9 Apr
2023
9 Apr
'23
11:02 p.m.
Hi Jon,
Your sarcasm to Mac reads to me as rude.
Mac is trying to speak up for his own health and others. There's no need to
use hyperbolic sarcasm like thus.
The fact is that - as conversations on this list have relayed - dances with
high quality masks mandated have had zero traceable transmissions. Zero.
And dances without them have had plenty of outbreaks (including the one in
England that happened recently, so I hear). And dances with mask mandates
are, on average, more likely to proactively ask dancers to test and report
test results and symptoms, while unmasked dances range from doing the same
down to barely giving lip-service to "if you're sick, stay home".
Masking. Works.
In dance,
Julian Blechner
He/Him
Western Massachusetts
On Sun, Apr 9, 2023, 10:25 AM Jon Greene via Organizers <
organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Mac,
I guess none of us then should really be contra dancing at all because
dancing surely creates more transmission risk than not dancing. And for a
recreational activity that, unlike earning a living, is not even a
necessity.
- Jon Greene
Sent from my iPhone
https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-03/Oregon-Hospital-Forecast-T…
On Apr 8, 2023, at 5:27 PM, Walker Sloan via
Organizers <
organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Becoming infected by Covid today is a lower risk to the individual than
at the
start of the pandemic.
However, becoming infected by Covid is also an opportunity for the Covid
virus to
be transmitted to others, and to mutate.
R0 is the number of people that an infected individual is likely to
infect.
R0 was 5.4 in Dec 2022.
XBB.1.5 is estimated to be 82% of all Covid cases today.
5.4 and 82% are not numbers influenced by communities or individuals
attitudes
towards risk. Only by community and individual behavior.
People who assume increased risk for themselves are also assuming
increased risk
for 5.4 other people.
Masks, vaxes, and emails mitigate risks.
These data are from an article published by a reputable university
hospital last
month on Mar 17 2023. Scroll to the last page for R0.
Mac Sloan
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