HeartDoc Andrew wrote:
> Michael Ejercito wrote:
>> HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>>> Michael Ejercito wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/1ep0813/return_of_the_mask_multiple_counties_in_blue/
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>>>> Return of the mask! Multiple counties in blue state urge N-95s in
>>>> grocery stores and restaurants for Covid
>>>> READ MORE: Facemasks haven't stopped people getting Covid since 2022
>>>> By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com
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>>>> Published: 11:14 EDT, 8 August 2024 | Updated: 12:19 EDT, 8 August 2024
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>>>> Multiple counties in California have started recommending masks indoors,
>>>> amid a four-fold spike in some areas.
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>>>> Health officials in three Bay Area counties are urging residents to wear
>>>> well-fitting masks, such as N-95s or K-95s, in public indoor spaces like
>>>> restaurants and grocery stores.
>>>>
>>>> The health department in Contra Costa county, just outside of San
>>>> Francisco, said the recommendation comes as cases quadrupled from May 9
>>>> to July 9.
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>>>> However, rates have plateaued since then, according to wastewater data,
>>>> and hospitalizations and deaths have remained at historic lows.
>>>>
>>>> The amount of positive Covid tests in California have increased by one
>>>> percent in the past week. In some areas, cases quadrupled earlier in the
>>>> summer
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>>>> The amount of positive Covid tests in California have increased by one
>>>> percent in the past week. In some areas, cases quadrupled earlier in the
>>>> summer
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>>>> Contra Costa, Marin, and San Francisco counties all recommended wearing
>>>> masks in public places like grocery stores and restaurants. However,
>>>> this is just a recommendation and not a mandate
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>>>> Contra Costa, Marin, and San Francisco counties all recommended wearing
>>>> masks in public places like grocery stores and restaurants. However,
>>>> this is just a recommendation and not a mandate
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>>>> The guidance comes weeks after Violet Affleck, the 18-year-old daughter
>>>> of actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, urged officials in Los
>>>> Angeles county to reinstate mask mandates and end all 'mask bans.'
>>>>
>>>> And it follows Dr Anthony Fauci's recent admission that strict measures
>>>> early in the pandemic like closing schools and businesses may have been
>>>> too harsh and carried 'potential collateral negative effects.'
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>>>> EXCLUSIVE
>>>> Thirty-one states are STILL recommending face masks to protect against
>>>> Covid and CDC refuses to rule out making TODDLERS wear them again
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>>>> Nearby San Francisco and Marin counties have also recommended masking in
>>>> public areas amid a steady rise in cases.
>>>>
>>>> Dr Ori Tzvieli, Contra Costa County health officer, said: 'Face masks
>>>> are an effective tool to reduce the spread of the virus, particularly
>>>> for those who are at risk for serious illness when there is evidence of
>>>> elevated COVID-19 activity in the community.'
>>>>
>>>> 'This is one of those times. Our health system is not seriously impacted
>>>> by COVID currently, and our goal is to keep it that way.'
>>>>
>>>> Most health agencies in the Bay Area lifted their mask mandates by
>>>> February 2022.
>>>>
>>>> The new recommendation is not required and is up to personal preference.
>>>>
>>>> Evidence about whether masks actually prevented infections during the
>>>> Covid pandemic are mixed.
>>>>
>>>> A gold standard analysis of 78 studies and 1million people back in 2023
>>>> found face coverings made 'little to no difference' to Covid infection
>>>> or death rates.
>>>>
>>>> Deaths and hospitalizations in California continue declining, according
>>>> to wastewater data
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>>>> Deaths and hospitalizations in California continue declining, according
>>>> to wastewater data
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>>>> Meanwhile, in the US overall, Covid have continued to decline since
>>>> November 2023
>>>> Meanwhile, in the US overall, Covid have continued to decline since
>>>> November 2023
>>>>
>>>> Contra Costa county only requires health care workers to mask
>>>> seasonally, from November 1 to April 30, to reduce the spread of Covid,
>>>> influenza, and RSV.
