TO MASK OR NOT TO MASK — Is that really still a question, given all the evidence that as many as 100,000 lives could be saved between now and February if everyone were to wear a mask? I’m no scientist, but I certainly listen to them. A national mask mandate could do so much.
Given all the health, economic, racial and political concerns on the eve of the general election, along with the Supreme Court scheduled to take on the Affordable Care Act on Nov. 10, which could vastly affect those of us with existing conditions, including this Type 1 diabetic, it’s shaping up to be one of the scarier Halloweens in recent memory.
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Buyers choice I guess. I had a man ask me where my mask was in the Ossipee Hanford's. I told him I left it in the hospital where I work. Then he said "What about me? To which I replied, Your fine, you have a mask just don't touch anything anyone else may have touched, He looked in his basket and looked at me and was speechless. All I said was Ohh oh! You touched something didn't you? Then a woman walked past us with a mask on but her nose sticking out of it. But she had a mask!
The fact is according to just one source the Mass dept of health. 98% of the people who died from Covid had other underlying conditions that would have killed them eventually . That means only 2 % actually died from Covid. This is true in other states as well including SURPRISE! N.H..
Statistically we have lost about 10% of the expected deaths due to this virus. Probably most of it was due to pre existing conditions. Kind of like what happened in N.Y. with the numb nuts governor who put infected persons in with nursing home (Compromised) patients. Stupid. Wash your hands don't touch your face when your out and about and gargle with Listerine and you will be fine. Oh one last don't touch anything!
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