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OMG, just when you think you have a handle on how dumb someone is you are reminded there is no lower bound on human intelligence. Then again this particular someone is in a class of his own. Well technically not class, there is none, more like study hall. And not the cool Say Anything study hall either more like Fast Times at Ridgemont. HCQ can be ordered from insulinhub.com in the UK where it is sold over the counter. This is where I got mine back in March. Kind of glad I do have it since if I do get it (which I did not, one fake test result to the contrary) I know from experience how hard it is to get your own doctor to give you the proper treatment. The price is higher than it should be but cheap insurance and the customer service second to none. When mine got held up in US Customs the guy apologized even though it wasn't his fault- and shipped me another one! The second shipment arrived before the first, I wound up with a two-fer. |
For all those anti-maskers in the crowd, YES YOU! Listen, and listen good. I am going to give you a little lesson in melt-blown plastics, statistics, and viral transfer. Let's starts with melt-blown plastics. One of the advantages of melt-blown plastics is that they have electrostatic properties. Even breath moist, they still have electrostatic properties. That means they are able to attract particles to them. Let's go on to filtering. When a mask says it can filter 95% of all particles at 0.3um, that does not mean that every particle smaller than 0.3um passes through. In fact, even at 0.15um, a significant number of particles are stopped (see above). In fact, N95 respirators have been shown to very effectively filter down even as low as 10nm due to electrostatic charge. That works not as well up in the 40-80nm range, mechanical means takes over and it gets better again. Miller is correct though, you need a good fit. I find for most people, the KN95 and N95 cone filters fit their face better than the 3M filters. If you are a guy, SHAVE! Just do it and stop complaining. You beard, moustache, etc. is not more important than your health or someone else's. Even without a perfect fit, most of your breath will still pass through the mask, unless you have a really poor fit. Viral transfer. Yes, it is true that a single viral particle can infect, you, but odds are, most single viral particles will not. Your immune system even without specific defences still has general defences for intruders and the virus does not infect all cell types, but certain cell types and it has to land on and infect one. A larger droplet, which masks will filter most, contains orders of magnitude more viral particles, as well as a carrier (water) that offers protection and longevity increasing viral transfer potential. Now for that statistics lesson. Let's say the odds of a single viral particle causing an infection are 1/100. Now, if you are exposed 100 virus particles, that does not mean you get infected. It means the odds of being infected are about 63%. Now if someone else wears a mask, especially a half decent one, that number drops to say 25 particles (and maybe less). Now your odds of being infected are only 22%. If you have a good mask, you can reduce that by a further 75%, so now there is only 6 particles that get into your body. Your odds of being infected is now 5.85%. You have to be really really bad at math to want your odds of infection to be 63% instead of 5.85%. |
bluemoodriver, Here in UK deaths by any cause within 28 days of a positive Covid test is a “Covid death”. I believe you misunderstood the process to some extent. Check pages 5, 6, and 14 (and onwards). guidance-for-doctors-completing-medical-certificates-of-cause-of-death-covid-19.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) |
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