The CDC said the risk of getting
COVID-19 from surfaces is 'low,'
suggesting deep-clean protocols are overkill
Posted By: NorthernDog, 4/6/2021 9:44:58 AM
Routine use of disinfectants to fight the coronavirus is mostly unnecessary, as the risk of transmission through touching surfaces is "low," the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. In a science brief based on analysis of the latest available data, the agency said intense cleaning was needed in only a few scenarios. This news could bring an end to what some refer to as "hygiene theater," or routine deep cleaning of hotel rooms, business premises, and public transport. Such measures might appear reassuring but are costly and, it seems, of limited use. The brief said the
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'not guilty' verdict in trial of Derek Chauvin 25 replies
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Ace New York Times reporters pin
vaccine hesitancy among conservatives
to their belief in 'hoaxes' 30 replies
vaccine hesitancy among conservatives
to their belief in 'hoaxes' 30 replies
Remember Pauline Kael? She's the famous Manhattan film critic who apocryphally said that she couldn't understand how anyone could vote to re-elect President Nixon in 1972, because she didn't know anyone. (Actually -- she did know one, but lost track of him.) She "lived in a rather special world," as she put it.
Well, the New York Times still lives there, and appears to like being mired in the same Mr. Magooism.
Latest nonsense from those heights comes from a big data-journalism-driven piece with three bylines and four contributors on vaccine hesitancy around the U.S., concluding that it's all those troglodytes who voted for President Trump
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Breaking: Democrats Making Shocking Move,
Will Back Petition to Censure Maxine Waters,
Will Lose Chair 26 replies
Will Back Petition to Censure Maxine Waters,
Will Lose Chair 26 replies
A growing number of congressional Democrats are so furious at Maxine Waters for inciting violence in Minneapolis that they are supporting joining Republicans and censuring Waters which will result in her dismissal as chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee.
Over the weekend while on the ground in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, Waters encourage Democrats to get “confrontational” and to “make sure that they know we mean business.”“We’re looking for a guilty verdict. We’re looking for a guilty verdict. And we’re looking to see if all of this [inaudible] that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd,” Waters said.
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Now you tell us. I know people who have been rubbing down every surface with Clorox for 12 months now. It was all for naught.