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  • #1872973
    just me
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    I’m tossing this out to all the experts in the Coffee Room (as opposed to asking my doctor): If I have a lot of antibodies, do I still have to wear a mask?

    #1873008
    2scents
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    Great idea, why ask your doctor when you can just get answers from the coffee room?!

    If you have to do something, that is dependant on your local laws, if scientifically there is any point for doing so, this will take some time to know for sure.

    #1873029
    Forshayer
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    If you took a shower at home, but the sign at the local Mikva says to please take a shower before entering, do you just walk in without showering?

    #1873198
    Abba_S
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    How much is alot. Also your test may have been a false positive

    #1873264
    Health
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    JUST me -” (as opposed to asking my doctor):”

    Good Idea. Your Doc doesn’t know as much as Me.

    “If I have a lot of antibodies, do I still have to wear a mask?”

    It depends – do you know what type of Antibody you have? Are you going to test yourself everyday to make sure you still have them?
    There is more than one type of Covid19 floating Around.
    It’s called Mutation. Ask your doc, if he/she Even knows about this!

    So the Answer is – if you won’t be exposed to the Mutation, and you check everyday that you still have those antibodies – then you don’t Need a Mask.

    #1873370
    n0mesorah
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    Dear Just,
    If everyone wears a mask, than everyone will wear a mask. Once some people stop…

    #1873552
    cent_cent
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    Not sure about the whole mask thing to begin with but just a word on antibody testing.
    Many of the tests (especially the earlier ones) had very high false positive rates. They were in the 5%-10% range. That doesnt sound high but in terms of false positives that can be very significant. Not sure where you live but if you dont live in NYC area, then the percent of population that had Covid is probably about 3% or so. If you assume that, then a test with a 10% false positive rate means that if you come back positive you have less than 25% chance (3/13) of actually having it. So the test is almost meaningless.
    Even with a 5% false positive rate, with a 3% population rate you would have 3/8 chance of having it (37.5%) if you came back positive.
    If you live in NYC where the population rate is about 25%, then it is much more meaningful even with 5-10% false positives.

    #1873563
    yehudayona
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    In a story about Nancy Pelosi requiring masks in committee meetings:

    Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) is particularly upset by the idea of covering his mouth, telling CNN last month: “It’s part of the dehumanization of the children of G-d. You’re participating in it by wearing a mask.”

    #1873712
    Frumshmurda718
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    If you think mask work, you are very naive. Not even the CDC or anyone in the government by any chance has been seen wearing masks.

    #1873718
    Gadolhadorah
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    Yehudalah: Higgins is a relatively ignorant former Deputy Sheriff from a state with one of the highest death rates from CV19 who even before the virus, had characterized public health restrictions as an “infringement” on personal liberty. He goes out of his way to blend right wing Christian Evangelical cultural themes with Trumpkopf-style science denial on matters that even most Republicans accept as fact. Wearing a mask doesn’t fully protect others near you from infection (if you are asymptomatic) but it certainly reduces transmission. Likewise, it slightly reduces your own risk of being infected by droplets exhaled from others nearby.

    #1873723
    yehudayona
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    Frumshmurda718, google “Jared Kushner and Adm. Brett Giroir, the federal official overseeing testing, wear masks at the White House during President Trump’s news conference.” Google “Fauci wearing mask.” Google “Redfield wearing mask.” In mid-May, White House staffers were told to wear masks.

    #1873724
    Frumshmurda718
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    Only 10k coronavirus deaths at best. Meaning, out of the supposed 110K coronavirus death in America, only ~10k have Coronavirus listed as the only cause of death. Many hospitals are faking coronavirus deaths for money.

    #1873768
    Historian
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    Even if one thinks he doesn’t “need” to wear one. Out out of respect, one SHOULD wear. This is a classic MARIS AYIN case.

    #1873919
    Abba_S
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    Wearing a mask doesn’t protect the wearer from catching the disease it prevents the wearer from transmitting the disease.

    #1873978
    Gadolhadorah
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    Frumshmurda: You neglected to report that Fox News also showed pictures of Martians landing in Willy and BP were seen wearing masks, so they are taking the viral risks seriously. Geez…..where do you guys dig up this garbage??

    #1873985
    🍫Syag Lchochma
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    GH – I definitely agree with you here

    #1873990
    huju
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    Yes, you need to wear a mask. You may be a carrier, even if your antibodies protect you from infection. The mask protects the rest of us from your possibly infected spit, sneezes, and coughs.

    #1873996
    🍫Syag Lchochma
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    huju – I agree that the mask works both ways. I know I read somewhere (don’t know the validity tho) that antibodies start appearing after two weeks. Coupled with the study that people are only contagious for the first 11 days (I think that one was the CDC) it would seem that the presence of antibodies comes when they are no longer shedding the virus.

    #1874007
    yehudayona
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    To add to what Huju said, you spread droplets when you talk or sing. The louder you are, the more droplets you spread, which is why public health experts are concerned about rallies, sports events, and religious services.

    #1874736
    commonsaychel
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    @Yehudayona,
    “To add to what Huju said, you spread droplets when you talk or sing. The louder you are, the more droplets you spread”
    for the past month there has been loud protests in the New York area with very loud screaming and vast majority no wearing masks and zero social distancing, yet NYS, NJ and CT is showing testing less then 1% positives on all tests for the past two weeks.

