And now it’s goggles
Why not full hazmat suits? Wouldn’t that protect us even more?:
During a live chat with the American Federation of Teachers Tuesday night, Fauci said “eyes are also vulnerable, so if you can have goggles of some sort that can cover the eyes” it is “one way” to protect yourself.
On Wednesday, he mentioned again “if you have goggles, or an eye shield, you should use it. I mean, it’s not universally recommended. But if you really want to be complete, you should probably use it if you can.”
As with so much of the COVID warnings and recommendations, this is a subtle appeal to OCD. How far do you go? How seriously are people to take any of this? It’s a slippery slope. Some shrug and ignore it all as preposterous. Their ruling philosophy is that life is inherently risky but it is for living, without too many precautions except for the most basic. For other people, absolute safety is the goal and fear is the major motivator. They are willing to change every single aspect of their lives on the off chance that it will protect them from a menace they see as omnipresent and threatening.
I’ve noticed from the start that Fauci likes to say something and then hedge about it, not quite taking it back but not quite committing to it either. Goggles are typical: “You should use it” followed by “it’s not universally recommended” and then “you should probably use it if you can.” What on earth is the listener supposed to take from that? Nothing except confusion.
As for the science of it – we simply don’t know:
Dr. John Brooks, chief medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 response, recently told the AARP.org that, “The virus could enter the body through mucous membranes that cover the white parts of our eyes — but it would be very hard to prove.” Researchers do know that COVID-19 spreads between people who are in close contact to each other through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. But pinpointing exactly where the coronavirus took root in someone’s body — through the nose, the eyes, the mouth or a combination of all three — is next to impossible.
Preliminary research suggests that we’re probably most likely to get infected through the nose and mouth. In fact, a recent study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that the SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 — infects the cells in your nose much more easily than the cells in your throat or your lungs. And early research has found that only a small percentage of hospitalized COVID-19 patients whose eye fluid was tested came up positive for having the virus in their eyes — although it should be noted that swabbing eye fluid isn’t standard in coronavirus patient care, so there could certainly be more cases than have been recorded.
Plus, Dr. Thomas Steinemann, a spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, told NPR that the coronavirus would have to run “a more circuitous route” to travel from your peepers to your respiratory system. First, the virus would have to get through the eyes’ mucous membrane. Then it would need to be swept by tears behind your cheeks to reach your nasal cavity. And from there, it would need to flow from your nose to your throat. It’s certainly possible, but it’s less direct than inhaling the virus directly through your nose or mouth. And the CDC notes that while the nose and mouth are the main areas where the virus enters the body, “it may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes.”
Clear as mud, right?
I hate this stuff.
Yes, and we should only drive cars, if at all, at 5 mph, because lives.
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Life sucks, get a f****** helmet, alright?
–Denis Leary, “No Cure for Cancer”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVoQfoU0dQ
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Which, I suppose, could be interpreted in favor of googles, but that’s not what Leary meant nor I.
Anthony Fauci is the most destructive unelected bureaucrat in American history.
It appears that 15-30 minutes of sustained contact with someone who’s got the virus is required. This is why people are getting it at home or in institutional settings. It seems to me that a mask and hand washing are more than sufficient for visits to grocery and drug stores. We are avoiding eating inside restaurants, sitting outside instead.
Fauci was pushed by Jim Jordan, in Congress today, on whether the virus is being spread in the protests, since he (Fauci) says we can’t go to church or sports events or concerts. Fauci dodged the question repeatedly.
I don’t tolerate heat. When I was little I passed out in the woods where I was hunting morels with my family. It takes me at least a half hour to cool off when I get home after grocery shopping with my mask. I don’t need any more garbage on my face.
Anthony Fauci is 79-years old. He should have retired long ago but it is a good thing that he has stuck around because this is a preview of a Biden presidency.
I could hardly believe it, but yesterday I saw that Fauci has endorsed a special signature line of unisex burqas, guaranteed to meet all CDC guidelines. For paradise on earth, submit to the deep state.
Fauci has become just another silly, narcissistic celebrity. It’s as if Kafka and Lady Gaga had a baby that suddenly grew old before our eyes.
New Mexico just extended its July guidelines — masks, no indoor seating — for the month of August.
My cafe mates and I are making do with the patio seating, but it’s still a drag and who knows how long this goes on before the cafe goes out of business.
I told my wife about Fauci’s new declaration, and she she scoffed that it would never happen. She tends to believe everything always works out. I reminded her how, in the last few months, all it takes is for His Majesty Fauci to make a “suggestion”, and voila, the governors soon fall right in line. Anyone willing to take bets on how many days/weeks before some governor declares goggles and face shields are needed in public??
