Yeah, but you need to read between the lines. If the life saving benefits of general mask-wearing were obvious, you wouldn't need to enlist other things like manners into your service. Like it's probably enough to tell people "don't let your kids stick forks into electrical sockets" without further appeals to manners and appearances. And as is always the case, it's what comes AFTER the "but" that matters, and the preceding clause is just rhetorical boilerplate.
To further my point above, look at this bizarre piece of "journalism" from Time: Study: Up to 80% of COVID-19 Infections Are Asymptomatic | Time
Is a disease that is perhaps 80% asymptomatic a big enough threat outside the very narrow demographic in which it is a problem that it constitutes a justification for "social distancing" and all the silly bullshit and economic destruction we've seen? I'm telling you, this kind of propaganda is the reason we're in this position.In one cruise-ship coronavirus outbreak, more than 80% of people who tested positive for COVID-19 did not show any symptoms of the disease, according to a new paper published in the journal Thorax.
The research shows just how prevalent asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 may be—a reality that both suggests official case counts are drastic underestimates, and emphasizes the importance of practicing social distancing even if you feel healthy. (Emphasis mine)
Tough to find the data, actually, but i do see a source that says through May 13, 22% of COVID deaths were among 45-64 year olds in NYC. Im SURE that rate is skewed older, of course, as ~75% of deaths are among those 65-and-older.
I'll still socially distance and wear a mask as I don't want to me an asymptomatic spreader.
If that is your definition, then yeah, its not contagious, nor is it deadly. Nor is heart disease, cancer, or anything else.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US and less than a million people die of it every year.
I say COVID is contagious. It also kills a lot of people. 100k deaths, with 25% among those under 65 seems bad to me.
If it were to stop at 100k deaths, it would be among the top 10 killers in the US this year.
No point, guys. He has his own facts.