Credo

It's pretty clear from almost every study and from real-world observation and data that masks do help prevent the spread of the virus. Some masks are better than others, some people are more compliant than others. But keeping the virus from getting massively airborne inside is going to slow the spread. The other part of the equation that a lot of people seem to miss is that social distancing is an important component to preventing the spread.

Hey, it worked with Titanic and we all knew how that ended!

So the first autopsy said he died of a drug overdose. The second that it was asphyxiation. I wonder if there will be a third autopsy showing it was suicide?

I suspect that they omitted saying that most mouthwashes would kill Covid-19. I think that by the time you have it in your mouth, it's way too late to stop an infection.

I think one of things that has been observed about Delta is that it tends to sort of tear through a population and then begins to slow. It simply can't really spread at the rate that it does without decimating a population.

I've seen too many years of major scandals just ending up nowhere. Anybody remember the Blue Diamond case? Then there was the shooting in a night club that nobody seemed to see. The list is a long one, so there will be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth and then it will start going around in a circle until people just stop paying attention. I really hope I am wrong, but corruption seems to be able to outsmart even social media.

Some of the phases of the trials can, and did take place at the same time. The safety issue of mRNA had already been proven. mRNA technology has been around since the 1990's and some years back it was being explored for use in vaccines for Zika, Ebola and HIV. Those trials showed that the technology was safe. That was a big hurdle to overcome in granting Emergency Use Authorization. The Pfizer has now received full approval. Moderna will most likely follow shortly.

Well not according to this study. The drop was from 90% to 66%. https://www.statnews.com/2021/08/24/as-delta-spread-covid-19-vaccine-effectiveness-against-infection-fell-from-90-to-66-in-one-key-study/