BTW, my data is showing the two month old surge peaked about 10 days ago and is on its way down. I’m just waiting for even more testing to be done so those numbers don’t fall too far. You can tell the numbers were starting down as those same numbers started to disappear from the news towards the middle of last week.
Fauci is a self-aggrandizing little weasel.
A slimy pip-squeak closet lefty.
Did I say I despise him ?
physicsguy,
I’ve already noticed more people around western WA wearing a mask AND one of those clear face shields lately so the goggles will probably soon follow.
And of course, logically, the masks can never leave because now their beloved ‘cases’ are going down so that proves the masks work, you see, so we have to keep wearing the masks forever or we will have an increase in ‘cases, cases, cases’.
It’s the same drill as the lockdowns. It now seems likely that the first peak had already passed when they locked down we just didn’t know it because of low testing capacity but they then take credit for the decline because of the lockdowns and the same is happening with masks.
Virus gonna virus, as the saying goes.
Get back to me when somebody buries this chirping little gopher headdown in a sewer.
Griffin, oh no! In Vancouver I haven’t seen any face shields yet…every time I walk into a store and see literally everyone wearing a mask (including me, of course…I still have to eat), I think to myself “we all look like freaking idiots.” And we do!
In my mind, though, I don’t say “freaking.”
G:
You’ll know it when the self-respecting turds start swimming upstream at high speed. Keep the lid down and your powder dry.
gwynmir,
The masks are so dehumanizing. I like reading people’s faces and having a non verbal conversation but with the mask that’s out.
I actually think the more likely next step is mandatory gloves. I was over on the coast a couple weeks ago and a convenience store was requiring you to put on clear gloves. I left.
Sorry to say, but Fauci is grifter. Going back to HIv/AIDS he has been wrong 100%.
Every word he speaks is hard left dogma.
A bizarre statement of anatomy: “First, the virus would have to get through the eyes’ mucous membrane. Then it would need to be swept by tears behind your cheeks to reach your nasal cavity.”
Totally nonsensical.
Idiotic, even.
ON the other hand, Fauci has committed leftist heresy by testifying that he agreed with Trump’s decisions to restrict travel from China, Europe, and the UK, and believes those decisions saved American lives.
Kate: maybe not. I truly believe that Fauci’s secondary goal is to undermine the President to the greatest extent possible. He cannot do that if he is not there and travel restrictions are a no brainier anyone could support.
“Anthony Fauci is the most destructive unelected bureaucrat in American history.” Griffin
This.
“I truly believe that Fauci’s secondary goal is to undermine the President to the greatest extent possible.” Michael
This to.
Fauci knows exactly what he’s doing. There’s much blood on that mans’ hands. He’s a ghoul.
Bubble boy…
One recalls… was it Leslie Neilson and Priscilla Presley in Police Academy? Full-size, 6-foot condoms enclosing each of them for the love scene.
The eyes are a window to contagion.
Surellin….The Naked Gun, not Police Academy. Same genre and era, though
https://babylonbee.com/news/dr-fauci-recommends-full-body-bubble-wrap-cocoon-to-protect-against-coronavirus
What is clear is that humans still need Authority to tell them how to live and what to do in life. They are children, stuck to child traffickers as care takers.
who knows how long this goes on before the cafe goes out of business.
Intent and purpose actually. They were told to put people out of business. Burn Looters matter and Antifa, all have something in common with the corona. It shuts down businesses but allows monopolies to thrive under government fascist control.
Once Gohmert said the mask might be responsible for his getting the bug, people scoffed. Then some old faithfuls surfaced: Use of the mask possibly increases the number of times one touches one’s face. Quotes from authority. Can’t dispute that.
To avoid it, there’s a particular kind of mask-wearing protocol nobody ever heard of including how to take the mask off and put it on, while not touching the face, ears or whatever. And you don’t put it on and take it off frequently. So you’re supposed to put it on when you get to your destination, leave it on as you drive from one location–say shopping–to another.
Masks don’t fend off, in a physical sense, the bug. If it’s in the air, the mask absorbs droplets as you inhale. If you have the bug, the mask absorbs droplets you exhale. The bug, once out in the big wide world will eventually die, but lasts longest in warm, moist environments which beautifully describes the mask with you breathing through it.
So, clearly, you need to be careful handling it. Aren’t we all?
Goggles will certainly help you if you get hit by tear gas while peacefully throwing explosives and rocks at police.
Ding, ding. Ding — fifteen minutes up, doctor. Tough to take goggle advice from a guy who recommends masks but does not wear then correctly. And don’t get me started on baseball pitching