Sigh. THIS seems to be a deliberate misreading too.
Stopping the pandemic doesn't require eradicating the disease. Malaria remains endemic and largely unvaccinated, but controlled.
And cloth masks are a vitally important tool in making that happen. Claiming otherwise by arguing against a strawman is... yeah, disinformation.
OH MY GOD. After a year and a half, why won't you people just wear your masks?! Why!?
I'm literally responding to a comment from somebody who is advocating for eradication. That's why I pointed out that eradication is not feasible. I am well aware of the whole mitigation vs containment vs eradication distinction, and I maintain, personally, that focused protection is and was always the correct strategy to follow.
No, you're not. Go read the comment again.
Again, they literally said eradication (extinction) was possible. I said it wasn’t. I didn’t misread at all.
Would you go into surgery with a physician who wears the same mask on a daily basis?
More so than not wearing a mask at all, yes. Are you arguing for more effective mask distribution and more stringent mask enforcement? I think I'd agree that is warranted at the moment. But you're not, you're just whatabouting.
Texas lifted all restrictions including masks and has lower infection rates per capita than most places with mask mandates and Covid restrictions.
So the statement you make with arrogance may actually be wrong misinformation.
Are you living in a cave? How can you not have seen all this. UCSF has this amazing review, and it's right at the top of the google results page: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-abou...
You are claiming not to have seen this not because you have looked for this evidence and failed to find it, but because you have been CONVINCED BY YOUR MEDIA that this evidence doesn't exist.
You also cite lies. Texas is one of the worst areas in the country for both total infection count and current infection rate: https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/?chart=states...
> So the statement you make with arrogance may actually be wrong misinformation.
Ditto.