https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1277241532282818560
Pelosi says federal mandate on masks is 'long overdue'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she believes a federal mandate on mask wearing is "long overdue" as cases across the country spike from the coronavirus pandemic.
In an interview on ABC's "This Week," Pelosi, who could be seen with a mask on her neck, urged President Donald Trump to wear a mask. "The President should be example, real men wear masks, be an example to the country, and wear the mask," she said.
Pelosi said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not require mask wearing, and instead only recommend coverings, because the department did not want to "offend the President."
The CDC recommends that everyone "should wear a cloth face cover when they have to go out in public" to reduce transmission and slow the spread of the coronavirus, which is highly contagious.
Despite the advice from public health experts, Trump continues to defy health recommendations and has been reluctant to be seen wearing a mask in public. The White House maintains that everyone who comes in contact with the President is tested for coronavirus regularly.
Vice President Mike Pence said that people should listen to state and local officials on wearing masks in public.
In a clip from an interview airing Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," Pence said, "President Trump and I, after asking the American people to embrace 45 days to slow the spread, we issued guidelines to reopen America and since that day, nearly two months ago, we've made it clear that we want to defer to governors, we want to defer to local officials and people should listen to them."
Pence praised the American principle of federalism, and said "every state has a unique situation."
Pence also said in the interview that "we believe people should wear masks wherever social distancing is not possible," and where authorities have said it is necessary. He added that he himself has worn a mask on "several occasions this week," and that the President has worn a mask before.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden said last week that he would make wearing face masks mandatory for Americans during the pandemic, furthering himself on the issue from Trump who has stressed that masks are voluntary and has flouted public health recommendations.
"The one thing we do know is these masks make a gigantic difference. I would insist that everybody out in public be wearing that mask. Anyone to reopen would have to make sure that they walked into a business that had masks," Biden told CNN's affiliate in Pittsburgh, KDKA, while wearing a black mask.
Pressed if he'd use federal power to mandate wearing a mask in public, Biden responded, "Yes, I would. From an executive standpoint, yes I would."
Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, has said that "people need to know that wearing masks can reduce transmission of the virus by as much as 50%, and those who refuse are putting their lives, their families, their friends, and their communities at risk."
There are just a few groups of people who shouldn't wear cloth masks, including children under 2 years old and people who have breathing problems, according to the Mayo Clinic.
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/42300635/pelosi-says-federal-mandate-on-masks-is-long-overdue
The guy was obviously NOT SERIOUS! He was MOCKING the fucking retards on the side who were shouting "Nazi Racists" at every cart that drove by.
The folks in the carts were having a little parade in their retirement village while the unhinged psychos (older people too!) were on the side shouting bullshit rhetoric at them.
Research score breakthrough in body’s response to COVID-19
London-based researchers are the first in the world to profile the body’s immune system response to COVID-19 – revealing a much-needed possible target for health-care professionals to treat the virus.
The human body mounts an overreactive immune response to COVID-19 as the virus grows and replicates – a response that releases inflammatory molecules to fight the virus, while also destroying healthy cells and organs in the process.
A team from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Lawson Health Research Institute are the first to profile this response in an effort to target these harmful processes and protect the body while still allowing the virus to be eradicated.
By studying blood samples from critically ill patients, the research team identified a unique pattern of six molecules that could be used as therapeutic targets to treat the virus.
“Clinicians have been trying to address this hyperinflammation but without evidence of what to target,” Paediatrics professor Dr. Douglas Fraser explained. “Our study takes away the guessing by identifying potential therapeutic targets for the first time.”
The study, Inflammation Profiling of Critically Ill Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients, was recently published in the journal Critical Care Explorations.
The study included 30 participants: 10 COVID-19 patients and 10 patients with other infections admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), as well as 10 healthy control participants. Blood was drawn daily for the first seven days of ICU admission, processed in a lab and then analyzed using statistical methods and artificial intelligence.
The research team studied 57 inflammatory molecules. They found that six molecules were uniquely elevated in COVID-19 ICU patients (tumour necrosis factor, granzyme B, heat shock protein 70 and interleukin-18, interferon-gamma-inducible protein 10 and elastase 2.)
The team also used artificial intelligence to validate their results. They found that inflammation profiling was able to predict the presence of COVID-19 in critically ill patients with 98 per cent accuracy. They also found that one of the molecules (heat shock protein 70) measured in blood early during the illness was strongly associated with an increased risk of death.
“Understanding the immune response is paramount to finding the best treatments. Our next step is to test drugs that block the harmful effects of several of these molecules while still allowing the immune system to fight the virus,” said Fraser, a Lawson scientist and critical care physician at London Health Sciences Centre.
Patient samples and data generated from this study are also being used to inform other COVID-19 research studies at Western and Lawson. This includes studies looking at new treatments.
https://www.miragenews.com/research-score-breakthrough-in-body-s-response-to-covid-19/
I've been seeing these ridiculous commercials so thought I would look into it…..my head is spinning with so much BULLSHIT. And #wearamask is trending on twatter.
Turns out breath mints aren’t considered essentials during the ongoing pandemic, since sales are actually down. But C-Sweet, the in-house agency at The Hershey Co., hopes to change that fact.
A new campaign from Hershey’s Ice Breakers suggests taking one of its mints before donning a mask – to protect themselves from the unintended consequences of their own bad breath.
In this 15-second spot, a woman puts on a mask while the voiceover says “Thank you for wearing a mask. For grandparents, neighbors and cashiers” – and then adds “How about a mint before you mask? Because mask breath, it’s real.”
The “Mint Before You Mask” concept originated when a Hershey employee whose fiancée works at a hospital reached out to Ryan Riess, C-Sweet's senior director of social strategy and content.
“Have you ever heard of mask breath? [The employee] went on to explain what it is – and now that everyone is wearing masks, wondered if that was something we might want to talk about,” Riess tells Marketing Daily. “There’s those moments in your career where you feel like, oh my gosh, this is really a great nugget of an insight. It hit me straight on that this is an amazing opportunity,” he adds.
Sales of mints have been down because with the quarantine and social distancing, “the main function of the mint as a kind of breath confidence was no longer relevant,” Riess says.
The commercial will run on digital channels and television, with media handled by C-Sweet’s media team in conjunction with UM and Accordant Media.
In other candy-related news, Mars Wrigley’s M&M’s is inviting fans to color a picture found in the digital coloring book at helpuscolor.mms.com.
Every picture colored will correspond to a dedicated frame within an upcoming M&M’s commercial, enabling winners to see their color schemes get national exposure. Submissions are being accepted through May 17, with the final 15-second ad to air in June on national TV and online video.
“The role M&M’s plays in consumers lives is all around offering spontaneous fun,” says Allison Miazga-Bedrick, senior brand director at M&M’s. “We know M&M’s fans love to express themselves, and there is no better way to do this than allow them to possibly be a part of our next TV ad.”
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/351442/ice-breakers-says-mint-before-you-mask-mms-so.html
THIS
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=ysijfVpE0Pw&feature=emb_logo
>https://twitter.com/official_S7NTH/status/1276302825178439680