Augie RayApr 2, 2023

Three people hospitalized eating raw cookie dough, and "the CDC recommends following recipe or package instructions to fully cook cookies, cakes and other foods made with raw flour, and using warm water and soap to wash hands, utensils, countertops and anything else that comes into contact with raw four."

2,000 people die a week from #COVID19 and the CDC won't recommend wearing a mask or altering behaviors.

Make it make sense.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/31/health/salmonella-outbreak-flour/index.html

Show threadAlexey MerzApr 2, 2023

@augieray The CDC recommends vaccination and boosts, which are considerably more effective at preventing morbidity and mortality than wearing masks is.

Moreover, CDC does indeed recommend wearing masks.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/types-of-masks.html

Why would you lie about this?

Masks and Respirators

Wear a mask with the best fit, protection, and comfort for you.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Show threadhramrachApr 2, 2023

@merz @augieray This is actually backwards. CDC says to wear a mask to protect yourself. That would work with a mask like this which is not what they propose to wear.

The simple masks they propose primarily protect others when worn by an infected person, and because most infected persons do not have any symptoms initially the effectiveness depends on everybody wearing the masks.

Their recommendation completely misses the point.

Show threadAlexey Merz

@hramrach @augieray Wrong. From the CDC page I linked:

"To protect yourself and others from COVID-19, CDC continues to recommend that you wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently."

Your comment is silly, misrepresents the CDC position, and is wrong about the available data on mask efficacy, as well.

Apr 2, 2023 at 7:01pmWeb