>>>>
>>>> Will you mask up again?
>>>>
>>>> Yes
>>>> No
>>>> Only in crowds
>>>> As of July 29, the latest data available, 13 percent of nearly 9,000
>>>> tests in the area came back positive, a one percent increase from the
>>>> week before.
>>>>
>>>> Dr Sofe' Mekuria, Contra Costa County deputy health officer, told local
>>>> news station KRON4 that the area is mainly seeing cases of the 'FLiRT'
>>>> strains, a variation of Omicron responsible for most infections across
>>>> the US.
>>>>
>>>> Meanwhile, deaths in California have neared historic lows, with just
>>>> four deaths reported the week of July 29, half that from this time last
>>>> year.
>>>>
>>>> Nationwide, 304 deaths from Covid were reported to the CDC during the
>>>> same week, a 46 percent drop from this time last year. In early 2021,
>>>> during peak pandemic, over 26,000 deaths were reported to the CDC.
>>>>
>>>> Dr Mekuria noted that while hospitalizations and deaths have remained
>>>> steady, vaccination rates in the area are declining.
>>>>
>>>> 'We do anticipate a new COVID vax that will have newer strains of COVID
>>>> that should be coming out this summer or early fall. Potentially as soon
>>>> as this September,' she said.
>>>>
>>>> The recommendations come after recent research has suggested that masks
>>>> may no longer be as effective as they were earlier in the pandemic.
>>>>
>>>> Researchers at the University of East Anglia, for example, found in a
>>>> May study that masks' protective effect seemed to disappear in February
>>>> 2022, around the same time that California lifted its mandates.
>>>>
>>>> The team believed this was due to the Omicron variant, which later
>>>> mutated into FLiRT, being too infectious for masks to prevent it.
>>>>
>>>> Contra Costa residents told KRON4 that despite the recommendations, few
>>>> people were actually wearing masks.
>>>>
>>>> 'I do sometimes see people wearing masks. It's few and far between.
>>>> Usually older people,' resident Connie Koplan said.
>>>
>>> In the interim, we are 100% prepared/protected in the "full armor of
>>> GOD" (Ephesians 6:11) which we put on as soon as we use Apostle Paul's
>>> secret (Philippians 4:12). Though masking is less protective, it helps
>>> us avoid the appearance of doing the evil of spreading airborne
>>> pathogens while there are people getting sick because of not being
>>> 100% protected. It is written that we're to "abstain from **all**
>>> appearance of doing evil" (1 Thessalonians 5:22 w/**emphasis**).
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, the only *perfect* (Matt 5:47-8 ) way to eradicate the
>>> COVID-19 virus, thereby saving lives, in the US & elsewhere is by
>>> rapidly (i.e. use the "Rapid COVID-19 Test" ) finding out at any given
>>> moment, including even while on-line, who among us are unwittingly
>>> contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in order to
>>> "convince it forward" (John 15:12) for them to call their doctor and
>>> self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic.
>>> Thus, we're hoping for the best while preparing for the worse-case
>>> scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron,
>>> Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations
>>> combining via slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like "Deltamicron"
>>> that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no
>>> longer effective.
>>>
>>> Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry (
>>> https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/6ZoE95d-VKc/m/14vVZoyOBgAJ
>>> ) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
>>>
>>> So how are you ?
>>
>> I am wonderfully hungry!
>
> While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
> 8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, are rapture ready (Luke
> 17:37 means no COVID just as eagles circling over their food have no
> COVID) and pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6)
> Father in Heaven continues to give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy
> Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so that we'd have much more of His Help to
> always say/write that we're "wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways
> including especially caring to "convince it forward" (John 15:12) with
> all glory (Psalm112:1) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
> the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
>
> Laus DEO !
>
Thank you for noting that I have no COVID.

Michael