North Dakota Forbids Mask Wearing

zxcvzcxv wrote:

Current U.S. death toll: 521,000.

Death toll if North Dakota's death rate were the nationwide rate: 627,854

And this state doesn't hardly get any international traffic and so had the option of essentially getting through this whole thing with zero casualties, unlike the Northeast, which had viral spread before anyone knew about it. If they had adopted ND policies, forget about it.

Funny lies and silly low-IQ presumptions.

So let me ask, no matter what death toll it is or whatever virus or bacteria it is, do you think it should be the government telling people what to do or should it be the people who decide what needs to be done and request the government to do what they want? Because so far, nothing the people want has been done.

1983 wrote:

zxcvzcxv wrote:

Current U.S. death toll: 521,000.

Death toll if North Dakota's death rate were the nationwide rate: 627,854

And this state doesn't hardly get any international traffic and so had the option of essentially getting through this whole thing with zero casualties, unlike the Northeast, which had viral spread before anyone knew about it. If they had adopted ND policies, forget about it.

Funny lies and silly low-IQ presumptions.

So let me ask, no matter what death toll it is or whatever virus or bacteria it is, do you think it should be the government telling people what to do or should it be the people who decide what needs to be done and request the government to do what they want? Because so far, nothing the people want has been done.

You will be judged

Christian Mom JW wrote:

1983 wrote:

Funny lies and silly low-IQ presumptions.

So let me ask, no matter what death toll it is or whatever virus or bacteria it is, do you think it should be the government telling people what to do or should it be the people who decide what needs to be done and request the government to do what they want? Because so far, nothing the people want has been done.

You will be judged

Yeah, time to judge! I am HIM, I am judgy!

When did Harry Winkler become the governor of North Dakota?

Who tf is “Harry” Winkler?

Christian Mom JW wrote:

Truth is Here wrote:

Republicans are pathetic, selfish a-holes and the majority of Americans who HAVE been willing to endure minor inconveniences like wearing a mask to help protect their communities will never, ever forget it.

I don’t need to judge you because HE will

Who or what is this thing you keep referring to in ALL CAPS? Some magical imaginary deity perhaps? Has there ever been in the entire history of humanity a single shred of evidence that such supernatural things exist? Let alone have any control over the happenings on the earth?

The sooner we vanquish this pathetic bronze age believe system from society the better.

Who cares. Nobody goes to North Dakota anyway.

Woman, I command you to get off of Lets Run. I am the King of our castle and you will obey my commands as the Good Book advises. As The Bible does not weigh in on Covid, we must rely on Jim Bakker, Alex Jones and InfoWars.com for guidance. They opine we should be buying massive quantities of storable food and living in bunkers. Heed their words!

Christian Dad RW wrote:

Woman, I command you to get off of Lets Run. I am the King of our castle and you will obey my commands as the Good Book advises. As The Bible does not weigh in on Covid, we must rely on Jim Bakker, Alex Jones and InfoWars.com for guidance. They opine we should be buying massive quantities of storable food and living in bunkers. Heed their words!

Amen

In side wrote:

Hardloper wrote:

Despite your best wishes North Dakota currently has one of the LOWEST rates of covid infections, not to mention the 3rd highest vaccination rate by state.

Incorrect!

ND has the hghest total cases per capita and 11th highest deaths per capita among US states.

Deaths per capita is not a very meaningful statistic as the death rate is close to 0 for people under 50 and states have a varying percentages of elderly people. Look for the age adjusted death rate for a more meaningful comparison.

Truth is Here wrote:

Republicans are pathetic, selfish a-holes and the majority of Americans who HAVE been willing to endure minor inconveniences like wearing a mask to help protect their communities will never, ever forget it.

Go back to your cave and leave us alone

a high school coach wrote:

And the fact that ND has literally the highest rate of Covid infections in the country should come as a huge surprise to absolutely....... nobody. What a pile of idiots.

Why would anyone care about getting Covid?

Under 50 isn’t really the relevant number.

The issue is that some people are using cumulative numbers and others are using current numbers. Cumulative numbers are a reasonable assessment of how they have done so far, and given their favorable circumstances regarding travel and social distancing they have done quite poorly. Current numbers are useful to determine what level of mitigation measures are appropriate at present.

The big question is really how close are they to herd immunity via infection? Given the multiple advantages North Dakota has compared to say New York City, I would guess that they are actually reasonably close to herd immunity via infection. Combine that with the effects of vaccination, and I would place pretty good odds that under the current environment not wearing masks will not create a massive bump.

As the new variants take hold, the situation becomes murkier. I would prefer to have flexibility in my approach as we learn more about the practical extent to which some of the variants evade existing immunity.

asdfghj wrote:

In side wrote:

Incorrect!

ND has the hghest total cases per capita and 11th highest deaths per capita among US states.

Deaths per capita is not a very meaningful statistic as the death rate is close to 0 for people under 50 and states have a varying percentages of elderly people. Look for the age adjusted death rate for a more meaningful comparison.

I couldn’t easily find age adjusted death rate by state. Do you have a link? I did look up percentage of population over 65. North Dakota was the seventh LOWEST state. That makes their performance look worse.

Truth is Here wrote:

Republicans are pathetic, selfish a-holes and the majority of Americans who HAVE been willing to endure minor inconveniences like wearing a mask to help protect their communities will never, ever forget it.

People sadly will forget as there will never be consequences for the selfish and treasonous actions surrounding COVID, the election, Texas. The GOP exists in an alternate reality of perpetual grievance and the system is rigged for the to maintain power and block change for generations or at least until they destroy this country, yet continue to blame an nebulous enemy like communism, socialism, antifa, China, progressive reform, raising the minimum wage, feminism, BLM, science, PBS, Hasbro...it is an endless list for the persecuted power hungry pearl clutching let me find my fainting couch conservatives.

The concept of the "common good" is long lost in America. How on earth is something so simple, easy and benign as wearing a mask or face covering viewed with such animosity? If this had been done more consistently across the population at the beginning of all of this a year of more ago, our societal results would be much better. And yes, I know at least 3 people who have died, and probably 20 others who have been really ill with COVID.

OXYRUNR wrote:

The concept of the "common good" is long lost in America. How on earth is something so simple, easy and benign as wearing a mask or face covering viewed with such animosity? If this had been done more consistently across the population at the beginning of all of this a year of more ago, our societal results would be much better. And yes, I know at least 3 people who have died, and probably 20 others who have been really ill with COVID.

Only Jesus saves

We have the worst pandemic in over 100 years and you're not willing to take on simple, common-sense measures to stop it. Those measures do not involve restrictions on the right to vote, which are being implemented by Republican legislatures in many states right now. Yet, you fall silent over the latter and allow them to be imposed, while you resist mask mandates and closures that could have saved half a million lives in a year. Countries on the rise pull together and do whatever it takes to conquer their problems, the opposite of what most red states and Republicans have done this year.

briswiss wrote:

Why would anyone care about getting Covid?

Because over half a million people in this country have died from it.