    #1874738
    som1
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    yehudayona-“To add to what Huju said, you spread droplets when you talk or sing. The louder you are, the more droplets you spread, which is why public health experts are concerned about rallies, sports events, and religious services.”
    at protests they are screaming a just as much if not more then sports/rallies/ or religious services

    #1874789
    yehudayona
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    I’m not sure why CS and som1 are arguing with me. I didn’t say anything controversial. Rallies includes protests. In the pictures I’ve seen, many BLM protesters are wearing masks (as opposed to the Trump rally yesterday). And to pick a nit, although the positive rate in the tri-state area has declined, it’s still greater than 1% according to Johns Hopkins.

    #1874814
    som1
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    yehudayanu- most protesters were not wearing masks

    #1874932
    Reb Eliezer
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    Protesters were wearing masks but not rally people.

    #1874952
    Gadolhadorah
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    After scanning a random set of videos from the protests I’d guess that somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of the participants on average were wearing masks. Also, they were OUTDOORS and a lot of them were trying to stay at some distance from others. Last night in Tulsa, INDOORS, about 10 percent were wearing masks and sgitting on top of one another (although based on the low turnout they could have left every other seat empty)

    #1874962
    🍫Syag Lchochma
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    “I’d guess that somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of the participants on average were wearing masks. Also, they were OUTDOORS and a lot of them were trying to stay at some distance from others. ”

    Oh righ. I’m calling your bluff.
    But thanks for the laugh.

    #1875157
    👑RebYidd23
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    Yes, you need a mask. You always needed one, and you always will.

    #1875224
    yehudayona
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    It’s pretty pointless to argue how many BLM protesters were wearing masks or not, but just to clarify my statement that many were, I based this on a google image search of “blm ptotests.”

    #1875226
    2scents
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    So it seems that the vast majority of people in NY, especially among the frum orthodox jews are not mask bearers, yet there is no surge of the coronavirus.

    That is not to say that masks are not beneficial, and there can be other factors at play here, but it seems that masks are not necessarily the answer to everything.

    #1875546
    yehudayona
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    2scents, my observation has been that there’s much less mask wearing among frum Jews than among non-Jews. Can anyone explain this?

    #1875745
    huju
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    There is a non-medical reason to wear a mask in certain jurisdictions: It is required by law, no matter your health status.

    #1875797
    Reb Eliezer
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    #1876182
    huju
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    To add to what huju said: Nobody should try to fine-tune the guidelines that the medical experts recommend. They recommend masks, but did not make distinctions between those who have have antibodies and those who don’t, or those who are too short to spit in the average face, or so tall that their droplets go into the air and never come down. New York, and the Northeast generally, was hit hard and is recovering steadily. Let’s not press our luck. Yes, I would like to go to minyan, but the first mitzvah is to protect life.

    #1876243
    asimpleyid
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    of course wearing a mask is important! its not rocket science. it blocks the particles and prevents you from spreading it, or at the minimum it decreases the chances of a person spreading it significantly. if i remember correctly, israel put out a study that it reduces the spread by a whopping 85%. so please, everyone, wear masks

    #1876279
    yehudayona
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    Headline and sub-head from the well-known left wing Wall Street Journal:
    Early Data Show No Uptick in Covid-19 Transmission From Protests
    Public health experts say preliminary test results are encouraging; outdoor locations and masks may have helped

    The article is behind a paywall, or else I’d present more here. Of course it’s too early to judge the effects of the indoor, mostly unmasked Trump rallies.

    #1876281
    2scents
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    Asimoleyid,

    If you are so certain about the science surrounding masks, can you explain as to why the frum areas have a very high proportion of people not wearing masks. Yet, have almost zero new cases for the past few weeks?

    #1876292
    Health
    Participant

    2scents -“Yet, have almost zero new cases for the past few weeks?”
    And I thought that you’re a medical professional?
    To answer – almost e/o has antibodies.
    But the consensus right now is they only last 2-3 months.
    We’ll have to see if we’ll have a second wave or not.
    I’m going to wear one – when I go out.

    #1876375
    n0mesorah
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    Dear Two,
    Why are there close to zero new cases? We closed down so much for so long, that when we reopened there where very few active cases. (Let’s guess that we were about the same as March 1st.) Nothing like Purim is happening now. Additionally, BMG and other super spreaders are nowhere near their usual numbers. Schools have been open for about two weeks on average. Many at risk people are still staying home. Some low risk people are distancing and wearing masks. It took three weeks for the numbers to be noticeable. And another three weeks of mounting cases to really make people aware of the magnitude of the pandemic. Six weeks ago was lag baomer. While we are not holding our breath, this is not ‘proof’ to not wear masks. As far as I understood the CDC, masks are not going to solve everything. It will help slow the spread.

    #1876651
    yehudayona
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    Apparently, both infections and hospitalizations have swung to lower age groups. This seems to be due to a reduction in social distancing as the economy opens up. Since younger people have a much lower mortality from COVID, deaths will probably trend lower, at least for now. The big unknown is whether the death rate will rebound as the younger people spread the virus to their elders. I suspect that will depend on how much testing is done and whether those who test positive self-isolate. Given the resistance to past COVID mitigation recommendations, particularly in some of the places that are now hot spots, I’m pessimistic.

    #1879222
    Reb Eliezer
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    The above question was asked from dodtors who said yes they should wear a mask as we don’t know enough about the immunity one has.

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