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posted by Fnord666 on Monday June 22 2020, @08:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the masks-are-optional dept.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/21/pinal-county-sheriff-mark-lamb-positive-covid-19-enforce-mask/3232821001/

During a Saturday phone interview with The Arizona Republic of the USA TODAY Network, Sheriff Mark Lamb said the White House called him on June 13 and asked that he be present when Trump signed an executive order that would hold law enforcement to a higher standard when they used force.

Lamb said he flew into Washington Monday evening and visited the White House Tuesday when he tested positive for COVID-19. He later visited an infirmary and was tested a second time, which also came back positive.

"I was surprised," Lamb said regarding the positive test result. "I mean, if I looked back, I would say that I was a little rundown from, you know, a long weekend. But I didn't have any symptoms."

[...] Lamb said he likely contracted COVID-19 at a campaign event he held on June 13, He initially planned for it to be a "come pick up a yard sign" event, but more people showed up than anticipated.

[...] However, Lamb said he didn't wear a mask or practice social distancing at the campaign event and estimated that the majority of the 200 people who attended the event in San Tan Valley, Arizona, weren't wearing masks either.

He intends to self-quarantine throughout the end of the month.

When asked if he planned to hold more public events once his self-isolation was complete, Lamb said he probably wouldn't and that he's not trying to put people at risk. That said, Lamb will likely continue to not wear a mask when out in public.

"When I come back out, I don't like to wear masks," Lamb said. "And I respect people's personal choices to not wear a mask."


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  • (Score: -1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2020, @02:10PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2020, @02:10PM (#1011092)

    You're supposed to be like good sheep and do what the people with money want you to do.

    The media are much more consistent than the doctors. Every doctor has their own opinion, but the media will never push HCQ because Trump mentioned it, and the ultimate goal is to remove Trump. Their horse is Remdesvir. Note that as its inutility to help outcomes became known, they transitioned to silence on it.

    My state is somewhat unrestricted now, and I still hear "public service" ads On the radio with celebrities saying "stay home save lives", "be a superhero wear a mask", "be decent don't hoard" - unpleasant and anachronistic reminders that a few weeks ago unelected health nazis were pulling on our nose rings.

    "7 days to flatten the curve", remember? Disbanding society was more "necessary" than wearing masks.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2020, @06:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2020, @06:54PM (#1011202)

    Yeeesh, that is some real 169 IQ right there.

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2020, @08:44PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2020, @08:44PM (#1011240)

    The media are much more consistent than the doctors. Every doctor has their own opinion, but the media will never push HCQ because Trump mentioned it, and the ultimate goal is to remove Trump. Their horse is Remdesvir. Note that as its inutility to help outcomes became known, they transitioned to silence on it.

    Wow. Is that Kool Aid tasty or what?

    The Trump Administration [fda.gov] says that Hydroxycloroquine is ineffecitve:

    June 15, 2020 Update: Based on ongoing analysis and emerging scientific data, FDA has revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) to use hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat COVID-19 in certain hospitalized patients when a clinical trial is unavailable or participation is not feasible. We made this determination based on recent results from a large, randomized clinical trial in hospitalized patients that found these medicines showed no benefit for decreasing the likelihood of death or speeding recovery.

    While Remdesevir does not *cure* COVID-19, it has been shown to reduce the length and severity of COVID-19 symptoms:

    Remdesivir was superior to placebo in shortening the time to recovery in adults hospitalized with Covid-19 and evidence of lower respiratory tract infection. (Funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and others; ACTT-1 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04280705 [clinicaltrials.gov].)

    But that's bullshit of course, because those people over at The Trump Administration [clinicaltrials.gov] are Marxist shills, funded by George Soros and provided hookers and blow by Jeff Bezos, right??

    Thanks for your informed opinion. It's good to know who we can trust. Moron.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @12:20AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @12:20AM (#1011328)

      > It's good to know who we can trust.

      The anonymous voice on the internet. It's like the invisible hand of the free market - it's always right.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @12:57AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @12:57AM (#1011356)

        > It's good to know who we can trust.

        The anonymous voice on the internet. It's like the invisible hand of the free market - it's always right.

        Thank you other AC. You just made my day!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @01:29AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @01:29AM (#1011368)

      Wow. Is that Kool Aid tasty or what?
      The Trump Administration [fda.gov] says that Hydroxycloroquine is ineffecitve:

      Exactly what I was saying. It is a badge of honor for your thought controllers that in the partisan media battle, using Remdesvir and Hydroxychloroquine as idols, you assume somebody criticizing Team Remdesvir automatically means they are a cheerleader for Team Hydroxychloroquine.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @06:44AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @06:44AM (#1011452)

        Exactly what I was saying. It is a badge of honor for your thought controllers that in the partisan media battle, using Remdesvir and Hydroxychloroquine as idols, you assume somebody criticizing Team Remdesvir automatically means they are a cheerleader for Team Hydroxychloroquine.

        Wow. I have no idea where you got that idea.

        I responded to:

        The media are much more consistent than the doctors. Every doctor has their own opinion, but the media will never push HCQ because Trump mentioned it, and the ultimate goal is to remove Trump. Their horse is Remdesvir. Note that as its inutility to help outcomes became known, they transitioned to silence on it.

        I even helpfully quoted it in my reply.

        I imagined that the quotes/links plus the snark would get my point across, but apparently it wasn't direct enough

        The Trump Administration is *not* pushing HCQ. Nor is it trying to trash remdesevir. In fact, the FDA [fda.gov] (that is, the Trump administration) has revoked approval for use of HCQ for COVID-19 and The NIAID [nih.gov] (part of the executive branch, you know the Trump administration?) funded research on the effectiveness of Remdesevir [clinicaltrials.gov] and found that it reduces the duration and severity of COVID-19 symptoms.

        You're making this out to be some sort perverse competition. The science is what matters.

        Besides, the Trump administration is saying exactly the same thing as the media about both HCQ and Remdesevir.

        As such, the comment that I quoted is factually incorrect. Which makes its claims false. *That* was my point.

        It's bullshit on its face and whoever wrote it should be ashamed to be trying to cynically exploit this disaster to "earn" political points. Remdesevir isn't a "D" type drug, and HCQ isn't an "R" type drug.

        One has some efficacy in treating symptoms and one does not. Trying to make some sort of political issue out of a particular drug is moronic. As is hyping any drug *before* we know if it's effective.

        This is your only feeding. Make the most of it.