re: Greg Sankey releases statement following meeting with SEC athletic directors

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Hand washing is way more important than wearing a mask

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This isn’t true. They are both important and significantly reduce the chance of spread.

You should do both. It’s not one or the other.
If we could somehow get everyone to wear respirators (which we don’t even have enough of), this virus would be significantly reduced in a month.

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quote:Way to go mask truthers..... Hand washing is way more important than wearing a mask

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Is there any science suggesting that anything has much impact when not deployed in conjunction with social distancing? I don't think there is. That being said social distancing is not practical and never was, except of course as an individual choice. We wouldn't be in this mess if we hadn't had the massive bailout which temporarily alleviated pressure at the state level to not shut down. Governors would have been run out of town on a rail had the feds not promised to keep people whole financially in huge numbers. They would have, however, had the will to shut down in isolated hot spots and manage the crisis locally but instead we get a massive influx of federal money and governors take the easy road and simply shut down across the board....now we are faced with having spent that money to no end and starting back up OR continuing to send billions to everyone. Had we simply stayed the course and allowed local governments to manage the best they could deaths may have been far greater but economic devastation would have been far less and there is little to no doubt of that.