Total daily capacity rose to 110 million from 20 million in February with 3,000 new entrants; China made half of the global output in 2019
Carmakers BYD and SAIC, iPhone assembler Foxconn and oil company Sinopec are among ‘new faces’ in the industry
China's daily output of face masks reached 116 million units as of Saturday, 12 times the figure reported on Feb. 1 as factories of all stripes crank up new production lines to meet a surge in demands, the National Development and Reform Commission said
The biggest public health crisis in two decades has enticed 3,000 newcomers to the industry this year, according to Sina news portal, adding to a field of 4,000 who produced 4.2 billion face masks last year or half the world’s output, according to government data.
Counter evidence: Everyone in Singapore wears a mask - it works. Everyone in Wuhan, maybe all of China wears a mask - it works. Make it clear to people _why_ they're wearing a mask and that it's not for self-protection and that it doesn't replace social distancing. Works everywhere in the world except the USA? I cannot believe that.
Counter evidence: Everyone in Singapore wears a mask - it works. Everyone in Wuhan, maybe all of China wears a mask - it works. Make it clear to people _why_ they're wearing a mask and that it's not for self-protection and that it doesn't replace social distancing. Works everywhere in the world except the USA? I cannot believe that.Does it work? That's assuming a fair bit of causality where there may be none. Meanwhile the behaviour of people I referred to has been actually researched by the CDC. If they recommend masks then go ahead but thinking you're doing good while you may be doing a lot of harm isn't what we need right now.
Counter evidence: Everyone in Singapore wears a mask - it works. Everyone in Wuhan, maybe all of China wears a mask - it works. Make it clear to people _why_ they're wearing a mask and that it's not for self-protection and that it doesn't replace social distancing. Works everywhere in the world except the USA? I cannot believe that.Does it work? That's assuming a fair bit of causality where there may be none. Meanwhile the behaviour of people I referred to has been actually researched by the CDC. If they recommend masks then go ahead but thinking you're doing good while you may be doing a lot of harm isn't what we need right now.I don't get it. Everybody, especially in the USA, have been using scare tactics to get people moving. Nothing moves people quicker than fear. But this virus has been played down by everyone to the level of "a bad cold" and even with the evidence from Italy and Spain in front of their very eyes, they claim "it cannot happen here, because!".
Counter evidence: Everyone in Singapore wears a mask - it works. Everyone in Wuhan, maybe all of China wears a mask - it works. Make it clear to people _why_ they're wearing a mask and that it's not for self-protection and that it doesn't replace social distancing. Works everywhere in the world except the USA? I cannot believe that.Does it work? That's assuming a fair bit of causality where there may be none. Meanwhile the behaviour of people I referred to has been actually researched by the CDC. If they recommend masks then go ahead but thinking you're doing good while you may be doing a lot of harm isn't what we need right now.
Oh, and if masks don't work, why do all the medical practitioners currently wear one? Explain the conundrum.
Oh, and if masks don't work, why do all the medical practitioners currently wear one? Explain the conundrum.
Oh, and if masks don't work, why do all the medical practitioners currently wear one? Explain the conundrum.
Do you have evidence for this assertion or is it just an assumption?
Oh, and if masks don't work, why do all the medical practitioners currently wear one? Explain the conundrum.
Do you have evidence for this assertion or is it just an assumption?
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Oh, and if masks don't work, why do all the medical practitioners currently wear one? Explain the conundrum.
Do you have evidence for this assertion or is it just an assumption?
I absolutely do have evidence.
In South Korea, there was no real confinement to speak of - from all witnessing I've got, people were almost living their lives as usual, few shops/companies shut down, and almost everyone with a mask. Meanwhile, we keep saying it doesn't work, yet we had to confine people in a lot stricter way than they ever did in SK, and we still don't know what's going to happen.
Oh, and if masks don't work, why do all the medical practitioners currently wear one? Explain the conundrum.
Unfortunately there's a small portion who become gravely ill
Oh, and if masks don't work, why do all the medical practitioners currently wear one? Explain the conundrum.
About 20% isn't it? And an similarly small portion of those that will die even after treatment. If it were just those numbers one could be forgiven for considering the risk pretty low.
The trouble with this is that those 20% who would just have a bad time and recover only do so with the help of ICU. Once the hospitals run out of resources those 20% are going to be lucky to live. And they'll be taking non-CV patients with them that would ordinarily have survived whatever they're suffering from but now won't because there is no health service available to treat them.
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It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil...
Around me, the daily routine of life; working, eating, sleeping, was continuing serenely as it had for countless years.
A quote that has haunted me for days.QuoteIt seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil...
Around me, the daily routine of life; working, eating, sleeping, was continuing serenely as it had for countless years.H.G.Wells - War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne adaption - The Eve of the War | Horsell Common
Oh, and if masks don't work, why do all the medical practitioners currently wear one? Explain the conundrum.The point is that medical practitioners know how to use masks properly. The general public does not and that likely causes more harm than good. A mask has a limited useful life, needs to be handled right, disposed right, etc. It is pretty much the same discussion when isolation transformers come into play. If you drill down deeper you'll see that there are a lot of (not so obvious) conditions that need to be met for an isolation transformer to increase safety instead of actually reducing safety.
See these mask wearing guidelines from the WHO:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks
Quote from the top video 'If you do not have symptoms then don't use a mask because there is no evidence it protects you'.