. That you think there would be a shortage of cloth masks because there was a shortage of medical grade masks is embarrassing. Here is a way to think about this for you, explained in the condescending way you talk: - Everybody wears clothes, so when everybody wants to wear a new type of clothes, it is very easy to suddenly produce and distribute clothes. - Only medical professionals and certain tradesman wear surgery masks or N95s, so if suddenly everyone wants surgery masks or N95, it is difficult because the capacity has not been built up to support that amount of production. New machines are needed, more material needs to be sourced. That's not the case with cloth masks, which are just clothing. We have a lot of textiles in existence! I think Fauci may have been worse on this national-scale crisis than when a public health crisis is hitting specific groups - he clearly has a history of listening and taking seriously marginalized groups not getting full attention of the state. And that's really important. But now that we know what a pandemic-threat looks like and how he performed, I just don't see how he is the best person to get the US to a place where we are much more prepared for the next one.

they have played games tuesday-thursday so you probably had a may filter on

Ah yes, now he's trying the "it was the scientific method" greatest hits again. Fauci already admitted their rationale for not recommending masks was not scientific-method based. It had nothing to do with their evidence on the efficacy of masks, of which they already had proof of. From March 21, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html From 2013: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_Homemade_Masks_Would_They_Protect_in_an_Influenza_Pandemic ^ Showed that homemade masks offered more protection than no masks at all. They at that point classified heavy droplets as the main vector of transmission, and had known that even homemade masks mitigated that transmission. They didn't need new information on how hand washing was effective against this NOVEL coronavirus to recommend it, but apparently even though there was well established previous research on the place of masks with influenza outbreaks, it was okay to mislead the public even knowing they'd have to reverse course in a month or so. And the idea that the US wouldn't have been able to create non-surgical cloth masks because they import textiles is embarrassing. Medical grade PPE is a very specific process, indeed. When the whole world needed more and nearly all production of it was in China, that's not good. But there is both millions of times more regular cloth to use for masks and garment factories could easily be repurposed to make them, as they did! Masks quickly became a new offering from many retailers. These same places likely couldn't have been easily retrofitted to make 3-ply surgical masks, but they can stitch two pieces of fabric together. Everything is imported, even things that are domestic are made with imported components or built with imported components. China likely imports some of the materials for the masks they make. That surgical masks and N-95s would have been scarce was not just because they were imported.

Remember when Stone tried to make himself important by crapping on Yoan? That was fun.

lol

That’s why there was Drama. It’s what an admin does for the board, sacrifice.

Glad this worked out. I didn’t want to do this.

If Mazara gets on base against Hendriks I’ll eat a hat

Wait whaaa Giolito was ejected?

Timmy

Not me, I’d prefer they keep it close to practice these tight game scenarios.

The good news is when fathom calls someone lost at the plate they are usually at bottom and about to ascend (see Robert in spring training, Moncada to start year)

If Sox get a clean inning I wonder if Sheets gets an AB. (Is sheets there?)

Because Fegan reported he went back with a trainer. So decent reason to speculate.

Grandal with the @Y2Jimmy0 bump

He was way better than Alen Hanson (Alan Hansen?)

This tigers team gives brings back memories of when I was like thinking we had something in Willy Garcia

Pretty sure Adolfos happened today so congrats to him.

Curbelo with his 8th home run and 2 walks! Dawkins and Ellis liked hitting a homer yesterday so added another. Not quite sure what the sequence of the bham game is for this makeup but says Adolfo homer

NoMas Mazara guys come on

congrats to Gavin Sheets, I did not think he'd be in this position after his W-S play. He's also a great interview, as many kids of ball players tend to be. Definitely someone easy to root for, even if this is a cup'a'coffee.

This is really frustrating to me as well. But there also isn't a great reason to play him vs lefties at this point.

That you went so seamlessly from "fauci was following the scientific method on masks" to "yes we all knew about fauci lying about masks" to "fauci was right to lie about masks" makes me want to avoid spending too much time on this. However, I think the bolded is illustrative on the failure of the CDC and Fauci. His inability to provide guidance on mitigating the risk of covid vs. fully preventing covid meant we were getting really inconsistent rationales for what to follow. For some reason, it was very important to wash our hands. There wasn't a lot of info that we had of it spreading this way, but it was common sense to remove that layer of risk, so they were very clear: wash your hands. But when it came to masks? Outdoor vs indoor? Continued to hedge that both posed risks of getting it, so really best advice is just to avoid. Made no sense. Cloth masks do not refer to the surgery masks. They are referring to https://mackweldon.com/products/2-pack-silver-mask? Check it out, an underwear company using the fabric they have available to layer and make masks. Just like my old neighbors in April 2020 used their sewing machine to make the block masks. Saying that covering your mouth would help prevent infecting others (known at the time to Fauci) would have been valuable information that saved peoples lives. The government could have absolutely prevented private consumers from buying PPE and at the same time said "home made masks will help". Those cheap surgery masks? Those are fine for regular people going in and out. It is not N-95, it will not 95% keep you from getting covid if you had contact with it, but it does in reduce the likelihood. The swiss cheese model was not being applied from fauci and the cdc. We got "wash your hands" from them and stay away. If you had to go to see someone, was the CDC/Fauci helpful in letting you know to go outside instead? Not really, very inconsistent guidance on air flow and importance of ventilation until I think...January 2021.